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Aldi has been named Best Multiple Drinks Retailer of the Year in the Harpers Awards. It beat off competition from 2014’s winner Co-op and Waitrose, which was also in the running for the gong. The Harpers Awards are designed to celebrate the crème de la crème of the wine and spirits world. This is the second […]
Aldi picks up prestigious drinks retailer of the year gong Read More »
WE ALL love a reason to celebrate, so here’s advance warning of International Grenache Day. Buy the bunting, invite your friends round, bake a cake as it’s next Friday (September 18 2015). Grenache Day is a global event organised by the Grenache Symposium Association. I bobbed onto their website which waxes lyrical about the grape.
Five wine picks for International Grenache Day. Don’t forget the bunting. Read More »
AS its summer, I suggest you grab some summer pink wines, glasses and head to your nearest park, picnic basket in hand. And as its summer, don’t forget the umbrella. Some people view pink wines as flim flam, never to be touched. One or two wines here may convince you otherwise. But first, do you know
Summer pink wines to enjoy while the sun is out (or when it rains) Read More »
MANY of my friends say that Aldi wines have changed their lives. Friday nights begin with a “rush to the shops” to stock up for the weekend. Mike James, Aldi’s wine buyer, since 2010, has overseen the team which has made Aldi a must-go destination for reliable, affordable wines. I spoke to Mike, and asked
The man behind Aldi wines, Mike James, picks his special wines for you Read More »
Who would have thought there is a day devoted to the humble yet wondrous Yorkshire Pudding. I love a Yorkshire pud, even better, I love its traditional accompaniment of beef. So when someone told me that tomorrow, Sunday, is The Day to celebrate Yorkshire puddings (always the first Sunday in February apparently) it seemed a
Wine Press: Roast beef, wine and National Yorkshire Pudding Day Read More »
I had a girlie night out on Saturday. It started as a girlie night in and then for a few hours it was a girlie night out and then a girlie night back in. I’d taken some red wines as a bit of a treat; an inexpensive treat too. A couple of Aldi wines came in
A girlie night and three red Aldi wines to enjoy Read More »
THIS girlie, as I write, has a mild red wine hangover. I have tried revitalising shampoo but it hasn’t worked, so I’m going to write to the Shampoo Ombudsman. The reason for my “mild” head? This week the International Wine Challenge announced its Merchant Awards and I was there “quietly” enjoying the occasion. The headlines
International Wine Challenge announces Wine Merchant honours Read More »
THESE fair islands of ours have been pretty hopeless in the World Cup. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Are we there or thereabouts in the final stages? Are we heck. Though it shouldn’t stop us settling down to watch the World Cup Final with a glass or two of vino. The eventual arrival of the World Cup
World Cup gives wine-loving girlies an excuse to go Brazil nuts Read More »
WE’RE all watching our pockets at the moment. Never more so than when we’re still paying off those random online buys in the New Year sales. I thought I’d check out Lidl’s wines after browsing the interweb and discovered the retail chain sells several award-winning wines at surprisingly low prices. How would the Price Taste Ratio
Wine Press: Award-winning wines from Lidl which are kind to the pocket Read More »