Category: Food and Drink

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’.

There are so many cliches used to accentuate this truth, “There’s no “I” in Team,” “Alone we can do so little, Together we can do so much,” … And so it goes on.

Cave de Lugny Crémant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs (Waitrose £14.99)