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Hi,

There seems to be a wealth of knowledge on this forum so here goes, Do any of you wine buffs know a french wine thats not very acidic?as I love red but my reflux doesn't..

Salut

Christian

It's a difficult one, because even the same 'brand' - from the same vineyard can vary so much from year to year and on how it is kept.  This year we had an absolutely delicious St Chinian/Roqueburn, a 2009 - and went back and bought several more bottles.  We took one up to friends, and it got rather warm in the boot of the car on the way there - and had changed completely.  Instead of being smooth and rounded, it was very acidic and tasted of tannin - not very nice at all.

Another bottle, drunk last weekend with friends, was lovely!

I don't think anyone could recommend a specific wine as being non-acidic.  It is just down to tasting and trying, and then as soon as you find a good one go back and buy some more before it all goes (and don't leave it in the hot sun in the car boot!).

Hi

Agree with all the above. We go to France with the specific purpose of buying wine to bring back and enjoy. I object to paying nearly £4.50 tax on a bottle costing a £5 in this country.

For everyday  drinking we buy at the Leclerc.Try their Cotes du Rhone Village at about 3 euros per bottle or their Costieres de Nimes at the same price. They have a lot of wine at this price so you can experiment fairly cheaply to find what you like.