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UK-based wine blog that focuses mainly on wines available in supermarkets and other popular merchants.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'chianti'
Aug 05
I've seen this wine a million times in supermarkets, and never tried it. It seems like a supermarket stalwart - kind of just always there. Unspectacular looking, and normally just a pound or two too much to take a gamble on.It is on offer in Waitro (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, waitrose
Mar 30
The entire Sainsbury's Taste the Difference wine range is on offer for 1/3 off until April 13th. I think this range is quite good value, and a further 33% off makes it a steal.Chianti Classico for £4.90? Ridiculous. I wouldn't say it's the best Ch (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, sainsbury's
Jan 08
Because we drink a lot of Italian reds as 'everyday wine', I'm always trying new ones. I saw this award-winning wine on the Tesco website as I was ordering something else so I decided to give it a try.This is a 'riserva' which means it has to be age (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, tesco
Nov 18
Trying this wine recently has sparked my interest in Chianti Classico. Quite often I buy 'normal' Chianti as a good value, food friendly table wine, but there is supposedly a big leap in quality between that and Chianti Classico. It's been years si (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, the wine society
Oct 28
This was a bit of a risky purchase. I ordered 6 bottles without having tried it, going solely on the wine's reputation and price: half price from Tesco Wine Club (£9 from £18), and a Decanter gold medal. Sounds like a deal.The wine is a Chianti C (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, tesco
Oct 09
This is essentially the same wine this, except this is a different vintage and it's gone up in price. I've been wondering if I should bother blogging about different vintages of what is essentially a supermarket wine. Italy isn't exactly California (read full article)
chianti, Italy, red, sainsbury's
Aug 03
I snuck a bottle of this Chianti into a recent Waitrose order. I hadn't tried it before, and it looked like a good deal (40% off). We like to have Italian wine around the house to have at mealtimes, and if we liked this I would plan to buy more.I f (read full article)
2006, chianti, Italy, red, waitrose