Brian Elliott is an established wine journalist, taster, judge and writer with a weekly column in Scottish newspapers.
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Reverting to our ever popular single retailer opening focus, here are skilfully crafted reds at discounted prices around £6 each, from one of the UK’s most underestimated large wine multiples – plus top tips on promotions at Tesco and Waitrose.
Frugality is often the watch word during the dark and often gloomy days of early January but, relax guys, no need to cut out wine altogether with these great value options from six different retailers.
With so many people breaking out the bubbles over the next two weeks, it is hard to know exactly what to buy. Here, then, is my guide to what will give you a great value sparkle this year – and they start at a mere £10.
Christmas is our last feast day so lunchtime wine needs careful thought but here are nine great candidates – from £10 to £20.
Fortified wine need not just belong to generations past. Many such current offerings provide fantastic quality – often at great value prices – and here are some you can buy with confidence.
Winter nights do not just mean drinking wine in comfortable surroundings but learning more about them too. Here are five books that not only help you do so but often offer “rattling good yarns” as well.
A treasure chest of wines have been assembled in the Lidl Christmas promotion and here are several that impressed me; they include unusual examples of port and fizz with more familiar classy reds and, of course, well priced sauvignon.
Another “25% off when you buy six” promotion starts in Sainsbury’s today, so here are five reliable (and already discounted) premium or award winning wines that these extra reductions turn into even brighter bargains – three of them drop below a fiver.
Tune in today for six excellent wines – from right across the price points – in probably the most plentiful of the High Street wine specialists – together with a little bonus of two “under £5” delights from Asda and Morrisons.
Not just a look at Tesco’s brand new promotions but a peep, perhaps, at the plan behind the main ranges – plus the final instalment of Everyday Bordeaux with wine from Sainsbury’s and the Co-op.
