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.
A neat range of drink related books here (ranging from the authoritative to the mildly irreverent) for wine enthusiasts to enjoy and for those who buy presents for them to note!
It’s another promotion day at Lidl – this time with their Christmas specials – so see what’s hot on the list – along with suggestions about the stars from their core range and tidings of great joy (about Champagne).
Aldi’s Christmas wine selections went in store yesterday and here are my thoughts on the high spots it contains – which include well priced red and white Burgundy and classy fizz – one in an “on trend” magnum.
Here’s another selection of good value options from a retailer renown for doing the simple things well – accompanied, of course, by more Top Tips and the usual Best of the Rest.
SPAR has crafted two new simple, modern wine ranges that really allow convenience stores to rival supermarket offerings in price (£5-6) and quality. See the highlights here – plus Best of the Rest and another Top Tip.
A good week for wine lovers. Not only have Morrisons acquired tasty parcels of well priced, one-off wines but Sainsbury’s launch another 25% off deal this morning.
