Red, red wine...

Advantages: Very good quality
Disadvantages: Price

...If I had to choose between white wine and red I would always go for white, but not always white whine can be chosen. Villa Maria is one of New Zealand's leading wine makers. Recently I've came across its Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon produced of grapes from Hawke's Bay vineyards. Before tasting the wine my expectations were quite? low as good staff can't come from New World. History As you may expect there isn't much history behind the name. No eve a hundred years of tradition and development in wine making. Villa Maria Estate was founded in 1961 by its owner George Fistonich. In just over 40 years has been New Zealand's leading wine award winner. Villa Maria owns vineyards and sources grapes from contract growers from three of New Zealand's leading grape growing regions: Marlborough, Hawke's Bay (this is my tasting bottle comes from...

malekowie 10.04.2006 · Read review
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Scrumptious Lamb In Red Wine from Morrisons

Advantages: Extremely tasty, lean & tender lamb, lovely sauce
Disadvantages: High in fat

...PRICE: £3.49 for 400g NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per pack, excluding bone): Calories: 431 Kj: 1,809 Protein: 57.9g Carbohydrates: 7.4g (of which sugars): 5.7g Fat: 18.9g (of which saturates): 8.5g Fibre: Nil Sodium: 0.6g Salt equivalent: 1.5g INGREDIENTS: Lamb shank (82%), water, sugar, red wine vinegar, red wine (1%), cornflour, tomato puree, salt, lamb stock made of lamb, carrot juice, salt, dried onion, rosemary. Garlic puree, thyme, caramel colouring, black pepper WARNING: This packet contains bones NO DIETARY/ALLERGY ADVICE SHOWN ON THE PACK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love meat in wine sauce, but can rarely be bothered to cook my own. As I?m watching the pennies, I don?t in the normal way buy ready-made luxury-type meals, but I spotted Morrisons Lamb Shank In Red Wine...

CelticSoulSister 20.11.2009 · Read review
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Australian Red Wine (Tesco's)

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: Not really what you would serve to impress at a posh dinner party

...I never used to be a red wine drinker, I would have said in the past if someone had offered me a glass "no thanks". But within the past few years I have changed my mind a lot and now do enjoy red wine. THE PRODUCT: Australian Red Wine (south eastern Australia) Selected by Tesco 75 cl 13.0% vol medium and fruity cost: £2.08 Allergy advice: Contains Sulphites Availability: every Tesco supermarket I have been in MY EXPERIENCE: I first bought a bottle of this wine when we were having a barbeque in the summer, I wasn't sure what it was or what it would be like as with most people when buying for a party you tend to just buy a few bottles of a lot of things. I decided however after a few strange glances from my partner that maybe I should try this wine before forcing it on our guests. The first thing I notice was it didn...

fizzybonbon 09.03.2006 · Read review
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Austrailian Red wine selected by Tesco worth a try

Advantages: Smooth
Disadvantages: none that I can think of

...Austrailian Red Wine, South Eastern Austrailia selected by Tesco. I am no connoisseur at describing wine, but I could recommend this one. My wife does not even like red wine, but even she found this one pleasant. It is as it says on the bottle "A SMOOTH, MEDIUM-BODIED RED WITH BERRY FRUIT FLAVOURS". Though perhaps being pregnant made my wife normally a non red drinker tollerate this bottle and enjoy it to some extent, and I found it nice enough to ask her to buy it again from Tesco again and I enjoyed it the second time just as much as I did the first time. Describing any kind of flavour is a difficult task for me, but with some kind of wines especially red it is easier to describe what you don't like about them, rather than what you do. The main two failings I find with quite a few red wines is some you could describe as being...

llbcollins 26.10.2008 · Read review
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The Black Pig - Pigassu French table red wine

Advantages: Great with very many meals especially red meats
Disadvantages: Non

...UPDATED FURTHER!!!!!! I buy a lot of my wines direct from Laithwaites wine company based at New Aquitaine House, Exeter Way, Reading and they are great. There is one wine in particular as I am a red wine lover caught my eye on the laithwaites website that is only available from mid June to mid July each year called Pigassu nicknamed the black pig and comes from France. I have found it great with very many meals. It is very full bodied and has a very smooth sweet taste on the palette and the nicest of very many other french red table wines I have tried over the years. As far as comparisons against other French red table wines that I have tried over the years is it's unique quality. It is totally naturally produced from the best red french grapes, well matured 2002 vintage or whichever year you buy it after, like next years...

Jeser 13.08.2003 (14.08.2003) · Read review
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The perfect red?

Advantages: Excellent quality, great price
Disadvantages: can't think of any

... MERLOT Having previously written about Beaujolais, which is in my opinion an excellent starting point for getting into drinking red wine, I have decided to take it one step further. If anyone is trusting enough (some might call this foolish enough!) to trust me and try the beaujolais nouveau, then they might also consider trying the merlot. It is slightly more full bodied than the Beaujolais, but without being as over powering as some of the big Bordeaux's, or a chateauneuf-du-pape. Background Merlot, which is the French for blackbird, is in this case the name of the grape, rather than the region from which it comes. This means that, unlike the Beaujolais, you can get merlots from all over the world, not just France. These vary greatly from country to country, with the Chilean versions tending to be a lot more complex...

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Review of Tesco Chilean Merlot

Tesco Australian Red Wine

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Not something to serve at a party until everyone's drunk!

...Let's face it, you're buying this for £3.00 a bottle. However, MUCH better than some of the chemical crap (e.g. Cape Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon - chemical crap) that some producers pass off as wine in the same price band. It's somewhat acidic with very little body - but who cares at this price? It DOESN'T taste of chemicals and plastic. Better than most cheap table wines, can't go wrong with this - but make sure your guests have had a bit of the good stuff and are a bit pissed before you get the cheap one out. If you want better for your buck do a wine run to France and buy there - but not cheap French wine, it sucks (and they only sell it to stupid Brits like us!)....

Monkey_Spanker 01.10.2008 (30.09.2008) · Read review
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The Best Red Wine...I've Ever Tasted!

Advantages: I Can't Fault It...Best Red Wine Yet!
Disadvantages: None...If You Like Red Wine...Stock Up On This One!

...'t help myself....it entices me ... so wonderful...freshly opened vanilla pods fill my head and permeate my very being. I pour a small amount of the deep burgundy coloured liquid into the large inviting glass and hold it up to the candle light. The liquid is thick, dark...the light almost cannot penetrate it. I swirl the wine around in its glass chamber ...the liquid clinging to the walls as it slowly adheres itself sliding gently into the abyss of deep red liquid that lies at the bottom of the glass. I'm ready. I plunge my nose slowly over the edge of the glass breathing in the intoxicating perfume. Plums, peaches, blackcurrant and vanilla intensify and pervade my senses. I slowly place my lips against the edge of the glass goblet and take a sip. I swirl it through my teeth, around my gums and against the inside of my cheeks. I shudder...

JohnGroom 14.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Domaine Boyar Premium Reserve Merlot, Bulgarian

Red , Red , Wine

Advantages: Fruity , good price , easy to drink , complements many foods ,not too sweet
Disadvantages: None for me

...As someone who rarely drinks red wine I have only recently begun drinking J.P. Chenet , Cabernet-Syrah . As of late both myself and my husband are always taking medication and as such we try to be careful ,only occasionally drinking alcohol . Still I should think we have consumed much more than our fair share in the past . Added to this Hubby suffers with migraines and steers well clear of red wine . Recently when my brother visited he bought a bottle of the Red Cabernet-Syrah and I'm afraid to say I have become quite hooked. I justify this by only having one or two glasses at the most , at any one sitting , and assuring my self that the odd glass of red wine is good for you and medicinal . I wonder how many alcoholics use such arguements . Anyway enough of the bakground on to the wine . J.P CHENET , CABERNET...

grafter123 01.06.2007 (31.05.2007) · Read review
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Pass the Merlot quick - I need a drink

Advantages: Cheap, Tastes Wonderful, Readily Available
Disadvantages: Has now got a screw top

...I would like to introduce you all to a favourite red wine of mine. It is made by Tesco or sorry should I say ?selected by Tesco? as the label informs me. I have no idea what constitutes a good or a bad wine but my dad loves Chilean wine and recommended this to me. I have a real hatred of spending a fortune on wine ? after all its only going to give me a headache for most of the next morning but as with most things you have to pay for a little bit of quality. Not with this wine it?s a stunning cheap £3.00 (used to £2.99 but the cheeky monkeys have slapped 1p on recently.) This bottle is dark green with a lovely purpley pink label on the front. There is an Aztec border (well I guess a Chilean sort of artistic border) around the label and the words Chilean Merlot Central Valley are embossed in gold Italics. Looking at this wine...

couscous 09.06.2004 · Read review
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