Let’s kick off 2019 with five great value wines that offer presentable fare at terrific prices along with our usual Best of the Rest Section and another Top Tip – this time about glass sizes.

Christmas and New Year bring bubbles to the fore so here are my recommendations on the great value options that I have unearthed in a variety of retailers.

With turkey no longer a given for Christmas lunch, interesting fish based options are gaining ground. Here are terrific whites that could go well one of those dishes and much else besides.

Today, red wine for Christmas goes into the spotlight. The recommendations are in two groups – a mid-priced selection for use as appropriate over the festive season plus a clutch of more expensive options for the big day itself.

Although those much neglected genres – sweet and fortified wines – are not just for Christmas they do suit this time of the year well, and here are some that offer exceptional value for money.

Party wines need to tread a middle path between the unnecessarily expensive and the cheap but nasty. Here is a trolley load of wines that are dependable but reasonably priced.

The people have spoken – or, at least, a host of everyday wine drinkers have selected the finalists for the People’s Choice wine awards. Today we look at five quite different wines that made it to the shortlist – as well as starting the countdown to Christmas.

Today’s post pinpoints good value wines from around £5 upwards at Asda along with Best of the Rest choices from elsewhere in the High Street and a Top Tip about classy Italian fizz that does not begin with “P”.

Morrisons have some nice reds in their Workshop range (from £6 -£10) so here are details of which to buy – and what else is hot there and elsewhere – along with a Top Tip about opening champagne

The current favourite supermarket initiative (25% off when you buy six) is in operation at Tesco this week, so today’s post has hot tips on using these discounts well – including a Magic Bullet Languedoc red.- and our usual Best of the Rest and Top Tips.