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New Trends but at Keen Prices

Get yourself ahead of the curve with this review of inexpensive newcomers just arriving in Co-op stores; company insiders are convinced that they reflect some of the next consumer wine trends.

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My Pick of the Brands

Use these clear cut recommendations to navigate your way through a list in which brands rule the roost – and to unearth a couple of other choice selections from elsewhere on the High Street.

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Lovely wines from Aldi’s Spring Festival

Aldi’s Wine Festivals are less frequent – and slightly smaller in scale – than Lidl’s equivalents but they still offer cracking wines at really impressive prices. Here are three good examples from the promotion that started this week – along with suggestions for drinking at delayed Valentine’s Day celebrations.

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Majestically striding into Spring

Anyone not currently a Majestic customer will surely put that right with these impressive wines that form part of its latest promotions – but then this post also points you towards a tasty duo from Morrisons

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Another New Promotion from Lidl

The new two month cycle for Lidl promotions is upon us already and offers almost 40 wines from £4.50 upwards. Here are my top six in terms of balancing quality and price along with top buys from Waitrose and Aldi.

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Great value £6 (or so) reds

Reverting to our ever popular single retailer opening focus, here are skilfully crafted reds at discounted prices around £6 each, from one of the UK’s most underestimated large wine multiples – plus top tips on promotions at Tesco and Waitrose.

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A Survival Guide for Budget Drinking

Frugality is often the watch word during the dark and often gloomy days of early January but, relax guys, no need to cut out wine altogether with these great value options from six different retailers.

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Add Sparkle to Your Celebrations

With so many people breaking out the bubbles over the next two weeks, it is hard to know exactly what to buy. Here, then, is my guide to what will give you a great value sparkle this year – and they start at a mere £10.

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9 Great Wines from a Neglected Style

Fortified wine need not just belong to generations past. Many such current offerings provide fantastic quality – often at great value prices – and here are some you can buy with confidence.

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A Book for Bevy-time?

Winter nights do not just mean drinking wine in comfortable surroundings but learning more about them too. Here are five books that not only help you do so but often offer “rattling good yarns” as well.

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Great Reasons for Thanksgiving to Lidl

A treasure chest of wines have been assembled in the Lidl Christmas promotion and here are several that impressed me; they include unusual examples of port and fizz with more familiar classy reds and, of course, well priced sauvignon.

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Canny Drinkers Alert: 25% off again

Another “25% off when you buy six” promotion starts in Sainsbury’s today, so here are five reliable (and already discounted) premium or award winning wines that these extra reductions turn into even brighter bargains – three of them drop below a fiver.

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Christmas Wine Buying Starts Here

Tune in today for six excellent wines – from right across the price points – in probably the most plentiful of the High Street wine specialists – together with a little bonus of two “under £5” delights from Asda and Morrisons.

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Going Behind the Promotions List

Not just a look at Tesco’s brand new promotions but a peep, perhaps, at the plan behind the main ranges – plus the final instalment of Everyday Bordeaux with wine from Sainsbury’s and the Co-op.

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