Fill in the Blancs – The Fiendish Wine Quiz Christine Austin December 29, 2018 Drink, General, Wine Welcome to the Fiendish Wine Quiz, specially designed to keep your brain cells sharp in this season of endless fun and excess food. As always it will be well worth testing your wine knowledge and research...
Fizz for Christmas – the Best Buys Christine Austin December 22, 2018 Drink, Wine Fizz is essential for Christmas. Whether you pop the cork at breakfast-time, when the wrappings come off the presents or wait until evening when all the visitors have gone, there is nothing like a glass of...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin December 22, 2018 Drink, Wine Taste the Difference Albariño 2017, Rías Baixas, Spain, 13.5%, Sainsbury down from £8.50 to £7.50 until 1 January Floral aromas with peach, tangerine and apricot flavours backed by crisp acidity. Good...
Red Letter Days – Red Wines for Christmas Christine Austin December 19, 2018 Drink, Wine Whether you are planning turkey, goose, beef or a veggie option, you will need some red wine to go with the festive food. Here are my top 20 red wine suggestions for the whole of the Christmas period, to...
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...