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Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott
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Brian Elliott is an established wine journalist, taster, judge and writer with a weekly column in Scottish newspapers.

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Apparently, “top up” shopping is growing fast, so here are details of a kindly priced wine promotion at the type of retailer ideally placed to make the most of this new trend. Plus over a third off on a great Tasting event for users of this website.

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A Lidl help to celebrate Easter

Read all about a tasty everyday Hungarian white in the Lidl promotion that starts today which also includes an appealing claret under £10 and an Alsace classic for very little more.

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A Wine in a Hundred

Lovely white burgundy on offer to excite wine drinkers today – plus other picks from a large scale promotion (around 100 items) and the low down on foil cutters.

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The Bridge from Supermarket to Indy

Today, we stray away from Supermarket wine – but not the High Street – to look at a selection of impressive wines from Majestic. In addition, there are a couple of Best of the Rest wines and a new feature on wines for slightly more sophisticated occasions – and this feature has been dubbed “Sunday Best Wines”

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Good with Food: Fine with Wine

This week we uncover excellent and well priced wines that suggest the Co-op is as good with wine as its TV adverts tell us it is with food. Best of the Rest wines start at £4 along with helpful advice on decanting.

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More Handy Own Label Discounts

Today’s focus is all about useful discounts on four Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference stars – plus pointers on another half dozen. In support, we have Top Tips about glasses and two great Best of the Rest options.

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Finest*s that Justify Superlatives

Supermarket own label premium wines are often a wise buy – and Tesco have discounted many of theirs (the Finest* range) by up to 20% in their current promotion. Here are some highlights from this promotion.

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