Tasting Notes This is a light, fresh, crisp Italian rosé produced by Stefano Di Blasi from pinot grigio grapes in the Veneto region. It is recommended as an accompaniment for fish and salads, although we had it with chicken and it complimented the dish well. The wine strikes a good balance between fruitiness and dryness, […]
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Karen Birmingham Zinfandel
Tasting Notes Karen Birmingham is an American wine maker whose eponymous creations can be obtained in the UK via Naked Wines. This 2018 Zinfandel hails from the town of Lodi, in San Joaquin County, California, just a few miles south of the state capital, Sacramento. The town itself was immortalised in the 1969 Creedence Clearwater […]
Trivento Reserve Malbec Rosé
Tasting Notes This rosé wine from Mendoza in Argentina is named after the three winds that affect the climate in the region and help to make it such a productive and successful location for viticulture. It’s a very light pink rosé made from Malbec grapes and is described as having ‘strawberry and summer fruit aromas‘ […]
Wine Route Merlot
Tasting Notes This is the pick of the wines that are on offer as part of the £10 Finest Meal Deal at Tesco at the time of writing. It’s a delicious Chilean Merlot produced by the Concha y Toro company in the Valle Central and brought to the market under Tesco’s Wine Route brand. It […]
Tesco Liebfraumilch
Tasting Notes This was my first dalliance with Liebfraumilch – ‘a timeless German classic‘ according to the label. I was well aware of it’s reputation as a sweet and cheap, unfashionable wine, so my expectations were set pretty low when I opened this bottle. However, I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t half as bad as […]
Wine Route Sauvignon Blanc Pedro Ximenez
Tasting Notes This is another wine that’s available as part of the £10 ‘Finest Meal Deal’ offer at Tesco, wherein it’s great value considering it would be £7 for the bottle of wine alone. It’s a ‘crisp and refreshing‘ white wine from Chile, made from Sauvignon Blanc and Pedro Ximenez grapes, by the giant Concha […]
Silver Bay Point Red
Tasting Notes This is a truly awful wine. I thought I’d give it a go to see what it’s like as it’s a ‘British wine’ and I wondered what standard it would be. In fact, it’s not actually made from British grown grapes, it’s simply made in Britain from ‘imported grape juice’. No information is […]
Arabella Shiraz
Tasting Notes This Shiraz is produced by the De Wet family, who have been involved in the wine industry in South Africa since 1697, and were the first wine makers to liaise with the Naked Wines company. Their extensive Arabella range encompasses many different styles of wine from several different grape varieties. Their Shiraz is […]
Retro: Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 Lyon
A look back at Olympique Lyonnais’ second visit to Britain, in December 1967. Match Date: Wednesday 13th December 1967, K.O. 19:45.Venue: White Hart Lane, London.Competition: European Cup Winners’ Cup (Second Round, Second Leg) Just over six years after their first visit to the home of football, Olympique Lyonnais returned to England, touching down in London […]
Tesco Lambrusco Rosso
Tasting Notes This is one of the cheapest wines available from Tesco, so I bought a bottle to see what it’s like. Lambrusco is an Italian wine made from fermented grape must. As Wikipedia says, ‘must (from the Latin vinum mustum, “young wine”) is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, […]