Every fortnight, the
CellarVie Wines team dive knee deep into the weekend’s newspapers in an effort to determine what’s hot in the world of wine. In this instalment,
The Sunday Times explore a number of value-for-money reds,
The Daily Telegraph discusses what to drink with gamey meats,
The Observer highlights their three wines of the week, and
The Daily Mail champions a host of sparkling wines…
The
Observer/Guardian’s David Williams recommends "a delicious South African, a great Italian and an unusual Austrian" to drink this week. The Pinotage from South Africa is “like Beaujolais on steroids” according to Williams, while the Austrian number is “a singingly pure unoaked red, full of gorgeous dark raspberry fruit with a twist of pepper”.
The always jovial and entertaining Olly Smith of
The Daily Mail recommends a number of sparkling wines to sup during the final throes of summer. Listing some low-cost bubbly, made in the traditional method used for Champagne, Smith suggests a Crémant from France, a Prosecco and an English sparkler. He also reserves a mention for two Champagnes; a Bollinger Special Cuvee and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne - "a deft stunner usually costing over £100".