Category Archives: Drinks Reviews

Morrisons   £ 7.50, down to £6.50 until 7th March 2023 One of the best bargains on the supermarket shelves. Great value at its normal price of £7.50, but at just £6.50 until 7th March, it has to be the best deal of the week. Falanghina is the grape; it’s from Campania, in south west Italy,Continue reading “The Best Falanghina 2021”

Waitrose. £8.99 If you haven’t explored their ‘Loved and Found’ range yet, head over to Waitrose, and start with this delicious, smooth white from south western France. It’s a bargain at £8.99, and a chance to discover something new. The name is the grape, a little- known one ( as the range implies), unique toContinue reading “Loin de l’oeil 2021, ‘Loved and Found’”

Lidl. £9.99 It’s not too late to pick up a great value pink fizz for Valentines day; I can’t guarantee this will still be in all stores, but I picked it up for £9.99 very recently. A gentle, peachy-hued sparkler, from the Loire valley, made from one of my favourite grapes, the raspberry-scented Cabernet Franc.Continue reading “Cremant de Loire Rose NV”

Lidl, £7.49 Sicily, Italy Lidl have brought in a lovely little range of Italian wines for their spring season. One of the best is the little-known Zizibbo, remember it just for its fun name! A little-known grape from Sicily, one of the oldest’s in the world, originally from Egypt, and brought to the Italian isles.Continue reading “Lidl Zibibbo 2021, Duca di Castelmonte”

Lidl. £6.99 Sicily, Italy Definitely my bargain of the week. This little gem is overloaded with a juicy riot of summer fruits; raspberry and cherry, juicy, a real fruit bomb of flavour. Light in style, soft, fruity, with a dusting of wild herbs. The sicilian frappato grape, in its fresh exuberant glory, is tempered withContinue reading “Passamano Frappato Syrah 2021”

Hungary M&S.    £8.00 I’m a huge fan of the M&S Found range, and this is no exception. Furmint is the grape behind the famous dessert wine, Tokay Aszu, but this time weaved into a deliciously smooth, dry white; exotic and ripe, bursting with nectarine and honeyed aromas, smooth and lingering. Ideal with a riotContinue reading “‘Found’ Furmint 2021”

Australia Waitrose £12.99 down to £10.49 ( offer ends 1st Jan 2023) Make sure you don’t miss out on this luscious delight before Christmas! Sumptuous, intensely rich and decadent dessert wine from Australia – true liquid nectar, as it beguiles the senses with irresistibly rich smells and flavours – the epitome of indulgence – caramel,Continue reading “Campbells Rutherglen Muscat Australia”

Tuscany, Italy Great Wine Company. £35 An elegant classic from one of Tuscany’s best known producers. it’s Christmas, so I’m indulging in a more expensive wine for the festivities, and this is a beauty. Elegant, and poised, with all the hallmarks of quality, style and class, beautifully matured.  It weaves rich morello cherry fruit, throughContinue reading “Perano Chianti Classico Riserva, Frescobaldi 2017”

Victoria, Australia.       Great Wine Company £25 ( down from £29.50) As the quirky name suggests, a silky red that’s perfect with game ( and many other dishes). Smokey, rich in dark, brooding fruit, and oozing sweet, gamey aromas, this is a sophisticated take on Shiraz. Glorious sweetness of fruit, and lively freshness, scatteredContinue reading “Ladies who shoot their lunch, Wild ferment Shiraz 2019”

Galicia, Spain.     Great Wine Company £12.95 Exquisitely elegant and refined white from the Atlantic-influenced region of Galicia in north-west Spain.  Albarinho is the best-known grape from this region, but this is Godello, a lesser-known, but equally exciting one! A riot of exotic fruit leaps from the glass; crystal clean, vibrant, with masses of textureContinue reading “Mara Martin Godello 2021”