Wine

Champagne

Tasting Aldi’s Monsigny Champagne No. III (Episode 229)

In this episode, we taste a bottle of champagne kindly sent to us by Aldi. The bottle in question, Monsigny Champagne No. III retails at £12.49 in the UK. It…
Portuguese Wine

Tasting Monte Sao Sebastaio Wine (Episode 228)

In the first episode, we have managed to get together since lockdown we taste a fantastic red wine from Portugal kindly sent to us by Lusus Wines. The wine, Monte…
Australia Wine

WineScribble – Cabernet Sauvignon (Episode 227 – Part 2)

In the 2nd and last part of this episode, we continue our discussion with the fabulous WineScribble and get down to some tasting! We each taste a Cabernet Sauvignon, WinsScribble,…
Red wine

Cabernet Sauvignon with WineScribble (Episode 227 Part 1)

In another lockdown episode, we get to talk to Anabel from WineScribble about all things Cabernet Sauvignon. We talk about where the wine is grown, why it is present in…
Red wine

How do you choose wine? (Episode 226)

In this episode, we talk to Haley Nicols, an ex sommelier, who lives in Florida USA, about how to choose wine in the wine shop and from a restaurant wine…
Pinot Noir

Using Local Wine Shop in Lockdown (Episode 225)

In this episode, given we are in Lockdown here in the UK John and I discuss how his shop in Brighouse is adapting to meet the challenge of keeping afloat…
Australia Wine

Yellow Tail – Malbec (Episode 221 – Part 6)

We continued this episode of budget wines from supermarkets, in this part of the episode we taste a well-known brand - a Yellow Label Malbec. This retails at £6.00 so…
Cotes du Rhone

Tesco’s Cote du Rhone (Episode 221 Part 5)

We continue our episode on budget wines from supermarkets. This part of the episode we review Tesco's own brand Cote du Rhone for the fantastic price of £4.50. The colour…
Red wine

Sainsburys House Torla Rioja Wine – (Episode 221 Part 4)

In the 4th part of this episode where we check out wines available in the supermarket for under £6.50, we try out this House Rioja from Sainsbury's. The colour was…
Portuguese Wine

Casaboa Reserva (Episode 201 – Part 2)

In this episode, we taste a wonderful wine kindly dispatched to us by Lusus wines. ( Our interview with them can be seen by following the following link https://youtu.be/hdaM0Pce95o )…