Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys This Weekend Christine Austin December 15, 2018 Drink, Wine The Best Rueda 2017, Spain, 13%, Morrisons down from £6.50 to £6 until 1 January Crisp and zesty like a Sauvignon Blanc, with melon fruit and fennel notes mid-palate. Try as an aperitif or with...
Who’s for White? Best White Wine choices for Christmas Christine Austin December 10, 2018 Drink, Wine Here is my selection of the best white wines to make your Festive Season go well. There are wines for easy drinking, wines to enjoy around the table and a few to hide away until the house is quiet and you have...
Fortify Yourself with Port, Sherry and Madeira Christine Austin December 9, 2018 Drink, Wine As the UK stands on the brink of Brexit, with deals still being done behind the scenes perhaps it is worth thinking back to previous centuries when Britain changed allegiances and made new ones, sometimes...
Silkily Seductive – Pinot Noir from Around the World Christine Austin December 8, 2018 Drink, Wine In a world of big-flavoured Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Syrah there is something rather relaxing about Pinot Noir. For one thing it doesn’t leap out of the glass, challenging your senses, but rather it...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin December 8, 2018 Drink, Wine Pinot Grigio delle Venezie 2017, Friuli, Italy, 12.5%, Marks and Spencer down from £10 to £6.67 until 31 December At last, a Pinot Grigio with all the right flavours of ripe pears, lime and a touch of...
Off the Shelf- Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin December 1, 2018 Drink, Wine Grüner Veltliner 2016, Markus Huber, Austria, 12.5%, Waitrose down from £10.79 to £7.99 until 1 January Grüner really starts to sing in winter when its dry, pepper-dashed flavours show well against a...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 24, 2018 Drink, Wine La Fortezza Vermentino Terre Siciliane 2017, Italy, 13% Marks and Spencer down from £7 to £6 until 3 December Terrific quality and value from Sicily where Vermentino grapes develop herb-scented, crisp...
Argy Barge in Christine Austin November 23, 2018 Drink, Wine It was when I was standing in a slightly muddy field, hot sausage in one hand, glass of wine in the other, watching the local firework display that I really appreciated the flavours of Malbec. Its rich,...
Sweet Sensation Christine Austin November 22, 2018 Drink, Wine I wish I had a fiver for every time I have heard someone say: ‘I don’t like sweet wines.' Yet if you slip a small glass of something sweet into someone’s hand, probably alongside a sliver of cake,...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys This Weekend Christine Austin November 17, 2018 Drink, Wine The Best Trentino Pinot Grigio 2017, Italy, 13%, Morrisons down from £7 to £6 until 27 November This is how Pinot Grigio should taste. Grown in the cool-climate Trentino region, this has pears, crisp...
