There are some bottles where the price almost becomes part of the tasting experience!! This is definitely one of them. I picked up the Cepa Lebrel Reserva 2019 for £5.99 and opened it for a late September BBQ. Ribeye, Denver steak, minted lamb and sausages were all going over charcoal, so Rioja seemed a fairly…
A peachy, floral Burgundy that quietly got everything right I’ve been drinking a fair bit of Chardonnay recently, but this was a slightly different proposition. Montagny sits down in the Côte Chalonnaise and this particular bottle is a Premier Cru from Les Millières. I went into it hoping for some of that richer white Burgundy…
Don’t Judge a Wine by Its Colour When I poured this into the glass my first thought was, Wow, that’s almost rosé! It’s one of the palest Pinot Noirs I’ve come across, almost translucent in the glass, but as we all know with Pinot, colour means very little. Tonight I paired it with haddock, goat’s…
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…
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…