charwell - glad you enjoyed your Amarone.  Of course Amarones are comparable with Barolo if your criteria is simply colour. As for grape "matters not a jot", may I suggest you seriously think about something else to offer advice on. 

To suggest that Amarone "knocks Barolo into a cocked hat" is a ridiculous recommendation, particularly given the range of quality in both groups AND more importantly that many people will be surprised at how relatively sweet lots of Amarone is.  Mind you, you'll know this of course, but your reader might not.

A straight man is not interested in men, dave, you weirdo

If I could chip in a cheeky little Pecorino currently available from Majestic Wines.

Contesa Pecorino 2014 IGT Colline Pescaresi

£7.49 a pop if you buy 6 at a time.

Lovely wine

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http://www.tesco.com/wine/product/details/default.aspx?N=8130+4294967245&id=267280229

Maison Des Prince Sauvignon Blanc

Have been drinking a few bottles of this recently - very nice and a bargain at currently £6 per bottle.

I finished the cheap £3.38, after discount, bottles a couple of days ago.  I will definitely get them again when they get reduced or I have a coupon from tesco, which I have now.  They have sent me £9 off a £60 spend so I will stock up again.  I found that once I started drinking the cheap bottle, I wanted to drink it every day.  Maybe because I knew if I drank one of my more expensive wines I would not like it as much!

Marks and Spencer have one of their 25% of multiples of six bottles again.  As I said before it just reduces their wine to what it should be, not a great saving.  'Wotwine' says their wine is overpriced and I agree.  However, they have one bargain that is brilliant.  I like their malbec Vinalta which usually sells for £8 a bottle but it is currently on offer for two for £12 and then you get the 25% discount on top making it £4.50 a bottle.  'Wotwine' rated this wine at £7.50 a year or so ago and said it was a soft, plummy, full bodied wine and I agree.  I bought 12 bottles today and I am just enjoying a glass   Even if you don't like wine this is a good value one for dinner parties etc.  One thing I do like about marks and spencer wine is that I think their wine would not be adulterated possible as much as other wine.  This wine, vinalta, is produced like some others by a collaboration of their experts and small vineyards so you have more faith in the product.

Thanks, Burton Brewers, I have looked at these sites before and they are very informative but the wines recommended are too expensive for me.

Malbec is widely planted in Argentina producing a softer, less tannic-driven variety


so drink it!

this is a good one of them there [6.75 after the disc]


http://www.marksandspencer.com/emiliana-organic-malbec-case-of-6/p/p60069276?prevPage=srp

think of your liver darling!

do bears sh1t in the woods?
ive got all the vices me, still most of the time its fun

What is your poison of choice?

I know, but compared to a relatives and friends who don't drink I think I am healthier than they are.  They do say, some of them, that red wine can be good for you but I think I take it to excess

Thanks, ET

I do buy wine from Lidl, but it is a long bus ride away from me.  However, I am short of stuff that I like from Lidl, so I will pick up a bottle next time I go.

Agree with you about the Vinalta Malbec, I bought 6 today. £4.50 is a good price but it's not an £8 wine imo

Louie Theroux switched threads

Alcohol is bad for your stomach.
Many indigestion problems are caused by drinking alcohol.
Your body produces lactic acid from alcohol, this is cleared by your kidneys.
Your kidneys also has to clear uric acid from your food.
In some people the combined load on the kidneys results in the uric acid not being cleared sufficiently and gout can be the result.

If you drink regularly don't rule out getting gout in later life.

don't overlook English wines, Welcombe Hills Hollow Meadow is the best white I have tasted in the last 5 years. Also Nyetimber and Chapel Down Bacchus.

Burton Brewers - Agree re English Wine - the 2015 English Wine of the Year was Albourne Estate Bacchus produced about 500 yards from my house.

I was in Sainsburys yesterday and I see that they have reduced one of the few wines I buy from there.  It is Winemakers Selection Australian Petit Verdot reduced from £6.00 to £4.75 and with the vouchers I have it will further reduce it to £4.35 approx .

It is an unusual grape and makes a nice change from the malbec, cabernet sauvignon etc that I usually buy.  It has good reviews from 'Wotwine' and rave reviews on the Sainsburys website.