Sometimes I choose the wine to go with dinner. This time I pretty much did the opposite. I was in Morrisons looking for something for the evening and found myself torn between two Viogniers. There was a Paul Mas 2025 at £8.50, which looked like an absolute steal, and this Paul Jaboulet Aîné Viognier 2024…
There are some bottles you remember because they are exceptional, and there are others you remember because of the moment. This one happens to be both. After officially completing the legal part of our wedding, it was time to celebrate with family in the garden. We had already enjoyed a bottle of Piper Heidsieck to…
Some bottles are memorable because of what’s in the glass. Others are memorable because of the occasion. This Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut will always be one I’ll remember for both reasons. After officially completing the legal part of our wedding, it was time to celebrate with our closest family before the big celebrations in Ibiza. The…
I’ll admit it, I picked this bottle up with a little bit of wine snobbery already creeping in. Campo Viejo is probably one of the most recognisable Rioja brands in the UK. It’s everywhere. Supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, pretty much anywhere selling a few bottles of red will usually have some form of Campo Viejo knocking…
I picked this bottle of Siglo Special Selection Tempranillo Rioja up today to go alongside some lamb steaks, and on paper it felt like a pretty safe bet. Rioja and lamb is hardly reinventing the wheel, and Rioja has slowly become one of those regions I find myself gravitating towards more and more. Particularly at…
Sometimes you walk down the wine aisle and something just catches your eye. I was in Morrisons when I spotted the Ramos Family Selection Reserva for £8.50. This isn’t actually a new wine to me. I’ve had it before and know it as a trusty midweek Portuguese red, so initially there wasn’t really any intention…
I’ll start this one by saying I’m not a massive rosé drinker. Neither is Liv. It’s not that I dislike it, there are just normally plenty of other wines I’d reach for first. Tonight though, we were having a pretty clean dinner of steamed salmon and vegetables and I wanted something light and fresh to…
Aldi Specially Selected Rioja Gran Reserva 2019 Review Rioja Continues To Win Me Over Tonight’s wine was the Aldi Specially Selected Rioja Gran Reserva 2019, paired with minted lamb shanks, buttery mash, peas, tenderstem broccoli and cabbage finished with minted butter. I’ve got to be honest, coming into this bottle I was probably guilty of…
A Proper Friday Night Pairing Fish and chips night called for something refreshing and after enjoying the red from Marques de los Ríos previously, I spotted their Cava in Morrisons for £8.50 and thought it was worth a go. Sometimes these supermarket sparkling wines can be a bit one dimensional, but this one immediately showed…
Sometimes the Best Pairings Don’t Need Explaining Monday in our house means fish night, and this week I opened a bottle of Pecorino Superiore from Abruzzo to go alongside hake, Jersey Royals, mushy peas and sweetcorn. Nothing fancy, just good ingredients and a family meal. Before food, the wine was showing beautifully. On the nose…