The Ace of Clubs Christine Austin November 24, 2019 Drink, Wine There is a kind of shortcut amongst wine-lovers when they talk about buying wine. Although everyone sources some favourites from supermarkets and independents, real wine lovers will just ask – ‘are you a...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 24, 2019 Drink, Wine Fourth Dimension Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Adelaide Hills, Australia, 13.5%, Aldi £7.99 From the breezy, cool-climate hills just north of Adelaide, this is a zesty, bright wine, full of gooseberry and...
Wasted on Gran Christine Austin November 17, 2019 Drink, Wine Is there anything more depressing than the term ‘fortified wine’? It reeks of dusty decanters on a mahogany sideboard, their contents slowly oxidising until they become undrinkable. So despite wine...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 17, 2019 Drink, Wine Koha Sauvignon Blanc 2018, Marlborough, New Zealand, 12.5%, Marks and Spencer down from £8 to £6 until 2 December A bright, zesty, citrus and gooseberry packed wine, perfect as an aperitif to keep in the...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 10, 2019 Drink, Wine Finest Breede River Sauvignon Blanc 2018, South Africa, 12.5%, Tesco down from £7.50 to £6 until 18 November Fresh, bright and gooseberry-fresh, perfect as an aperitif, or team it with grilled sea...
Small is Bountiful Christine Austin November 10, 2019 Drink, Wine No matter how organised you might be with your weekly shop or delivery there are times when everyone runs out of something. It might be milk, eggs or, worst of all, wine. That’s when you might think off...
Top of the Pops Christine Austin November 3, 2019 Drink, Wine It has been tasting season again when I have to sniff, swirl and spit my way through around 1000 wines in a very few days, making notes on the good ones and turning up my nose at others. This week the focus...
Off the Shelf – Best Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 3, 2019 Drink, Wine Tempus Quartz Chardonnay 2018, South Australia, 13%, Sainsbury down from £9 to £7.50 until 19 November Limestone Coast, Barossa and Adelaide Hills fruit gives a fresh, zesty style of Chardonnay, with...
Off the Shelf – Best Buys this Weekend Christine Austin October 27, 2019 Drink, Wine Tenuta Rapitalà Grillo 2017, Sicily, 13%, Waitrose down from £9.99 to £7.99 until 5 November Grillo is a local Sicilian grape known for its flavours of floral, lemony fruit with herbs and a rounded...
Lucky Break – Majestic Returns Christine Austin October 27, 2019 Drink, Wine It was as if they had never been away. The first Majestic tasting I have been to for at least a year was like waking up after a nightmare. Ever since the mail-order specialist Naked Wines managed a...
