A European wine tour of new arrivals
With traditional Chianti, rose influence Pinot noir and Portugal’s take on Albariño, there is something for most tastes in these new arrivals at a wine retailer with 200+ UK stores and a free delivery service for six or more bottles.
Getting to the heart of a brand
Meet a brand that sells 8 million bottles a year (from a standing start five years ago) and cuts through the worst of the snobbish pomposity that sometimes afflicts the world of wine.
Everyday wines to light up ordinary evenings.
With a huge network of stores and a well sourced range of wines, here are a couple of great value, classy wines from the most convenient of convenience stores.
Great examples of what the New World does well
Significant savings dominate the current Waitrose promotions but I have put my focus on two excellent examples – an attractive modern style Chardonnay at £5.99 and a classy Australian Cabernet reduced by £3.
Another Great Wine Cellar Collection at Lidl
The next Lidl promotion has just gone live containing wine from Bordeaux to Hungary and from Cahors to Alsace with several great value stops in between.
Heads up for great value Rioja
Amid the useful reductions in the current Tesco promotion, there is great promotion on a lovely rioja – miss it and you will kick yourself all year!
Top lip stinger on the High Street
Almost overnight it seemed, picpoul de pinet was catapulted from semi-obscure regional speciality to what many considered “the next big thing”. Here are suggestions about why – and about who sells the good versions.
2 whites and a red for an impressive £16.50
Actually, it’s £16.57 but we are unlikely to squabble over 7p. …… or fall out, I suspect, about the quality on offer here – with a £9.99 red to satisfy those seeking something a little further up the ladder.
£6 Tempranillos – with interesting twists
While Rioja has multitudes of admirers, other parts of Spain also do great things with tempranillo, as an organic version and an unusual blend testify here – AND at a reduced price (for the next couple of weeks anyway).
A big Italian red for £6 –but not for long
I am hugely impressed by the value and expertise represented by the intense red featured here and the classy white that costs just a couple of pounds more.