Booths, and the £3.60 bottle of red

This concludes this week's collection of reviews of retailers' ranges – though, believe it or not, there are at least two more to come (Asda and the Real Wine Company!). See also our guide to who's selling what for a guide to other, similar surveys of British retailers, many of whose wines are available internationally. 

Booths is a regional supermarket chain, known colloquially as the Waitrose of the north. It's a fine compliment, although the Booths wine range can't quite match the diversity and quality of Waitrose – but then, neither can that of the other supermarkets.

Generally, whites were...