Wine Basics

Cotes du Rhone

Tesco’s Cote du Rhone (Episode 221 Part 5)

We continue our episode on budget wines from supermarkets. This part of the episode we review Tesco's own brand Cote du Rhone for the fantastic price of £4.50. The colour…
Red wine

Sainsburys House Torla Rioja Wine – (Episode 221 Part 4)

In the 4th part of this episode where we check out wines available in the supermarket for under £6.50, we try out this House Rioja from Sainsbury's. The colour was…
Bordeaux

Sainsburys House Claret (Episode 221 – Part 3)

In this episode, we try to find some good quality wines for under or around the £6 mark which are freely available in UK Supermarkets. In the second part of…
Portuguese Wine

Casaboa Reserva (Episode 201 – Part 2)

In this episode, we taste a wonderful wine kindly dispatched to us by Lusus wines. ( Our interview with them can be seen by following the following link https://youtu.be/hdaM0Pce95o )…
Greek Wines

Kourtaki Retsina (Episode 221 – Part 2)

In this episode, we try to find some good quality wines for under or around the £6 mark which are freely available in UK Supermarkets. In the second part of…
Blanc de Blancs

Aldi Blanc de Blancs (Episode 221 – Part 1)

In this episode, we try to find some good quality wines for under or around the £6 mark which are freely available in UK Supermarkets. In the first part of…
French Wine

Vinsobres Red Wine (Episode 220)

This wine produced in the south of France (Vinsobres is a wine region in France) is a GSM style wine (60% Grenache, 25% Syrah (Shiraz) 15% Mourvedre). It is available…
Primitivo

Primanero Organic Primitivo (Episode 219)

This is a great wine and such incredible value at £4.99 from Aldi produced in the Puglia in the south of Italy in what some call the "heel" of Italy.…
Australia Wine

19 Crimes Cabernet Sauvignon (Episode 216)

In this episode, we taste another of the 19 Crimes Wines from South East Australia, this time their Cabernet Sauvignon. These wines each depict a criminal deported to Australia for…
Bourgogne

Burgundy’s Maison Chanzy Bouzeron Clos de la Fortune Monopole (Episode 215)

This wine was kindly given to us by some friends - John and Matthew - thanks, guys! The wine is made from the Aligote grape which is grown in the…