Win: a three month wine subscription from Le Petit Ballon
If the idea of having wine sent to you in the post each month sounds like a dream, you need to check out wine subscription service Le Petit Ballon.
Subscription services seem to be having a moment, don’t they? Alex has a monthly beer subscription, and we’ve tried food delivery boxes like HelloFresh. The best ones offer convenience alongside the joy of discovering something new and different.
Step in Le Petit Ballon, where each month you’re sent two specially selected bottles of wine, right to your doorstep. They arrive along with a newsletter and tasting notes which give you tips ranging from the type of meal to serve it with to the best temperature to serve it at (if, like me, you’re still not that much of an expert despite many years of happily trying, this is all useful stuff for pretending you are).
There are two different type of Le Petit Ballon subscriptions – the Grape Expectations box, and then the Age of Raison selection, which are the more premium bottles. For our Le Petit Ballon review we were sent the Grape Expectation box which contained a South African red and a French Sauvignon Blanc (my fave!) both of which were brands I’d not tried before.
Each of the wines is hand picked by Le Petit Ballon’s master sommelier, which means it’s a good way of trying new things if you tend to stick to your personal favourites or *ahem* whatever’s on offer at the supermarket. If you like the wine, you can also buy individual bottles from the website at a discounted price.
The Grape Expectation box we sampled for our Le Petit Ballon review costs £24 a month, so around £12 a bottle, and while it’s more expensive than your average supermarket offer, it’s not as ridiculously expensive as some wine clubs are. You do pay delivery charges on top though (around £5 per box, which bumps the price up, it would be better if this was covered in the price).
I really liked the idea though. Unlike my heady student days when we used to buy a bottle of generic £2.50 white or red wine (to drink *before* we even went out…) my wine consumption now is – mostly – about quality than quantity, and the idea of having a glass of something nice and an occasion wine that you can plan a meal around becomes more and more appealing.
Following our Le Petit Ballon review, we’re giving away a three month subscription to Le Petit Ballon, comment below and let me know your favourite colour of wine:
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The winner will be picked from all valid entries received before the competition closing date of 11.59pm on Sunday 6th July. To enter you must be 18 or over and based in the UK. More on the La Petit Ballon website here.
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97 Comments
Tracy Nixon
June 15, 2018 at 9:47 am
I love rose x
Kim Styles
June 15, 2018 at 10:01 am
I like white Wine the most .
Duncan Nagle
June 15, 2018 at 10:14 am
Health says red, my head says white, my heart says rose.
Sarah Rees
June 15, 2018 at 10:37 am
I like white wine
Yolanda Davis
June 15, 2018 at 12:10 pm
Rose is my favourite.
Caroline H
June 15, 2018 at 2:14 pm
Red wine for me.
Laura Jeffs
June 15, 2018 at 3:55 pm
I love red wine
julie laing
June 15, 2018 at 4:18 pm
rose
Andrew Petrie
June 15, 2018 at 5:37 pm
My favourite colour of wine is red.
Solange
June 15, 2018 at 8:16 pm
I’m a big fan of rose.
Sarah N
June 15, 2018 at 9:34 pm
My favourite is Rose
Louise A
June 15, 2018 at 9:59 pm
Red
Hayley F
June 15, 2018 at 11:15 pm
Red is my fav x
Kim Neville
June 15, 2018 at 11:35 pm
I like white
melanie stirling
June 16, 2018 at 12:17 am
White is my favourite.
Jane Willis
June 16, 2018 at 8:24 am
I love them all, red, white and rosé – my choice depends on where I am, what the weather is like and what I’m eating.
Leanne Hansell
June 16, 2018 at 8:55 am
My favourite wine is white.
CHRISTINE SUTHERLAND
June 16, 2018 at 9:09 am
Red
iain maciver
June 16, 2018 at 9:52 am
white wine for me
Rich Tyler
June 16, 2018 at 10:51 am
Red
Rachel Craig
June 16, 2018 at 1:42 pm
White wine.
Lindsey stuart
June 16, 2018 at 2:24 pm
I really enjoy a glass of white wine, very refreshing 🙂
Alice Dixon
June 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm
Rose is my favourite
Angela Treadway
June 16, 2018 at 4:02 pm
rose is my fav x
Rena Plumridge
June 16, 2018 at 4:45 pm
Red
ruth robinson
June 16, 2018 at 7:56 pm
my favourite wine is rose would love to win this x
laura stewart
June 16, 2018 at 9:39 pm
i like white wine x
Margaret Gallagher
June 16, 2018 at 10:06 pm
Red – i love all wine
Hazel Rea
June 16, 2018 at 10:12 pm
Rose – it’s so refreshing, particularly in summer.
Hayley Colburn
June 16, 2018 at 10:39 pm
My favourite is white
Laura Pritchard
June 17, 2018 at 9:31 am
I like Rose.
Michelle Ferguson
June 17, 2018 at 11:25 am
I like rose and white wine but not red
Laura Banks
June 17, 2018 at 1:06 pm
at the moment its rose
Ruth Harwood
June 17, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Love Rose xx
Bob Clark
June 17, 2018 at 4:14 pm
I love red wine
Nikki Hayes
June 17, 2018 at 4:25 pm
Rose is my favourite, with white coming a close second :o)
Claire Woods
June 17, 2018 at 4:40 pm
white
Cath Joyce
June 17, 2018 at 8:46 pm
My favourite is rose
Karen Barrett
June 17, 2018 at 9:10 pm
White
Alison Johnson
June 17, 2018 at 10:17 pm
I like white.
Tammy Tudor
June 18, 2018 at 12:12 pm
I love white wine
Keith Hunt
June 18, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Rose
clair downham
June 18, 2018 at 2:13 pm
white wine thankyou
Nicki Evans
June 18, 2018 at 3:27 pm
White wine
Liam Bishop
June 18, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Red, it goes with everything.
Dale Dow
June 18, 2018 at 7:18 pm
Oooh my favourite colour of wine has to be Rose, White is next but can’t stand red
Helen Tovell
June 18, 2018 at 10:09 pm
A dry white for me every time
Helen Adams
June 20, 2018 at 10:36 am
I usually drink red
Kim Carberry
June 20, 2018 at 8:13 pm
I really love Rose but will drink any. hehehe
Lynn Neal
June 22, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Red is my favourite!
Angela Kelly
June 23, 2018 at 11:23 am
I like a sweet white wine.
Pam Francis Gregory
June 23, 2018 at 10:02 pm
Love a good red!
Susan B
June 24, 2018 at 4:20 pm
Red is my favourite but I enjoy virtually all wine as a treat.
Alice Colling
June 26, 2018 at 1:44 pm
White, nice and cold.
Mum Reinvented
June 28, 2018 at 2:11 pm
White
John Tingay
June 30, 2018 at 12:43 am
I prefer most reds, the whites I like tend to be very expensive.
pete c
June 30, 2018 at 2:48 pm
my favourite is a nice deep red, delicious with roast meats
JULIE WARD
June 30, 2018 at 9:21 pm
White for me, its rude if you don’t finish the bottle once opened
Susan Hoggett
July 1, 2018 at 4:54 pm
Red for me, but I do like to try a good variety
Christina Palmer
July 2, 2018 at 12:26 pm
I like white wine the most although Rose is nice as well
Debbie Preston
July 2, 2018 at 10:52 pm
Usually have red win but love a chilled Rose on a summers day
Tracy Newton
July 3, 2018 at 11:30 am
I love a nice glass of white wine
Sarah Lee
July 3, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Red is my favourite
Iris
July 3, 2018 at 9:06 pm
I like red or white it depends on the occasion really, on a warm summers evening a chilled glass of white is perfect.
donna l jones
July 4, 2018 at 8:16 am
rose for me
Lisa King
July 4, 2018 at 9:21 am
I love white wine
Denise Wilden
July 4, 2018 at 11:21 pm
I love Red wine
Emma Whittaker
July 5, 2018 at 12:31 am
I love a good red
Natalie Thomason
July 5, 2018 at 1:43 am
A red
Kim Lam
July 5, 2018 at 8:55 am
In the summer, definitely Rose
sarah parker
July 5, 2018 at 9:47 am
I love red 🙂
EJ Dunn
July 5, 2018 at 10:58 am
Definitely ehite wine
Alison Clark
July 5, 2018 at 11:50 am
I’m not drinking at the moment but when I do it is white wine – this would be great for my mum as she is a wine drinker but I couldn’t see in your review if you have to have red and white or if there is an option to just have white? A fabulous idea though
Fiona Mallard
July 5, 2018 at 12:08 pm
I tend to drink rose
Vera Bahounkova
July 5, 2018 at 12:18 pm
I like white wine
Deborah Bird
July 5, 2018 at 1:14 pm
I like Rose x
jo liddement
July 5, 2018 at 4:00 pm
My favourite is rose wine but i also enjoy a very chilled white wine.
katie w
July 5, 2018 at 6:05 pm
has to be red
Christine Caple
July 5, 2018 at 6:29 pm
Rose is my favourite
olivia Kirby
July 5, 2018 at 8:37 pm
Fizz is my favourite then I like red and dry white, not so keen on a rose
sara owen
July 5, 2018 at 8:46 pm
My favourite is red wine is delicous after that its wone but im not a fan of white
Alison Macdonald
July 5, 2018 at 10:52 pm
Red ??
Monica Gilbert
July 5, 2018 at 11:43 pm
I like rose, along with some varieties of white (like Riesling).
Miss Tracy Hanson
July 5, 2018 at 11:45 pm
Love WHITE WINE, you can have a lovely crisp Chardonnay which is perfect for this sort of weather.
claire Little
July 6, 2018 at 12:46 am
rose is my favourite
Natalie Gillham
July 6, 2018 at 2:28 am
White wine is my favourite.
Clare Hubbard
July 6, 2018 at 1:05 pm
Red wine
denise s
July 6, 2018 at 6:17 pm
favourite is white wine ,
Herbert Appleby
July 6, 2018 at 6:52 pm
red is my favorite wine colour
Karen Dixon
July 6, 2018 at 7:03 pm
I love rose
Sarah Hanson
July 6, 2018 at 7:08 pm
I like any wine but red is the best
LoobyLee
July 6, 2018 at 8:29 pm
It’s so cruel to have to pick a favourite. Hmmmmm White? Rose? Oh go on then, I’ll say rose
Caroline Anne Bellamy
July 6, 2018 at 9:27 pm
Rose all the way
Diana
July 6, 2018 at 10:03 pm
Red is my favourite 🙂
Jen Jackson
July 7, 2018 at 6:09 pm
I love white wine. Especially Pinot
Ruth Wollerton
July 8, 2018 at 3:37 pm
I love white wine – and PROSECCO xxx
Anna Brown
July 8, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Rosé is my favourite type of wine