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Every year I run a consumer page blind taste-test to discover my pick of the bubbles for Christmas and New Year. In 2020 it was more complicated than usual as I didn’t have a gang of tasting elves with me! Instead my small social bubble tasted wines for the benefit of your festive social bubbles. […]
The best Christmas fizz: My 2020 festive sparkling wine choices under £20 Read More »
The Raise a Glass feature is published every week … my countdown to Christmas wines 2020 began way back at the beginning of November. Here’s my first selection of Christmas white wines to buy: Wines under £10 Well hello festive countdown. It doesn’t seem two minutes since we were last here, you and me. Not much
Christmas white wines 2020: My festive choices under £10 Read More »
The Raise a Glass feature is published every week. Here’s one from the beginning of Lockdown when my lockdown drinks included a gin with a twist and a fabulous dinner of leftovers with a lovely New Zealand sauvignon blanc. Life in lockdown so far has been mainly sunny (oh no! I’m tempting fate saying that!)
Raise a Glass: Lockdown drinks of gin and a lovely sauvignon blanc Read More »
Yup – that’s me on this page. Sadly not the pretty thing in the middle, but the old blob on the left wearing a grey cardie. You’ll see we ran a supermarket festive fizz taste test … here’s the supermarket champagne ratings. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! SUPERMARKET CHAMPAGNE: BEST BUY Wm Morrison Champagne
Your best-buy supermarket champagne… here’s the festive fizz factor scores Read More »
Yup – that’s me on this page. Sadly not the pretty thing in the middle, but the old blob on the left wearing a grey cardie. You’ll see we ran a fizz taste test … here’s the supermarket prosecco ratings if you’re making a last-minute dash to the shops for the sprouts and the bread sauce. Or
Which is the best supermarket prosecco? Here’s the festive fizz factor scores Read More »
I can’t wait for Christmas Day and my first glass of white! Here’s a Christmas white wine selection to suit all pockets which you can pour as the family arrives, right through to Dad sneaking the last roast potato onto his plate. Extra Special French Chardonnay (13.5% abv, £5, ASDA) This Languedoc chardonnay is lightly oaked
Christmas white wine to chink as you open the pressies (or just because you neeeeed) Read More »
It’s time to brush up on the lyrics to those classic Christmas tunes; pop on the Christmas jumper and have a jolly good time with your chums, your workmates and your nearest and dearest. There’s no better way to add sparkle to your festive fun than with some Christmas fizz. Christmas fizz: Cava and Moscato Camoli Moscato
Ten Christmas fizz ideas (because we all love wine and bubbles) Read More »
Blimey what did we do for easy-peasy bubbles before prosecco came on the scene? It now outsells Champagne in the UK and it’s easy to see why – it’s so much cheaper and very, very, easy to drink. Prosecco DOC wines are made across a wide area of Veneto and Friuli in the north
Festive fizz!! Here’s nine prosecco picks to enjoy at Christmas Read More »
A cream liqueur is a snuggly comfort cushion as the cold winter wind whips around outside. Now its getting cold I asked some of my girlie pals to help me blind-taste 14 cream liqueurs. They didn’t complain. We’re not industry experts but we’re typical comfort cushion girlies who love a cream liqueur especially at Christmas.
Which cream liqueur wins 14-bottle mystery taste test? Read More »