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sunny-dave | 18:40 Sat 12th Oct 2013 | Food & Drink
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I can't remember the last time I recommended some wine from Sainsburys - they don't email me their offers and I rarely go in the stores.

It seems a bit unfair to ignore them - they were a major influence in demonstrating to the young dave that there was something beyond Hirondelle, Blue Nun and Moroccan Rotgut Red.

So a quick few from their current offers that I know & like :


Brown Brothers Tarrango - an excellent light red, lots of fruity flavours and great with cheese and biscuits - currently reduced from £7.99 to £5.99


Porcupine Ridge Cab Sauv - One of my favourite quaffing reds - great with BBQs (ahem) and Roast Sunday Lunch - lots of nice, oaky tannins, but nothing to upset more delicate palates. Currently £5.32 from £7.99 - a bargain.


Sainsburys TTD Barbaresco - overpriced at the nominal £9.99 but decent value at the current offer of£7.49. Very nice Italian red, with characteristic smoky flavour. Great with meat based pasta dishes.


Sainsburys TTD Verdicchio Classico - I had a bottle of this the other day. Absolutely classic 'green' flavours, bright and bracing - excellent as an aperitif with olives and nibbles. A bargain at £5.61 (from £7.49)


Sainsbury's TTD Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG - low alcohol (5%) pink fizz. Something I'd normally avoid like the plague - but I was given a glass the other day & it was actually very nice. Slightly 'off dry' and very 'pink and flowery' - a summer drink to brighten a winter afternoon. Quite a steal at £4.71 (from £6.29).


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Also Dave, I buy their Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon @£9.99 but always get c£10 off my next shop + 15% off for 6
Love the Tarrango. In fact I haven't had a bad Brown Bros.
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Very reliable Zacs - their Orange Muscat and Flora pudding wine is great too.
Did you see that feature about wine prices that Oz Clarke did on Watchdog the other night? Very interesting.
their own brand Merlot and Cotes du Rhone is eminently quaffable at 4-50 a bouteille.
Morning, Dave....I shall send the daughter to Sainsbury's with a list....x

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