Since Majestic took over Naked Wines, or Naked Wines took over Majestic, depending on your perspective, the most visible signs have been Majestic taking on the Naked Wines approach to marketing. The multibuy deals have been added to with “free” wine glasses if you buy a certain number of wines at certain times, and the… Read More »
I picked up this bottle at Majestic for no better reason that the label cheered me up. I’d not long returned from a fabulous week walking around the royal and not so royal gardens of Seville and found myself in a cold, dark, rainy English evening. For the avoidance of doubt, I do know that… Read More »
Edna is name you don’t hear enough of these days. Whilst Molly and Mabel have had a bit of a comeback Edna and Vera are surely due a revival sometime soon. That isn’t why I bought this wine, but as my long campaign to bring back paisley prints is finally seeing some results, it’s time… Read More »
I’m a sucker for a cheery label, or a grim label, really I’m just a sucker for any kind of effort that’s been made to make a label stand out on the shelf. That said I have learned through the years that the effort put into the label is not always reflective of the effort… Read More »
After all the food, drink and late night excesses of Christmas I’ve been enjoying some quieter evenings with lighter, fresher meals. That means choosing some clean fresh white wines to go alongside them. After a period of refusing to admit the holiday was over and insisting that Champagne counted as fresh and light (it’s made… Read More »
Winter is coming. In the meantime autumn is taking it’s time and I’m happy with that. It like leaves falling, misty mornings, butternut squash, plums and apple crumble. I like the idea of fireworks and bonfires, if not the reality. I like wearing autumn colours and snuggling up under a blankie with a good book. … Read More »
I enjoyed Majestic’s Lady Sauvignon from Chile, and as this wine had the same label artist I thought I’d give it a go. Once again, my tendency to be won over by label art is not something that I’m proud of and not a strategy I’d recommend to others … but it’s so pretty. I… Read More »
I cycled through Rioja in 2003, and thought it would be great a few years later when I could drink those wines that I’d seen growing around me after they’d spent years aging in oak and bottle. Unfortunately it was hot that year. Very hot, record breakingly hot. That wasn’t ideal for cycling across Spain… Read More »
I’ve had a bit of a Viognier craze recently. I’ve had worse crazes. It started with a wine from the Rhone valley and has headed out across the world from there. This Viognier came from California, well, in a van from Majestic, but it got there from California. It had a natty little story on… Read More »
There’s a bewildering array of Champagnes available, and then there’s an extra complication of the price discounts and offers that make it difficult to work out what price you should be paying. Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top is often in those offers. I was rather put off this wine because it had a weird wetsuit on… Read More »