Category: Reviews

Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Merlot

Wine: Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Merlot Country: Australia Region: Central Victoria Year: 2019 Grapes: Merlot Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14.5% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is yet another superb wine from the Naked Wines range. They really do manage to source some of the best wines (and winemakers) […]

Réserve de Pierre Viognier

Wine: Réserve de Pierre Viognier Country: France Region: Rhone Year: 2020 Grapes: Viognier ABV: 13% Bottle top: cork Price: £10.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is a crisp white wine made from viognier grapes in the Rhone region of France by winemaker Pierre Latard and sold in the UK by Naked […]

Casillero del Diablo Rosé

Wine: Casillero del Diablo Rosé Country: Chile Region: Central Valley Year: not supplied Grapes: Cinsault, Garnacha, Carmenere, Syrah/Shiraz ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This is a delicious rosé wine, and is undoubtedly one of our favourites. It’s described as ‘a medium-bodied dry rosé packed full of blackberry […]

Karen Birmingham Zinfandel

Wine: Karen Birmingham Zinfandel Country: USA Region: California Year: 2018 Grapes: Zinfandel Bottle top: cork ABV: 14.5% Price: £13.49 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: 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, […]

Trivento Reserve Malbec Rosé

Wine: Trivento Reserve Malbec Rosé Country: Argentina Region: Mendoza Year: 2020 Grapes: Malbec ABV: 12% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £8.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: 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 […]

Wine Route Merlot

Wine: Wine Route Merlot Country: Chile Region: Central Valley Year: 2020 Grapes: Merlot Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 12% Price: £7 Purchased: Tesco Rating: 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 […]

Tesco Liebfraumilch

Wine: Tesco Liebfraumilch Country: Germany Region: Rheinhessen Year: n/a Grapes: Muller-Thurgau, Riesling, Kerner, Silvaner ABV: 10% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £3.69 Purchased: Tesco Rating: 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, […]

Silver Bay Point Red

Wine: Silver Bay Point Red Country: UK Region: The outskirts of Huddersfield Year: n/a Grapes: n/a Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 8% Price: £3.25 Purchased: Tesco Rating: 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 […]