A good mixture to tempt taste buds
If – despite official denials – the prosecco does run out, here is a great cava and some well made, inexpensive table wines too
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If – despite official denials – the prosecco does run out, here is a great cava and some well made, inexpensive table wines too
Here – amongst others – are three New World reds (from £5 upwards) to enjoy that cover a range of styles – and all form part of the Sainsbury’s promotion that runs for the rest of June.
Despite the current run of good value wines from Europe, let me show you four New World bottles that are also very attractively priced; some will come as a surprise.
My quarry on this website is not the cheapest wine – but bottles that cost significantly less than their quality seems to justify. Here are some that hit that spot well.
Summer drinking tends to be predictable – so let’s find amazing alternatives to those muscular barbecue-resistant reds and ever present sauvignon blancs.
Lidl’s latest wine collection has been unveiled and, as before, there are some great – and sometimes unusual – wines to savour. An excellent Iberian trio will, I think, be enjoyed by most drinkers – and their bank managers.
National Barbecue Week finishes on Sunday but it is not too late to pull some BBQ friendly, well priced reds from the current round of Tesco promotions.
Usually convenience store wine shelves mean limited choice, higher prices and – sometimes – patchy quality. Come with me though to a retailer represented in most towns and villages that skilfully averts all three of those drawbacks and also has a great option for any prosecco famine.
Catch up with the varied and reliable batch of promotions that Waitrose have assembled for the rest of May. I have pinpointed four particularly strong examples but there are many more in store to engage the incurable wine browser.
Inexpensive Bordeaux wine often seems an oxymoron but the latest Sainsbury’s promotion (along with its bulk buy discount where it applies) turns it into reality. I have pinpointed three of the region’s wines that, to me, illustrate the point perfectly.