My wine of the week this week was
discovered during the recent Tesco Finest Pop Up wine bar in Soho. It was a fabulous marketing idea and I wish it
could have been there for longer than a fortnight but, as I’m sure the staff would
attest to, I gave the wine list a good going over whilst it was there. Who can complain at a sleek bar with bouncers
ensuring it doesn’t get too busy and wines on show at between £3-7 a glass?
Especially when I tell you that the £7 one was vintage champagne....
I worked out that I tried 15 of
the wines on offer and whilst there were a couple of less than great ones (the
enigma of a low cost but excellent Chateauneuf-du-Pape remains elusive) I was
bowled over by several of them. I have got into the rather short-sighted habit
of thinking that it’s not worth drinking anything under £10 a bottle. We’ve all
heard the tales about the value of actual wine in the bottle once you’ve
accounted for tax, duty, import costs etc. Well, I was wrong. Yes, I will
repeat that as it’s a rare day when I admit to it but – I. Was. Wrong.
