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...
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- Oct 22, 2015
Negroni for wine lovers: aged in a Bordeaux barrel
£23.95, worldofzing.com ​ I know, I know, it's not wine, but World of Zing's Negroni is aged in oak barrels that previously held Bordeaux...
- 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...
- Oct 14, 2015
Breakfast & Brunch: Lemon curd
I don't know why more people don't make lemon curd. It's much easier than marmalade or jam and bears no discernible relation to the...
- Oct 10, 2015
Breakfast & Brunch: Friands
These light, moist almond cakes, also known as financiers, are French in origin, but they’ve been taken up by the Australians and you’re...
- Oct 8, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Berry Bros & Rudd Côtes du Rhône Rouge 2012
£10.75, Berry Bros & Rudd Côtes du Rhône can be simple and quaffable or a bit rough around the edges or it can come with smart...
- Oct 3, 2015
Breakfast & Brunch: Bacon Muffins
Continuing on from last week's breakfast and brunch comes another alternative idea, this time an homage to that all-important brunch...
- Oct 1, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Bolney Estate Pinot Noir 2013
£15.99, Waitrose There are going to be plenty of opportunities to hunker down with big, beefy reds in the months to come, so here, for...
- Sep 26, 2015
Breakfast & Brunch: Kedgeree
Is it just me or have we become oddly unimaginative about breakfast, belying the British reputation for starting the day with the closest...
- Sep 25, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Definition Chardonnay 2014
£9.74, Majestic Wine Let's extend a warm welcome to a sophisticated, Burgundy-style Chardonnay at a non-Burgundy price. In fact, this...
- Sep 23, 2015
Tales of the Underrated: Chenin Blanc
​ It was drinking an Anjou Blanc with English asparagus a couple of months ago – Château de Fesles La Chapelle 2011, since you ask – that...
- Sep 17, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Masi Campofiorin Rosso del Veronese 2011
£9.99, Waitrose Think of this as an alternative to a goose-down duvet, a red to snuggle up with as the evenings get chillier: a soft,...
- Sep 10, 2015
WINES OF THE WEEK: Asda's Wine Atlas range
£4.97, Asda Wine Atlas Bobal A mouthful of juicy, dark cherries with a hint of bakewell tart and peppery, liquoricey chewiness make this...
- Sep 3, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Collin Crémant de Limoux Brut Cuvée Sélection
£12.50, Yapp Brothers Recommending a Crémant de Limoux, rather than a Prosecco, makes me feel a bit like King Canute. There seems to be...
- Aug 27, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Pasico Bush Vine Monastrell Shiraz 2014
£6.50, Sainsbury's A young Spanish red made without any ageing in oak so that the bright, bold flavours are all about fruit and spice -...
- Aug 20, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc 2014
£12.49, Noel Young Wines; £12, WoodWinters A sumptuous but dazzlingly crisp, zesty dry white, with rich tropical and citrus fruit, a hint...
- Aug 13, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: La Bohème Act Four Syrah Gamay 2013
£14.75, Oddbins A wine for opera lovers, Puccini fans, incurable romantics and anyone who likes full, generously fruity, soft-textured...
- Aug 6, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Prix Saint-Bris 2014
£8.99, Lidl Wine writers get everywhere these days… even to Lidl. This Saint-Bris is from a new collection, headlined The French Session,...
- Jul 30, 2015
WINE OF THE WEEK: Primo di Conti Côtes de Bergerac 2012
£11, Marks & Spencer If this dark, handsome, cassis and cedar-scented red was from Bordeaux, it would be more expensive, but the wines of...
- Sep 5, 2014
Wine and food matching: promiscuity rules
With a nod to nostalgia I thought about starting this editorial: Once upon time there was a supermarket chain called Safeway. I decided...
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