I have been shouting my ALDI love from the rooftops of late. But seriously, you need to run, not walk, to ALDI and try these two things.
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| 4.99 Landshut Riesling from ALDI. Fruity-tastic. |
Thing 1: Landshut Riesling, $4.99. Classic fruity German white wine. ALDI's Landshut Riesling knocks me out with (1) its price, (2) how ridiculously fruity it is - yes, naturellement it is very redolent of grape, but there's a big apple-pear thing going on as well; and (3) the fact that
Wine Enthusiast gave it an 84% rating and a big thumbs-up, which is pretty dang good for a bottle of wine under five bucks.
Thing 2: Moser-Roth chocolate (German, naturlich), any of the fine bars available for between 1.79 and 1.89. Now that the price of Lindt and Ghirardelli has gone well north of $3.00, Moser-Roth emerges as the high-quality brand with the super-deal price. They make a wide line of chocolate with varying levels of cacao (70%, 85% for the mainliners like me, milk, chili, mint, caramel, etc.). The large flat bar is elegantly packaged, just like the big-name guys, and in a thoughtful touch, each large bar opens to reveal five individually foil-wrapped bars, which makes it easier to avoid eating the entire bar at once, as is my natural inclination.
Candy Blog gives the 70% bar a 7/10 rating.
Bonus Points: Moser-Roth automatically bumps up to an 8.5/10 rating in my book because of the Houses of the Holy-ish font used for the brand logo.
So for less than $7, you can walk out of ALDI mit ein big old German Weinbuzz
und eine grosse Schokoladebuzz. Good times!
Update:
6 comments:
Very cool! I will have to make a note of these two suggestions for my ALDI trips.
Susan, I like the way you pour!
And love, love, love, the Moser Roths - I've got 2 Chili bars in the cupboard right now. Just waiting for the RIGHT moment...!
Unfortunately, I live in a state where Aldi doesn't sell beer & wine, so I'm forced to pay too much elsewhere. 8^(
Aw shucks, I sure hope to get to Aldi's when I visit. Have to get enough so I can do my *own* pigging...you come by it honestly hon.Yummy!
Wenn man "natürlich" schreibt, muss man natürlich ein u umlaut (ü) benützen. :)
Wir haben kein ALDI hier, so muss ich sie alle beneiden.
Yeah, Pete, I got your umlaut right here. JK. But I'm too lazy to go figure out the umlaut thing unless you have special super-secret magic for that. So, round these parts it's "naturlich."
Hey Shani and Jeff,
Enjoyed any Moser-Roth chocolate lately? Jeff, I know you can't score any Aldi wine where you live, but Shani - it's worth checking out if you are a wine person. I enjoyed my $4.99 Riesling last Saturday at De Colores, a fine BYOB place in Pilsen, and it held its own quite well. ALSO - the Moser-Roth bars are EXCELLENT busted up and used in a chocolate chip bar cookie recipe instead of chocolate chips.
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