The biannual supermarket league table - November 27, 2015
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The gift of wine; perfect presents for your wine loving loved ones - November 19, 2015
Wine is a wonderful and impressive gift, especially for those ‘hard to buy for’ loved ones. Or at least it should be... but what wine do you buy? How much should it cost? Which country should it come from and what style or colour should it be? Suddenly you are...
Back by popular demand; the quarterly top 10 wines under £10 - November 13, 2015
This is the ever popular summary of the best buys under £10 that we have tasted over the last 4 months. With party season looming, stock up your cellar with wines that will get people talking for all the right reasons. No need to keep up with the Joneses, with...
An old post that is still relevant: a wolf in sheep’s clothing – wine based drinks - November 9, 2015
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...
Santa has come early; the wotwine? guide to snapping up the bargains in the pre-Christmas sales - November 5, 2015
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,...
The first in our supermarket buyer interview series. Aldi wine buyer Mike James talks to Wotwine? and reveals the key to their success. - November 5, 2015
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...
It’s not a trick, it’s one hell of a vinous treat - October 29, 2015
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,...
French wines weave their magic; northern hemisphere wines have succeeded where their rugby counterparts have failed - October 20, 2015
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...
Every dark cloud has a red wine lining; great value wines to help ease you into Autumn - October 8, 2015
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...
Finding the coal seam; great wines unearthed - October 5, 2015
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...