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 […]
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 […]
Wine: Lacaze Carménère Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Year: 2019 Grapes: Carménère Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14.0 % Price: £12.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This Chilean red wine is made from the Carménère grapes that originated in the Bordeaux region of France but are now primarily grown in the South […]
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) […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wine: Arabella Shiraz Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Year: 2020 Grapes: Shiraz Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 14.5% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: 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: Tesco Lambrusco Rosso Country: Italy Region: Emilia-Romagna Year: n/a Grapes: Lambrusco Bottle top: screw cap ABV: 5.5% Price: £2.75 Purchased: Tesco Rating: 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. […]
Wine: A.O.P. Minervois, Benjamin Darnault Country: France Region: Languedoc-Roussillon Year: 2019 Grapes: Grenache Bottle top: cork ABV: 13.5% Price: £9.99 Purchased: delivered by Naked Wines Rating: Tasting Notes This 2019 vintage of Benjamin Darnault’s Minervois red wine is yet another Naked Wines selection that doesn’t disappoint. Made in the far south of France, not far […]
