Brian Elliott is an established wine journalist, taster, judge and writer with a weekly column in Scottish newspapers.
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Get the lowdown on what impressess in the brand new Aldi Wine Festival that starts this morning – along with the usual Best of the Rest from other suppliers and a guest piece on wine from a terrific Spanish region.
A new Lidl promotion starts this morning containing great value options such as a “less than a fiver” Portuguese red as well as tasty Austrian Gru-Vee. Featured too are excellent reds from a well known on-line retailer.
MidWeek Wines 2018 reviews start with commendations for 5 great value wines on promotion from £5, then looks at the Best of the Rest from other retailers – and concludes with a detailed look at a seriously underestimated wine region.
To make room for an upcoming Wine Festival, bin end prices have been applied to three really classy wines – which include a tasty £10 Burgundy – but, understandably, only while stocks last.
When the world celebrates, it does so with bubbles – so here is a selection of wines that sparkle yet will suit most palates – and pockets.
“Course I don’t like sweet wines” is a chorus we often hear but life has few joys like an opulent dessert partnered with one of the brilliant “stickies” on display here.
Stilton seems an inseperable part of Christmas but selecting its ideal liquid companion is not as easy as it looks. Find out what worked for us in this rather special taste test.
The UK’s only real surviving feast day calls for something a little special so here are some (largely High Street) red wines that will grace the occasion for you.
Christmas lunch should always be a bit special so here are some brilliant examples – most of them easily accessible – that will provide the quality that this occasion demands.
If ever there is a time for the full range of fortified wine it has to be Christmas. So here are seven great examples of the style – plus pointers toward eight others that brilliantly display the strengths fortified wines have to offer.
