Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin October 6, 2019 Drink, Wine Weather Station Pinot Grigio 2017, South Africa, 12.5%, Marks and Spencer down from £7 to £6 until 4 November Easy-drinking, quality Pinot Grigio with crisp pear and nectarine fruit. Team this with...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin September 29, 2019 Drink, Wine Cono Sur Bicicleta Viognier 2018, Chile, 14%, Booths, down from £7.85 to £6 until 22 October Light and crisp with apricot and peach flavours and a touch of spice. A perfect aperitif, or team it with...
Burgundy Days – Pinot Noir for Autumn Drinking Christine Austin September 29, 2019 Drink, Wine It is about this time of year that I find my hand moving to the Pinot section of the wine rack. During the hot summer weather I have had my fill of crisp bright whites and while I will continue to enjoy my...
Dig a Little Deeper for Better Value Wine Christine Austin September 22, 2019 Drink, General, Wine At first it was ‘dry January’, which I don’t really mind. After the excesses of the festive season everyone’s liver needs a period of rest and recuperation. And the fact that my family has several...
Off the shelf – Best Wine Buys this weekend Christine Austin September 22, 2019 Drink, Wine Rustenberg Chardonnay 2018, South Africa, 14%, Waitrose down from £14.99 to £10.99 until 8 October An elegant, precise, peach and apricot style of wine, with just a hint of oak to round out the flavours....
Mission Control – from Yorkshire to New Zealand Christine Austin September 15, 2019 Drink, Wine 200 years ago, on September 25 1819, a Yorkshireman from Farsley decided to plant a vineyard in New Zealand. Samuel Marsden, son of a blacksmith had left Yorkshire a few years earlier, as a missionary to...
Off the shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin September 15, 2019 Drink, Wine Bruce Jack Chenin Blanc 2018, South Africa, 13%, Sainsbury down from £7 to £6 until 17 September Fresh crisp, honeysuckle aromas, with white peach and crunchy apple notes on the palate. Team with...
Almost There – Holiday Souvenir Drinking Christine Austin September 8, 2019 Drink, Wine ‘We get lots of people coming in after their holidays hoping to find the special wine they enjoyed on their trip,’ said Andy Langshaw at Harrogate Wines, ‘and sometimes we have it, or something very...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin September 8, 2019 Drink, Wine Giesen Dillons Point Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Marlborough, New Zealand, 12.5%, Waitrose down from £9.49 to £6.99 until September 10 Supercharged Sauvignon with refreshing gooseberry and tropical fruit...
In Vino Varsity Christine Austin September 1, 2019 Drink, Wine So, how did the exam results go? The last few weeks have been traumatic for anyone with teenagers in the house. A rollercoaster of hopes, worries and fears brought on by exams have, in many cases, been...
