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Finest Colchagua Valley Carmenere 2012, £9.49, Tesco

5:56pm Monday 20th May 2013

Carmenere is the Chile’s very own grape and its grown in the Colchagua valley in the Rapel region.

Ventisquero Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2012

5:55pm Monday 20th May 2013

This white is dry and has juicy lime, grapefruit, pineapple and pear flavours.

Poggio del Sasso Sangiovese di Toscana 2011, £6.95, The Wine Society

4:31pm Monday 6th May 2013

The name is quite a mouthful but don't be deterred because the wine is well worth tasting.

Adega de Moncao Vinho Verde 2011, £5.95, The Wine Society

4:31pm Monday 6th May 2013

The Wine Society buy a lot from local co-ops and this lovely crisp Portuguese white is a good example.

Review: The Listening Station Malbec 2008, £7.49, Booths

5:29pm Monday 29th April 2013

Our region’s own supermarket has some fascinating wines you'd be hard pressed to find on other high streets.

Review: Somos Gewurztraminer 2011, £8.99, Booths

5:28pm Monday 29th April 2013

Here’s a wine made with this cooler-climate grape — in the foothills of the Pyrenees in Spain.

Review: Coquille d’Oc 2011, £7.49, Waitrose, Waitrose.com

3:49pm Friday 19th April 2013

The shell on the label makes this white easy to see and the ‘Brit Pack’ sticker tells you its French wine made by British winemakers.

La Paz Tempranillo Syrah 2011, £7.99, Waitrose, Waitrose.com

3:48pm Friday 19th April 2013

An award-winning mix of the Rioja grape Tempranillo and Syrah

Paul Mas Vermentino 2011, £7.59, Booths

10:14am Monday 15th April 2013

This is from the southern Languedoc-Roussillon region but the Vermentino grape is really a native of Sardinia and Italy’s Liguria area.

La Reine de l’Arenite Fleurie 2011, £8.99, Booths

10:14am Monday 15th April 2013

Arenite is the name given to the soil that dominates the 2,000 acres of French vines that make up Fleurie, one of the 10 types of Beaujolais.

Les Pierres Bordes Marsanne Viognier 2012, £5.50, The Wine Society

3:03pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

The grapes are the apricot-flavoured Viognier and Marsanne, originally from the Rhone area with an almost honeysuckle perfume.

Cuvee Chasseur Rouge 2012, £4.79, Waitrose

3:03pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Workaday red that will go with almost anything.

Review: McWilliams Silverwood Pinot Noir 2011, £8.99, Waitrose

3:00pm Saturday 16th March 2013

Thirty-five years ago when I was an Australian resident McWilliams

Review: Librandi Asylia 2011, £8.99, Waitrose

1:00pm Saturday 16th March 2013

In the south of the Italian mainland below Naples is Calabria

Review: Mayu Pedro Ximenez 2012, £9.99, Sainsbury’s

5:41pm Monday 11th March 2013

Lime and lemony white made with the Pedro Ximenez grape which comes from the Andalucia region of southern Spain.

Review: Yali Cabernet Carmenere 2011, £7.49, Majestic

5:40pm Monday 11th March 2013

 Chilean Winemakers Yali are dedicated to conservation, especially of wetlands like the one close to their base in Colchagua Valley.

Ridgy-Didge Merlot 2011, £7.49, Tesco

4:18pm Monday 4th March 2013

The Limestone Coast in South Australia, one of the cooler parts of the country, produces a red that’s very pleasantly flavoured with blackberries and redcurrants but not overpowering, just 12.5 per cent alcohol — a low figure for Down Under — and truly easy to drink with almost any food.

Review: Ridgy-Didge Sauvignon Blanc 2011, £7.49, Tesco

4:18pm Monday 4th March 2013

There are Australian wines around with all sorts of daft names dreamt up by marketing people.

Review: Piccini Chianti 2011, £7.99, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s

4:14pm Monday 25th February 2013

This favourite has a bright orange label so is easy to spot on shelves

Review: Picpoul de Pinet 2011, £7.99, Tesco Finest

4:13pm Monday 25th February 2013

This grape is grown in the Languedoc region of southern France not far from the Mediterranean where this wine goes down great with fish.

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