M&S's current offerings

The title is fairly self-explanatory, M&S being the current name for Marks & Spencer, one of the UK's more reliable retailers and one whose wine selection is constantly changing to take account of changing tastes and fashions in wine. Indeed the M&S wine selection gives every sign of having been assembled by lovers of wine rather than lovers of the bottom line. They recently lost a Master of Wine, Jo Ahearne, to Harrods, but gained one, Andy Howard, in this year's crop.

But the way we have ordered my tasting notes is a little different. Within each style, wines...