Favourite Everday Wines

Whites   Reds

Prosecco, Veneto, N. Italy: grape:
Prosecco (Lidl)

La Vieille Ferme, Domaines Perrin,
Côtes du Ventoux, France 2006 13.5%,
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah (Waitrose)

Chapel Down Bacchus, 2006, Kent & Essex, 11% Bacchus grape, a
modern cross:
(Silvaner x Riesling) x Müller-Thurgau. (Waitrose)

Michel Lynch, AC Bordeaux 2006,
France 12.5%, Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon (Le Caviste)

Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2007,
Marlborough, New Zealand
(Waitrose; widely available)
Roche Mazet, Vin de Pays D'Oc 2006, Languedoc, S. France, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
(Widely available in France! Eg Carrefour)
Argento Reserva, Torrontés,
Mendoza, Argentina, 2006,  13%
Grape: Torrontés, Argentina's only
indigenous grape variety (Widely available)
Baron de Ley Finca Monasterio, Rioja, Spain, 2004 80% Tempranillo, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
15 months in new French oak barrels and a further 3 in large oak 'foudres'
(Tesco; Majestic)