Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

A single vineyard, old vine Sur Lie Muscadet for under a fiver!

Yes, it’s true, but only if you’re quick off the mark!  Until 3 August, Waitrose are offering a 20% discount off Fief Guérin Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 2009, a case of which costs a frankly paltry £51.93  (£4.93/bottle) for a wine of such pedigree.  The micaschist, yellow granite and green rock hillock of Fief [...]

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Waitrose 25% off: my 8 great summer wine buys

Waitrose is running another 25% off deal off all wine and champagne when you buy a case or more (offer ends 16 June).  Here are 8 great summer drinking tips, a white and a red, from each of my areas of focus – prices given include the 25% off discount. Australian wines Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc [...]

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Portuguese wines – some (The) Capital food and wine matching!

Presented a superb tasting at The Capital in Knightsbridge yesterday for Waitrose Food Illustrated readers.  Lots of positive comments about the wines, surprise about how good even modestly priced Portguese whites now are (take a bow Quinta de Azevedo Vinho Verde 2008 & Jose Maria da Fonseca Periquita White 2007) and some capital, of course,  [...]

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