Drink

Taste the Difference Albariño 2018, 13.5%, Sainsbury down from £8.50 to £7.50 until 10 December Floral aromas with peach, tangerine and apricot flavours backed by crisp acidity.  Good with a Boxing Day...

Visits to and from my scattered family means that I shall be enjoying three Christmas dinners this year.  Whether I have to cope with three turkey dinners is another matter but I have the feeling that goose...

Finest Chenin Blanc 2018, Breede River, South Africa, 12.5%, Tesco, down from £7.50 to £6 until 9 December Fresh crisp, honeysuckle aromas, with white peach and crunchy apple notes on the palate.  Team...

Christmas gatherings don’t have to be grand; sometimes the best ones are the spur-of-the-moment invitations to ‘come round for drinks’.  So make sure you stock up with a suitable range of wines to avoid...

Amanda Wragg pays a visit to The Millers Bar, Brighouse

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...

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...

If you want to see what happens when a closed down old boozer comes back to life, then head to the White Horse in Church Fenton

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...

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...