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Buying wine in the UK review

Heading back to France this weekend. First to pick my mum up at Paris CDG and drive her down to her home in the Charente. Then to my house in Boulogne.So I will be stocking up (24 bottles only) on my

Aldi wines, and what is Chianti

As I mentioned last month, I was very impressed with some of the wine I got from the Lidl near me. So to be fair to 'the other' discount supermarket chain, I am trying out some wines from Aldi this

Lidl wines

Still not planning a trip back to Boulogne until beginning of April. I do have some of my French whites and roses in my wine cellar but again wanting reds for the winter so I have been buying more in

A Chilean wine and a local farm shop

I am virtually out of my French wines. I have a few bottles of my favourite whites and roses in my cellar, but these have already been reviewed. And I am totally out of red. As you know, travelling to

Lighter wines, and a fresh Pinot Noir

A while back, I read an article about high much higher the alcohol content in wines had become compared to wines from several decades ago. How wines used to be about 12.5% to 13%, but now are more

Rules update

Getting to the end of the month and I have not yet done an August post. Only two days left. I thought that this would be the first month without a post as not ready yet for one about Pinot Noir. (That

Bourgogne Chardonnay

Everyone has their own personal tastes, so if you prefer one wine to another, that a wine expert has recommended, then just go with your preference.I now know that for rosés I prefer Côtes de

A French Malbec

I have still been buying wine in the UK, and again looking at more Malbecs. This time I am trying a French one, again bought in Morrisons. If you recall from my first Malbec post "Malbec is a

A Mouton Cadet rosé plus some Côte de Provenc

A Mouton Cadet rosé and more Côtes de Provence rosés

The weather has been brightening up, the clocks have gone forward, and spring is in the air.Maybe time to have a chilled white or rosé. I still have some French whites and rosés in my wine cellar. I

Buying in the UK: Malbecs part 1 – Vinabla

For the first time since starting this blog, (if not at least a year before) I have bought wine in the UK. Normally I stock up enough from my 3 or 4 visits a year to France not to ever have to buy in

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