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Old 02-01-2017, 13:24
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I thought I'd picked up a bargain on Sainsbury's reduced shelf. A jar of cherries in Kirsch reduced from £6 to £1.80. Or so I thought.

When I tasted one, it was suspiciously bland, and the "liqueur" turned out to be just syrup. There was no label, only a tag which I had thrown away, so I could not check the ingredients. A search on Sainsburys website revealed the truth : "Contains less than 5% alcohol"

"The perfect stocking filler this Christmas, it’ll be a great after dinner treat. The black cherries are soaked in Luxardo Kirsch, giving a great flavour with a punch! "

Er no, no they don't. No "punch" at all and no trace of kirsch flavour whatsoever.

So beware of weasel words. These were not cherries IN Kirsch, they were (allegedly) cherries WITH Kirsch. In my opinion, deliberately and unacceptably misleading. I'm just glad I didn't pay six quid for it.
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Old 02-01-2017, 18:51
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Outrageous. Take them back and demand a refund. Not as advertised. Contact Trading Standards. Email The Sun and Daily Mail. Write to The Queen. Do everything you can to expose this con.
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Old 02-01-2017, 19:07
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It must have had the alcohol content on the tag, so they can argue that it is as described. They just deliberately lead you to think that it's something better, but they take care not to tell any actual lies.

It's the same type of scam as pubs describing their food as "home-baked" when they are selling you mass-produced meals delivered to them on a lorry. They stick them in the oven in the pub kitchen, and voila, it's "home-baked". They want us to think it's home-made, and mostly people fall for it.

Nothing I can do about the cherries now, they got used in a dessert and the tag was chucked out. There's just an empty jar, no labelling, nothing to show. I shall know to look out for this scam again though.
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Old 02-01-2017, 19:22
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It doesn't surprise me at all, supermarkets are very clever at 'above board' advertising which is very far from what they are actually selling.
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Old 02-01-2017, 19:50
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Yes, I'm usually pretty vigilant but the lack of a label threw me off the scent here, together with the high original price. It's not a large jar.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/...ch-130556808-p
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Old 02-01-2017, 20:02
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Very cheeky. I'd write and complain, they should at least send you a voucher.
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Old 02-01-2017, 22:25
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I thought I'd picked up a bargain on Sainsbury's reduced shelf. A jar of cherries in Kirsch reduced from £6 to £1.80. Or so I thought.

When I tasted one, it was suspiciously bland, and the "liqueur" turned out to be just syrup. There was no label, only a tag which I had thrown away, so I could not check the ingredients. A search on Sainsburys website revealed the truth : "Contains less than 5% alcohol"

"The perfect stocking filler this Christmas, it’ll be a great after dinner treat. The black cherries are soaked in Luxardo Kirsch, giving a great flavour with a punch! "

Er no, no they don't. No "punch" at all and no trace of kirsch flavour whatsoever.

So beware of weasel words. These were not cherries IN Kirsch, they were (allegedly) cherries WITH Kirsch. In my opinion, deliberately and unacceptably misleading. I'm just glad I didn't pay six quid for it.
Now that would have been some post!
How are things in Tunbridge Wells?
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Old 03-01-2017, 01:24
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Now that would have been some post!
How are things in Tunbridge Wells?
What are you on about? I thought it might be helpful to warn people about this, so they don't fall into the trap.
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Old 03-01-2017, 08:26
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I can't be bothered to have a strong opinion about this either way.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:12
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I can't be bothered to have a strong opinion about this either way.
LOL

Inevitably many people will have no interest in this, as with any topic of discussion. But thank you for letting us know your thoughts.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:16
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I'd definitely email them or write to them and complain and you may get a voucher sent.
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:54
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I'd definitely email them or write to them and complain and you may get a voucher sent.
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Old 04-01-2017, 02:46
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The majority of these fruits in alcohol/liqueur are low in alcohol content, and that in turn leads to a low ABV, usually 5% ish, with the Sainsbury's one falling into this category. It's a lot harder to find higher alcohol content fruits now than it was say 5 years ago, as the trend has been to reduce the alcohol in our nanny state.

If you want a stronger kick of alcohol then look for higher alcohol content with correspondingly higher ABVs. For example this Griottines Morello Cherries in Liqueur and Kirsch from Amazon is 40% alcohol content and 15% ABV: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Griottines-...32GZGQBRY5ET0E. Griottines' website describes the process and confirms 15%: http://www.griottines.co.uk/griottin...ry-secrets.php.

More Griottines fruits in alcohol with high alcohol content here (not the Vergers de Gascogne though): http://www.edelices.co.uk/sweets/fruits-alcohol.html.
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Old 04-01-2017, 12:01
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It's a lot harder to find higher alcohol content fruits now than it was say 5 years ago, as the trend has been to reduce the alcohol in our nanny state.
Cheers. That never crossed my mind. What a sad state of affairs.

I used to buy these in France and always had a jar on the go, as well as giving them as Xmas presents.

http://www.distillerie-perigord.com/...it-in-liqueur/
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Old 04-01-2017, 15:55
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"Yours,
Outraged of Tunbridge Wells"
Yawn.

Yes - we got the 'joke' the first time.

It wasn't funny then.

It never is.
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Old 04-01-2017, 16:31
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The ingredients show that the LUXARDO® Kirsch is only 8% of the total volume of the ingredients with sugar and water being higher on the list so more quantity.

Waitrose seem to do a 700g jar for £1.20

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/Product...Luxardo+kirsch

Although the 850g jar is £22.89 on Amazon.
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Old 04-01-2017, 17:16
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Cheers. That never crossed my mind. What a sad state of affairs.

I used to buy these in France and always had a jar on the go, as well as giving them as Xmas presents.

http://www.distillerie-perigord.com/...it-in-liqueur/
I looked at your link and found a UK distributor Classic Fine Foods: https://issuu.com/classicfinefoods, but it's trade only. I found elsewhere on Google and downloaded a PDF extract of their July 2015 newsletter promoting Distillerie du Perigord as a new brand, and featuring both the cherries in alcohol and kirsch and the raspberries in alcohol, and it that said they are (or were then) 15% ABV.
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Old 04-01-2017, 17:52
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The ingredients show that the LUXARDO® Kirsch is only 8% of the total volume of the ingredients with sugar and water being higher on the list so more quantity.

Waitrose seem to do a 700g jar for £1.20

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/Product...Luxardo+kirsch

Although the 850g jar is £22.89 on Amazon.
Must be a mistake on the £1.20 price, surely.

But look -
"Sweet Greek black cherries immersed in luxardo kirsch - perfect for cocktails and desserts."
That is definitely misleading because it strongly implies that the liquid in the jar is Kirsch. When in fact it's mostly water.
They're all at it.
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Old 04-01-2017, 20:48
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Yawn.

Yes I- we got the 'joke' the first time.

It wasn't funny then.

It never is.
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Old Yesterday, 09:30
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Yawn.

Yes - we got the 'joke' the first time.

It wasn't funny then.

It never is.
Won't stop him though. Just like that embarrassing old uncle that only comes out as Xmas that thinks he is funny but everyone avoids like the plague
This is probably their only outlet as nobody else takes any notice.
He is harmless really, let him feel that someone finds him as hilarious as he obviously does.
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