Category: Reviews

TESCO Plant Chef Mince Pies

Price: £2.15 for a box of 6 (06/09/2024) Plant Chef is Tesco’s own brand of 100% plant-based meals and foods. I’m not sure why they felt the need to include mince pies in the Plant Chef range seeing as the other varieties of Tesco mince pies are also suitable for vegetarians. These ones do, nevertheless, […]

TESCO Finest All Butter Pastry Mince Pies

Price: £3.00 for a box of 6 (06/09/2024) These TESCO Finest mince pies are described on the box as “rich, crumbly, all butter pastry packed with a delicious mix of plump vine fruits and glacé cherries. Infused with French brandy and ruby port, with a refreshing twist of lemon zest, tangerine oil and festive spices. […]

Walkers Christmas Pudding crisps review

These Walkers Christmas pudding flavour crisps are described as ‘sweet & spiced’ on the packet, as you’d expect for something claiming to replicate the taste of that traditional Christmas dessert. Upon unsealing the bag, a quick sniff inside reveals an indistinct but mildly festive aroma and the initial taste sensation is of a sweetness that […]

Sainsbury’s TtD Côtes De Provence Rosé

Wine: Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Côtes De Provence Rosé Country: France Region: Provence Year: 2020 Grapes: unspecified blend ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: cork Price: £10.0 Purchased: Sainsbury’s (23/06/2022) Rating: Tasting Notes This pale Côtes De Provence Rosé wine is part of Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference range, so expectations were high. We’re big fans of rosés […]

Christian Patat Pecorino

Wine: Christian Patat Pecorino Country: Italy Region: Abruzzo Year: 2020 Grapes: Pecorino ABV: 12.5% Bottle top: cork Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes I’d only previously heard of Pecorino as an Italian hard ewe’s cheese, but apparently it’s a grape variety too. It’s a light-skinned white grape most commonly used in […]

Wine Route Chardonnay

Wine: Wine Route Chardonnay Country: Spain Region: Valdepeñas Year: 2021 Grapes: Chardonnay ABV: 12% Bottle top: screw cap Price: £7.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This is a distinctly average white wine. It’s part of the meal deal offering from Tesco, so we’ve had it a couple of times and I thought it was OK […]

Galodoro Tinto

Wine: Galodoro Tinto Country: Portugal Region: Lisbon Year: 2019 Grapes: Castelao Blend Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 13% Price: £8.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This is tasty red wine is a blend of various grape varieties from the Lisbon region in Portugal. We’d previously tried and loved the Galodoro Rosé from […]

Tesco finest Sancerre

Wine: Tesco Finest Sancerre (Fournier Père et Fils) Country: France Region: Loire Year: 2020 Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc ABV: 13% Bottle top: cork Price: £14.00 Purchased: Tesco Rating: Tasting Notes This fantastic Sancerre wine is produced and bottled by Fournier Père et Fils in the small village of Verdigny, close to the medieval hilltop town of […]

Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine: Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Year: 2020 Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This Cabernet Sauvignon is produced by the De Wet family, who have been involved in the wine industry in South Africa since 1697, and […]