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Our Latest Tastings
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Tesco Finest Chianti Classico Riserva 2022 Review
Another sunny day in England during what feels like a never ending heatwave meant yet another BBQ. I picked up a bottle of Tesco Finest Chianti Classico Riserva 2022 to go with it. I wasn’t looking for anything overly serious. I just wanted something Italian, savoury and with enough acidity to stand up to everything…
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Monte Plogar Gran Reserva 2019 Review
There are some bottles I pick up because I know roughly what I am getting, and then there are bottles like this. At £7.99 in Lidl, a 2019 Gran Reserva from Cariñena made with Tempranillo, Garnacha and Cabernet Sauvignon was interesting enough that I couldn’t really leave it there. Tonight it was going alongside a…
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La Vieille Ferme Rosé 2025 Review
An Old School Campino in a Glass Some wines get opened because you have planned a meal around them. Others because you have been looking forward to trying the bottle for weeks. This wasn’t either of those. I’d just got back from a round of golf and had also had the thoroughly unwelcome news that…
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Barramundi Merlot 2018 Review:
What Happens When a £6.99 Merlot Gets Eight Years of Bottle Age? Every now and again you find a bottle that you buy more out of curiosity than expectation. This was definitely one of those. I found this 2018 Barramundi Merlot languishing at the back of Moss Delph Stores, one of those little independent shops…
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Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Review
Marlborough, New Zealand Sometimes you don’t need a big food pairing or an excuse to open something special. This was a 10pm opener after a long day, no food planned, just fancied a glass of wine and this was what I had in. Oyster Bay is probably one of the most recognisable names in Marlborough…
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Hacienda López de Haro Reserva 2019 Review
Sometimes there doesn’t need to be a food pairing or any great occasion behind opening a bottle. England were playing, I fancied a Rioja, and that was pretty much the extent of the decision making. Tonight’s bottle was the Hacienda López de Haro Reserva 2019, a Rioja Reserva that on paper should be right up…