Brian Elliott is an established wine journalist, taster, judge and writer with a weekly column in Scottish newspapers.
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Our quest for great value wine again takes us on the “road less travelled” – today it’s to Southern Spain and even to Moldova.
Competition is hotting up for your wine-purchasing Christmas pennies, so our usual promotions feature is expanded to cover a new range of deals Aldi has introduced for the ten-week run up to Christmas.
Today the spotlight goes on great value new world wines – one with a name you might (inadvisably) ignore and the other with a price you couldn’t.
It is the “road less travelled” for an Italian red and “Loire” sauvignon today – but coupled with a look at something much more familiar – the Supermarket wine scene.
Today’s post tries to look on the bright side of the current wine scene and introduces two equally bright wines that will help you do so.
A nice contrast today – Premier League malbec as a Sunday treat gets together with an enjoyable Romanian pinot noir weighing in at less than £6.
Dial “M” for ….. well, Value. Two inexpensive wines starting with the same letter, that were ignored for years (or altogether in one case) show what you have been missing.
Five recommended wines from Aldi lead the charge in today’s post along with all your usual favourites.
Today, we “go south” (in a good way) to laud a well-crafted red from South Africa and a savoury edged white from the South of France.
Delightful gran reserva Rioja, subtle sauvignon and classy Rhone all combine to caress your taste buds today.
