Category: Food and Drink

2021 Pillitteri Vidal Icewine (Lidl £13.99 per half bottle)

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for Boboli…
And we’re feeling good.

In 1974 I remember buying a bottle of the world’s greatest Chardonnay, Montrachet, for £5 (reduced from £8 thanks to the oil crisis). Adjusted for inflation over 50 years, that’s £65 reduced from £104.

There’s a lot to decode on this label.

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Another Aldi wine reduced in price? Another bargain because its name is unfamiliar.

Saturday, 2 September, marked the 100^th Village Produce Show in Burton Overy. The village WI started the show in 1923.

‘The Falls’ Canadian Riesling (Aldi £4.99)

Solomonar Reserve Romanian Red 2020 (Majestic £7.99)

In 2019, Waitrose introduced their ‘Loved and Found’ range focusing on lesser known grape varieties and regions. I can’t help calling it ‘Lost and Found’.