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week beginning 15/02/2010
Why not print this page off as your shopping list?the Times - Jane MacQuitty
2009 Paradiso Sauvignon Blanc, Chile Marks & Spencer £4.99 on offerTerrific, zingy, lime-laden sauvignon
Extra Cuvée Seleccionada Rosado Brut, Codorniu,Co-op £5.99 to February 16Britain’s best cut-price pink sparkler, with lively, lemony fruit
2009 Paradiso Carmenere, Chile Marks & Spencer £4.99 until February 28bold, spicy, raspberry-charged ’09 with a fine, inky, herby palate
Oeil de Perdrix Champagne Brut, France Majestic, £17 until March 22delivers fine, faintly blackcurrant-perfumed floral fruit.
2005 Cornas, Domaine du Biguet, France Yapp Bro, £18.41 by the case for Times readersfine, fat, black fruits-charged yet seductive inky style
the Sunday Times - Bob Tyrer
Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional 2006 (£18.34 Bibendum)Plummy, leathery and tomato-friendly
Petaluma Chardonnay 2005 (£15.99 Sainsbury’s)Big Australian tamed by tomatoes
Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (£8.99 Waitrose)The magic also works with this zippy New Zealand white
the Independent - Anthony Rose
GD Vajra 2006 Barbera d'Alba, £19.95, Jeroboamsslinky Piedmontese number full of damson plum fruitiness
Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin 2007 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir, £37.15, Berry Brosmajestically complex
Domaine Cordier 2008 Bourgogne Blanc 'Jean de la Vigne', £11.99, Majesticvoluptuous
Nikolaihof 2008 Grüner Veltliner Hefeabzug, £14.99, Majesticsuper-fresh, appetisingly dry
Champagne Oudinot Rose, £17.99, M&Sexcellent value made, as it happens, by Laurent Perrier
Louis Roederer 2004 Rosé Champagne, around £65, Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Harvey Nicstruly luxurious rosé fizz; youthful cranberry-like bite
Harveys Pedro Ximénez, £19.99, half-litre, Waitroseprune-oozing, treacle-toffeed
the Observer - Tim Atkin
2004 Champagne Larmandier Bernier Extra Brut (£55, 12%, Berry Brothers)light, creamy, all-Chardonnay
2008 Sancerre Rosé, La Moussière, Alphonse Mellot (£14.29, 13%, some Sainsbury's)bone-dry, deliciously complex
2007 Morgan Twelve Clones, Santa Lucia Highlands (£19.99, 14%, www.waitrosewine.com)savoury, perfumed
1989 Trimbach Sélection de Grains Nobles Gewürztaminer, Alsace (£140, 13%, Swig)gloriously hedonistic
the Guardian - Victoria Moore
The Society's Exhibition Viejo Oloroso Dulce (£10.95; 20% abv, Wine Soc)rich, raisiny; superb with a slice of Lincolnshire Poacher
Plantagenet Riesling 2008 (£10.95; 11.5% abv The Wine Society)Dry, succulent, striated with the taste of lime cordial and mandarin
De Martino Legado Limari Valley Chardonnay 2008 (£7.50; 14% abv Wine Soc)you can almost see the crayfish swimming towards it
The Society's Rioja Crianza 2006 (£7.50; 13% abv The Wine Society)A triumph of savour, fruit brightness and structure
Poderi Colla Barbera d'Alba 2007 (£8.50; 14% abv, The Wine Society)very stylish; light fragrance of petals and a twist of sour cherries
Scotland on Sunday - Rose Murray Brown
CASA SILVA RESERVA CARMENERE 2008, £8.95 Peckham & RyeDelicious sweet/savoury notes, grilled meat undertones
DE MARTINO 347 CARMENERE 2008, £7.49 MajesticInitially lush black fruits, very spicy, piquant notes
CARMENERE ANAKENA 2008, £7.49 Luvians, Aitkenspungent sweet blackberry, with a smooth savoury finish.
the Telegraph - Jonathan Ray
Codorníu Extra Brut Rosado Cava, Spain (£5.99 until Feb 16; Co-op, Somerfield)full, fruity and available at a great price (until Tuesday)
Bisol Jeio Cuvée Rosé Brut Prosecco, 11.5%vol, Italy (£10.22; Bibendum)a complete joy; rose-scented, crisp yet full-flavoured
Ruinart Rosé NV, 12.5%vol, France (£45 if you buy two Majestic)lovely wild strawberry fruit and long toasty finish
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