We were a bit low on white wines so I was dispatched to Majestic to pick up a few bottles. I didn’t have a specific brief, just to grab half a case. I’m easily distracted when shopping, and came home with a whole case, figuring that out of that lot there’d be half a dozen… Read More »
This Bordeaux was picked up in a mini-spending frenzy at Lidl, the discount supermarket, which along with it’s German pal Aldi, is taking on the big UK supermarkets and gradually growing market share. Their approach is straightforward, we’ll sell you groceries cheaper than your big supermarkets, but you’ll have less brands to choose from, less… Read More »
My trip to Lidl saw me buying a four pack of wine so I’m slowly working my way through my Lidl choices. I picked up this Domaine Chatelain Pouilly-Fumé ’13 for the straightforward reason that I cycled through Pouilly-sur-Loire as I made my way from the Northern Rhone along the Loire to Tours on the… Read More »
My adventures in European style discounter shopping continue. Lidl has one big advantage so far, they sell salted pistachios in their shells by the scoop rather than in little mini packs, this makes them far more affordable, if not less scoffable. Surely they’re healthier than chocolate and you do have to put a little bit… Read More »
Choosing a wine by name alone is a big risk, choosing a wine because it’s got a cat on the label is a disaster, but I couldn’t resist this label. I chuckled in the shop when I saw it, and thought I’d pick up a bottle, set it aside, and at the first opportunity I… Read More »
It’s still August, I can still drink pink wine with pride. I’ll drink pink wine in January, but I’ll be a bit discrete about it. Pink wine is my one weakness. There’s plenty of roses out there, and lots of them are good, just so long as you steer away from things called “blush” or… Read More »
The weather is turning colder, the nights are drawing in. It’s still August so I’m hopeful of warmer days ahead before winter really sets in. It’s not quite time to crack open the full rich reds, but it is time to start thinking red wines. This Mont Pierre Fitou from Sainsbury’s was sitting in the… Read More »
Muscadet is one of those wines that puts me in mind of the 1970’s. It has had a bit of a dodgy reputation as a wine dashed out of the cellar doors to make some quick cash for wine makers. Now Muscadet seems to be making a comeback with a new crop of winemakers putting… Read More »
I had a case of wine from Waitrose after seeing their new Cellar offering being ramped up – they clearly see wine delivered to home as a market they should be making more money from. I tried a mixed case of own-brand wines from around the world. I’ve bought plenty of own brand John Lewis… Read More »
My adventures in Aldi shopping have expanded. I even tried doing a weekly grocery shop there. It was almost successful. We had some interesting meals, but no cockle pasta, which was a bit of a shame. I’ll still have to stop by another shop for cockles and for detergents that I’m not allergic to, but I’m… Read More »