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!
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