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week beginning 26/04/2010
Why not print this page off as your shopping list?the Times - Jane MacQuitty
However, patronising drinkers and dumbing down wine is not the way to go. That is why I have nothing good to say about Tesco’s grim new limited-edition Style wines, which are aimed, apparently, at “improving customers’ understanding about wine”. This risible, dull, dirty, flabby and frequently sickly-sweet £4 foursome — entitled Cut Grass, Citrus Squeezer, Summer Pud and Jam Pot — are some of the nastiest wines I have tasted this year. Whoever dreamt up this dross needs his head examined. Supermarket buyers may be feeling the heat but Britain’s drinkers deserve much better.
the Sunday Times - Kate Spicer
Chase vodka (£32 www.thedrinkshop.com)creamy potato vodka from Herefordshire farmers
Pincer vodka (£31.50 Selfridges)milk thistle, for bitterness, and elderflower, for sweetness
Babicka Original Wormwood vodka (£35 Harvey Nichols)makes a great ginger bitch — add cloudy apple juice and ginger
the Independent - Anthony Rose
2009 Brachetto d'Acqui, Frizzante Dolce, DOCG, Araldica. £4.66 on WaitroseUtterly irresistible. Italian rosé meets raspberryade
2008 Riesling Federspiel, Domaine Wachau. buy 2 = £8.99, Majesticaromatic fruit cocktail which is deliciously fruity and yet dry
2008 Naia, Rueda. £10.95-£10.99, Woodwinters; Halifax Wine; Define Food and Winerichly textured yet grapefruity style.
the Times - Tim Atkin
2009 Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Taste the Difference (£5.99, Sainsbury)Tangy and ocean-crisp with grapefruit and gooseberry flavours
2009 Costero Riesling, Viña Leyda San Antonio (2 @ £6.99 Majestic)notes of minerals and fresh limes here, with taut acidity
2009 Cascara Limarí Valley Chardonnay De Martino (£6.99, Marks & Spencer)melon and citrus to the fore, but there’s a hint of smoky, vanilla oak
2007 Peñalolen Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley (£9.99, Oddbins)aromas and flavours of mint and blackcurrant pastille
2006 Coyam, Colchagua Valley (£12.50, The Wine Society)stunning red at the price; svelte and smooth, with textured tannins
2007 O Fournier Centauri Red Blend, Maule Valley (£12.99, D. Byrne & Co)rich, spicy and profound, with super-ripe, sun-baked flavours
the Guardian - Victoria Moore
Fragoso Merlot 2009 (£5.99, Marks & Spencer; 13.5% abv)from Argentina; how delicious! Aromatic, free-flowing, fresh
Tesco Finest Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008 (£8.99, Tesco; 13% abv)light step and summer pudding fragrance
Domaine Jomain Bourgogne Chardonnay 2008 (2 @ £9.99, Majestic; 13% abv)grand for its appellation; there's real richness and savour here
Scotsman - Brian Elliot
Rioja Gran Familia 2003, Spain, 12.5%. £4.99 until 5 May, Co-opA long, smooth rioja with attractive chocolate and cherry flavours
Joseph Drouhin Laforet Chardonnay 2003, 13%. £7.99,Inverarity One to OneRipe apple acidity, oak-based vanilla and flinty minerality
Tesco Finest White Burgundy Chardonnay, 12.5%. £5.48 until 10 MayFresh, green-apple acidity and rounded vanilla flavours
the Telegraph - Jonny Ray
2009 Alexander Fontein Sauvignon Blanc, 14%vol (£5.99 on offer Spar)grass and nettles on the nose, and zesty, spicy, tropical fruit
2007 Château Ka, Source de Rouge, 14.5%vol, Lebanon, (£7.99 on offer, Waitrose)rich, ripe and velvety soft. Classy stuff indeed
2007 Domaine des Coteaux des Travers Réserve Rasteau, (£12.75; fromvineyardsdirect.com)full, rich plummy; robust but stylish with an admirably long finish
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