For the AGM, as usual, we did a committee tasting. 8 wines
from 8 different supermarkets. To see whats out there. Budget, a tenner a
bottle or thereabouts.
1.
Aldi – Cremant de Jura, Chardonnay. £6.50.
Excellent value for money – a real bargain.
2.
Marks & Spencer – Riesling. Derting Estate,
Durkheimer. £9.99. Not the greatest, could do better.
3.
Tesco – Clare Valley 2010 Semillon, Tim Adams.
£10.50. I cant remember much about this one, so I suppose it was OK.
4.
Asda – Cotes de Rhone, Vinsobres. £7, down from
£10.50. Pretty decent for seven quid, less so for over a tenner.
5.
Lidl – Valpollicella Ripasso £8.99. Excellent
Value & worth chasing down. Waitrose also have a Ripasso at the moment for
the same price.
6.
Sainsbury’s – Jumilla, Carta Roja (NOT Rioja)
Grand Reserva 2009. £6, down from £9. A decent wine for £6, and maybe worth £9.
7.
Waitrose – Errazuriz Max Reserva £12.99.
Excellent and worth it
8.
Majestic (Should have been Morrisons) Rustenberg
Straw Wine (dessert wine) £12.99 per half bottle.
It was good evening, only spoilt by a low turnout of only 20
members. But at least plenty of wine left
over at the end.
We also voted to put up the meeting fee to £8.50 from £8.
