Sainsbury's Chilean Dry White Wine

OK, here we go again…..So there I was, in the supermarket down to my last tenner needing to get lifes essentials (wine, fags, loo roll and cat food!) as economically as possible! I worked out that this meant I had to go for a bottle of wine under £2.50 if I could find one. Last time I went for (and reviewed!) Sainsbury’s Soave – nope, I didn’t want THAT again! Then I spotted one – Sainsbury’s Chilean Dry White Wine – that’s all it said, no fancy name or grape variety. It was on offer for £2.39 for a standard 75cl bottle down from its normal price of £2.99. It had to be the one, so I went for ... more

This Sainsbury’s version of Chilean White Wine is only £2.99 a bottle but is a bargain or just plonk or what? Where does it come from? Chile has developed into one of the “New World” wine producers. It has a 5,000km long coastline, in the north is the Atacama desert probably one of the driest places on this planet while in the south there are icebergs. Such contrasts provide enormous variations in climate yet you are never far from the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Santiago and it is around this region where you find the majority of its vineyards. This area is extremely ... more