Feb 2015 - We screw open the cap on this misleading drink. wotwine? was started because we wanted to give some transparency to the process of buying supermarket wine, unearth some hidden gems and give some power back to the consumer. Recently, we unearthed an interesting product which caused quite a...
Hang on to your hat and grab your credit card because there are some great pre-Christmas discounts on offer (sorry, yes, I did just mention the C word but as we have been reminded there are just 7 Mondays left to go!). In the run up to the big day,...
Aldi and Lidl have lit a firecracker under the bottoms of the major UK supermarkets prompting a retail revolution and forcing them to dramatically re-evaluate how they do business. Wotwine? talks to Mike James, wine buyer at Aldi about the journey that has brought them such success, and their plans...
In true Halloween style we could tell you about some of the horrifyingly bad wines we’ve tasted on your behalf; the wines that smell and taste like boiled cabbage, the wines that are so astringent and bitter your tongue puckers and you can feel the enamel dissolving on your teeth,...
It is not always the way, but there were three stand out wines at our tastings this week, and it was France leading the quality drive. Poetic justice for a poor northern hemisphere rugby showing perhaps? I am sure you have heard us harp on about bulk, over priced Sauvignon Blanc...
And just like that it is Autumn. The season to discover that there is a hole in the sole of your shoe as your sock swiftly dampens and the seemingly daily indignity of being drenched by the passing bus. There is however, a silver lining to the rather abrupt change in...
Sometimes you dig and dig and dig and all you get to show for your efforts are blistered hands and a sweaty forehead. The wotwine? tasting team have days like that. Long, laborious days of mediocre, uninspiring wines. However this week we hit the coal seam; amid the dirt we...
The car you drive speaks volumes about your personality. A cocktail of lifestyle marketing and the realities of budget draw us towards a certain car, but more importantly, what does your choice of car say about your wine choices? The Peugeot 206 with obligatory dents. This is not a car of...
Tomorrow sees the kick off of the Rugby World Cup. Every man has his position and his part to play on the field, with each position requiring a different temperament and a different physique. Like a hand selected mixed case of wine, each man has been deliberately picked for his...
Wines that stir the emotions. Wine resides in that mysterious place where art and science meet. Like art, music, cooking or poetry, wine should illicit an unbidden emotional response, like art it is open to individual interpretation and like art it does not require an in depth knowledge of style, technique...