Wine: Dino Selezione No6 Italia, Sangiovese di Romagna, Italy
Style: Red
Outlet: Tesco
Price: reduced from £9.49 to £4.99
Occasion: Night in, Dinner Party at Yours
Trend: Utility wine
Why you should be seen drinking this wine: The perfect red to help wean you off heavy winter wines, it’s Chanel’esque monocrome label compliements this light-weight, light-bodied bargain.
Miss B’s verdict: SWALLOW!!
Wine: Quinta de Azevedo, Vinho Verde, 2009, Portugal
Style: White
Outlet: Waitrose
Price: reduced from £6.39 to £4.99
Occasion: Night in, Dinner Party at Yours
Trend: Utility wine
Why you should be seen drinking this wine:
If you’ve not heard of Vinho Verde before then this will be news to you but take it from me – Vinho Verde is back and it’s tasting great! Quinta de Azevedo blanco 2009 is a stunning way to kiss winter goodbye – seriously!
Miss B’s verdict: SWALLOW!!
WINE IS FABULOUS TOO!
If I asked you to tell me about the last time you went out with friends I wonder how much you could recall. The name of the venue for sure and the friends you spent the evening with without doubt. How about what you were wearing and the food you ate? Remember? I thought you would. Now can you tell me what you talked about, who said what, a couple of stories that were told? Yep, thought so. Ok and what about the wine you drank? What was it? I’ll give you a minute….. ………
Researching for my latest wine column in The Notebook I was asked to write about New World wines. It may sound pretty unchallenging on the surface but believe me that’s about as broad as it gets. Where do you start? In the same way I solve most of life’s conundrums I suppose…. by opening the wine list. Bien sur!
The timing of my research coincided perfectly with a few hazy weeks full of friends, food and wine. You know me, it wasn’t necessarily in that order…. anyway, it’s been good, and it gave me plenty of opportunities to find the inspiration I needed. Lots of mini measures of wine by the glass meant I could taste a pallet load of different wines and still remember what I’d tried the morning after. Sticking to wines from the New World I tasted some great wines and terrible ones. Of note was a red I had at ’409′ restaurant & bar in Clapham north called Miss Harry 2007. Produced by Hewitson Wines it’s a blend of Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvèdre from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. A close second was a hunky-chunky Pinotage from South African producer Beyerskloof that I had at Out-of-the-Blue bar in Wandsworth while catching up with ‘Lil Jo*. ………
Rookie food blogger Rachel Curran shares her wine diary…..
Before I start I must confess; I don’t know much about wine but I do know one thing, and that’s what I like. So, here goes… Over the last few months I’ve been working too hard and not playing enough, activity which has left my wine racks feeling unloved. Luckily with a bit of help from my partner, my mum and a week off work I soon took the load off the racks! ………
