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I was in The Grape Shop today, and I asked the proprietor for a good Chardonnay. I took the cheapest one he recommended because I was looking for an everyday-type wine, and it was this Chilean Chardonnay from the Casablanca Valley.I'm found this win (read full article)
This is good stuff. I haven't tried too many rosés from Rioja, but I'm willing to bet they are just as good value as the reds, if this is any indication.I guess the regular price of £7.99 would be expensive for a rosé, but this is Majestic, and t (read full article)
I needed a Chardonnay for Spaghetti Carbonara so I just decided to try this, a generic white Burgundy that was 25% off at Waitrose.A pretty decent wine, although I wasn't bowled over by its character. A bit of white stone fruit with good acidity, it (read full article)
This is a very drinkable rosé from Provence. This is how I like my rosé in the summer - light, almost like a white wine with a bit of red berry fruit to it. They are also very dangerous - before I noticed I had drank over half a bottle over dinne (read full article)
I bought this from Sainsbury's at the same time I bought this. I had wanted to try it for a while now, but just never got around to it. As usual, the offer price drew me to it (£5.99 down from £8.99). This is a decent wine. It has good acidity (read full article)
This wine has been popping up in a lot of newspaper columns and magazine articles recently, so I figured I might as well try it to see what all the fuss is about.Those who know me know that I'm not a huge fan of cheap, new world Pinot Noir. Despite (read full article)
This is probably one of the better Italian whites you can get for under a tenner. Made by the Piemontese co-op Araldica, this is a characterful, refreshing wine with strong notes of pear and citrus.It was £6.69 with 25% off, and was worth every penn (read full article)
If Carlsberg made rosé...For whatever reason, this rosé has garnered the praise of the late writer Auberon Waugh. I don't really know anything about him, so I'm not going to pretend to. However his words are immortalized on the back label of this (read full article)
I'm gradually becoming a Riesling addict. It's tasty, refreshing, versatile and affordable. It comes in loads of different styles, from dry to off-dry to sweet, from lighter styles such as German Kabinett to fuller, riper styles such as Spatlese an (read full article)
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