Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin December 8, 2019 Drink, Wine 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...
All the Rouge Christine Austin December 8, 2019 Drink, Wine 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...
Off the shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin December 1, 2019 Drink, Wine 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...
White Christmas Christine Austin December 1, 2019 Drink, Wine 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...
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 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...
