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October 26, 2020
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A lively Sauvignon Blanc Semillon and a bright Malbec – both around £6.
A lively Sauvignon Blanc Semillon and a bright Malbec – both around £6.
Taking a respite from the website’s staple wine diet, today’s the day for our regular Sunday Best feature on wines for special occasions – including well-priced claret and burgundy as well as a niche sauvignon and two superstar whites from Languedoc.
A great value Merlot and soft but fruity Pinot Grigio.
Cricketing super-hero Darren Gough (Rhino to his admirers) is promoting a range South African wines – in support of an animal charity – and has joined forces with an excellent wine merchant and hugely successful wine specialist to do so.
A soft South African Sauvignon and a smooth Sicilian red.
A respected data analysis company tells us that UK wine consumers gently traded up during lockdown. Here are seven tasty wines awaiting others prepared to follow that trend. Plus a call for next week’s Zoom Tasting
Five stops worth making on Lidl’s latest wine tour.
Picpoul has become the “go-to” wine for shellfish and is massively popular in the UK but which of the various versions is for you? Today’s post is specifically designed to help you answer exactly that question.
Three great value wines from three supermarkets.
From North East Italy to Portugal and on to California today’s review of online wines has something for most tastes.
Two supermarket stars, both from South Africa.
South Africa’s wine trade is hard hit at the moment but, as we see here, its winemakers are still producing lovely wine across several price points. Watch out, too, for a new MidWeek Wines venture that I think many of you will enjoy.
A lovely Languedoc Viognier and a great value Cabernet Sauvignon.
It is often revealing to see how wines from the same producer differ as they ascend the price ladder – especially with the large players in the game. Today we do this with McGuigan’s chardonnay.
A stand-out Pinotage for less than £5 and a juicy Chenin Blanc.
Today’s “Sunday Best” selection has something for most tastes – from a delightful Macon white to a New Zealand Riesling and from fabulous Languedoc red to great value Madeira.