Brian Elliott is an established wine journalist, taster, judge and writer with a weekly column in Scottish newspapers.
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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.
A great Magic Bullet selection from Spain leads today’s post about ongoing and “on promotion” wines at the Co-op – plus two Best of the Rest choices and a Top Tip that offers real comfort to the self conscious.
This morning sees a new promotion begin at Sainsbury’s offering price reductions on over 100 wines. See which five I have highlighted (including my Magic Bullet selection) along with top choices from other retailers and news of a Fizz Feast.
Today we take a break from wine promotions to seek out the best High Street shiraz for under £8 – and find three – but also feature our usual Best of the Rest selections as well as the regular Sunday Best recommendations.
Today’s post highlights seven great choices from the Lidl promotion that starts this morning but look out in particular for the MidWeekers Magic Bullet – wine that will make you look savvy for picking it up, tastes lovely but has a surprisingly inexpensive price.
