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UK-based wine blog that focuses mainly on wines available in supermarkets and other popular merchants.
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 an affordable, medium-dry white made in the Loire Valley in France from Chenin Blanc grapes.I wouldn't say it has massive amounts of character, but its tingling acidity and residual sugar make it a fine food wine. It kind of reminds me of an (read full article)
This is currently one of my favourite wines. I love the off-dry Riesling style, and this is a great example at a fantastic price. I got this from Bibendum during their 2009 summer sale for £6.60 a bottle. The wonderfully low price was somewhat te (read full article)
Ah yes, the magic of Hunter Valley Semillion. I've heard it so many times - this special terrior, you can put this wine away for ages and it develops into a complex, nutty, magical brew that is utterly unique to this part of Australia.I suppose to t (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)
I've been seeing a lot of McGuigan recently. They are a brand that seems to have been increasing in visibility for the last few months (maybe years?) in the places that I shop. They have their own range of wines, and they produce some own-label stu (read full article)
Went to Bedales in Spitalfields for lunch today. There were 3 of us, and the idea was to get a nice bottle of wine and some food. The wine on the restaurant wine list wasn't very interesting (at first glance anyways), and there was also the ability (read full article)
This was on offer at my local Tesco for £4.49 (half price), which is a silly bargain for a German dessert wine of Prädikatswein quality.This is from the Rheinhessen region of Germany, which is more famous for Liebfraumilch than for quality late-har (read full article)
According to the wine press, this Austrian grape is taking the world by storm. It's hip, it's cool, and everybody who's somebody is either drinking it or serving it in their restaurant.I tried this effort by Sainsbury's last year, and to be honest i (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)
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)
I made a brief mention of this wine previously while discussing its cool-fermented stablemate. It probably would be less confusing if I didn't mention the cool-fermented one, but it's easy to mistake one for the other so let's make the distinction n (read full article)
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