French Wine

Cotes du Rhone

Aldi’s Signargues Cotes du Rhone Village (Episode 235)

In this episode, we taste a great Cotes du Rhone Village, kindly sent to us by Aldi. So a wine that is from an internationally renown wine region. It has…
French Wine

Aldi’s Pinot Gris Pierre Jaurant Wine Review (episode 231)

We taste a great Pinot Gris available from the Supermarket Aldi. Even though the wine was produced in France it really reminded John L of Italian Pinot Grigio which is…
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…
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…
Bordeaux

Sainsburys House Claret (Episode 221 – Part 3)

In this episode, we try to find some good quality wines for under or around the £6 mark which are freely available in UK Supermarkets. In the second part of…
French Wine

Vinsobres Red Wine (Episode 220)

This wine produced in the south of France (Vinsobres is a wine region in France) is a GSM style wine (60% Grenache, 25% Syrah (Shiraz) 15% Mourvedre). It is available…
Bourgogne

Burgundy’s Maison Chanzy Bouzeron Clos de la Fortune Monopole (Episode 215)

This wine was kindly given to us by some friends - John and Matthew - thanks, guys! The wine is made from the Aligote grape which is grown in the…
Champagne

Jay Z’s Armand De Brignac Champagne (Episode 134 Part 2)

In this part of this episode, we taste the Armand De Brignac Champagne. This Champagne House is owned by the famous rapper Jay Z husband to Beyonce. This champagne retails…
Champagne

Pol Roger 2004 Vintage Champagne (Episode 134 Part 1)

In this episode, we taste two big names in the Champagne world Pol Roger and Armand de Brignac which both have a hefty price tag so we are expecting great…
Cahors

Chateau Les Bouysses Malbec (Episode 133 Part 3)

In this last part of this episode, we taste our last French Malbec from the Cahors region. This one was darker in colour and on the nose smells more like…