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    WINE OF THE WEEK: The Lot Series Apalta Colchagua Carmenère 2012
    • Oct 23, 2015

    WINE OF THE WEEK: The Lot Series Apalta Colchagua Carmenère 2012

    £7.99, Aldi Maybe you already buy wine at Aldi. If you don't, maybe you'll want to reconsider… At a tenner, the red I've chosen is one of the most expensive, part of the limited-edition 'Lot Series', but I can recommend a red at £3.79 if all you need is a simple, soft, party wine (Toro Loco 2014 from Spain - and don't bother trading up to the more expensive Reserva version). The sophisticated Lot Series Carmenère is a true expression of the grape variety that Chile has adopte
    WINE OF THE WEEK: João Portugal Ramos Vinho Verde Loureiro 2014
    • Oct 15, 2015

    WINE OF THE WEEK: João Portugal Ramos Vinho Verde Loureiro 2014

    £7.99, cellarandkitchen.adnams.co.uk and Adnams stores Hear this: Portuguese wines are some of the most overlooked and underrated and you don’t have to go very far to find them. There are lots of warming, velvety reds around, from Dão, the Douro and Alentejo, but we can’t drink wall-to-wall reds from here until next spring, so here’s a wonderfully zippy white. Light in body but not on flavour, it has a delicately honeyed, citrus and quince taste with a hint of baked apple and
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