Decanter had a recent piece about top Co-op wines for winter. I figured I’d give at least one or two of them a try. So, recently I went to my local Co-op, browsed their not very big wine selection, and, since I didn’t remember to make a list of any of the wines that Decanter […]
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La Vieille Ferme, 2022, Famille Perrin, Rhone, France
Recently, my bank account sat me down for a talk. It kindly suggested I review a few more affordable wines, pointing out that not only would it, but readers, might appreciate this fact. It has a point. I picked this up in Iceland (the shop, not the country), although it’s fairly widely available. I should […]
Farmhouse California Red, 2020, Cline. California, USA
Not a whole lot of backstory to this wine, at least from my perspective. I’m sure the producers have one. But for me, I was browsing the Wine Society’s website, looking for something different. Then I came across this, and realised I hadn’t reviewed a US wine yet. That’s probably because I don’t drink a […]
Mtsvane, 2022, Marks & Spencer Found Range, Georgia
M&S has a ‘Found’ range of wines that lets you ‘experience exciting and undiscovered tastes,’ and draws on lesser known grapes. All the other ones in the range that were on display when I was in my local M&S the other day were familiar to me. This one I couldn’t recall, and couldn’t remember ever […]
The Undercliff, Lyme Regis, 2021. The Seriously Good Wine Company, Devon, England.
When the Countryside Faction returned from getting married, they brought me a bottle of this, as a Thank You for looking after their house and animals. They had spent a mini-honeymoon in Lyme Regis; it wasn’t a completely random bottle of wine. For those of you who are wondering why they are called the Countryside […]