Marcos Eguren, is ranked in Spain's top 5 premium winemakers making some of Spain's most famous wines. With Protocolo, Marcos turns his hand to making a really delightful juicy, fruity red with aromas and flavours of str ...
"2007: This polished, medium-bodied red offers smooth cherry, licorice and chocolate flavors, with just enough acidity to keep it lively. Floral and smoky notes linger. Tempranillo. Drink now through 2011."
A Chilean Merlot to beat all others, this is simply outstanding wine for the money, soft super-juicy ripe plummy fruit and the kind of long full-flavoured finish you would expect from wine twice its price! Drink on its o ...
"At an O’Briens tasting a few weeks back, I was very impressed with their range of inexpensive wines, and the reds in particular... The Karu has soft ripe easy plummy fruits, and a rounded finish."John Wilson - 21 November 2009
How can the rest of the world compete with Chile in the cheap and cheerful category? This is a lively little Sauvignon with buckets of juicy lemon, gooseberry and guava fruit. Just a really well-made, easy drinking white ...
Eagle Hawk Chardonnay is a consistently good Aussie Chardonnay with attractive tropical fruit aromas and flavours amd a hint toasty French oak.
At last we have a Sicilian wine worth shouting about! This is brilliant, wonderfully pure dark cherry and bramble fruit combine with a hint of spice and dark chocolate. It beggars belief that this is only a €8.99 wine! W ...
"Nero d’Avola can sometimes be a little too dry to drink on its own, but this version, with its smooth light dark cherry fruits, can certainly be drunk solo or with canapés and medium-bodied meals as well."John Wilson - 21 November 2009
Superbly made red from the estate of Joao Portugal Ramos, one of Portugal's most renowned winemakers who has consulted on leading estates across Portugal. Little surprise that this wine is a thoroughly modern red brimmin ...
"A deceptive wine - the lively fresh dark cherry fruits can obscure a heart-warming 14% alcohol. Perfect easy drinking wine from one of Portugal’s leading wine producers, better with food, but certainly approacheable without."John Wilson - 14 November 2009
Class-leading Loire Sauvignon Blanc, it comes from a small family-owned Domaine in Touraine and is super fresh and herby with plenty of ripe citrus fruit... a steal at this price.
Casablanca Valley is where all the premium Chardonnay emanates from in Chile. This delicious, unoaked Chardonnay clearly mirrors the great terroir behind the grapes, lots of tropical fruit flavours balanced with a wonder ...