The best of the autumn offerings from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl – and thoughts on the brutal retail wine scene.
Every autumn in the UK, the major retailers hold press tastings, showing off the most recent releases. While diary conflicts prevented us from completing a full assessment, I focused on Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl (these four covered here) while Jancis (with a modest contribution from me) recently reported on the current wine offer at Waitrose, while Ollie reported on ‘the Waitrose of the North’, Booths. Jancis and...