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The Wine Society

My uncle David called – would I recommend the Wine Society? He had been thinking of joining for ages, but friends had told him that it was expensive, which had put him off.

Well, what does expensive mean? The Society’s cheapest wine costs £4.25 (you can choose a Chilean merlot or cabernet, and there’s a chardonnay, too), which you can beat elsewhere (and which I will be beating next week, when I taste wines from Aldi and Lidl). But the society has more than 90 wines at less than £5, and while it may not have the muscle of a supermarket when it comes to buying branded wines (and battering suppliers down on price to such an extent that they have to mortgage their own children to pay pickers to get the harvest in), it does buy interesting, small-scale stuff, and its mutual status means it trumps other people’s prices so often I find it embarrassing. Embarrassing, because Authentic Prada Shoes Outlet I hate to recommend a wine as being good value (in the sense that it’s worth every penny) at £12 only Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Shoes Sale to have the society’s Ewan Murray email me to point out they have it Ap Lei Chau Prada Factory Outlet at £10.50, as was the case Authentic Prada Shoes Outlet with the sunlight-filled Cape Chamonix Chardonnay 2006, from South Africa, which as well as doffing a beret at burgundy, has the sort of detail that makes you finish your glass fast and bang it down on the table for more before someone else finishes off the bottle. Or maybe that’s just Authentic Prada Handbag Uk me. I am quite greedy.

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The Society’s Chilean Syrah Elqui Valley 2006

£5.50, The Wine Society; 14% abv

As robust and intense as a cup of builder’s tea, with a touch of freshly laid Tarmac. I am not sure this sweetly ripe syrah, from one of Chile’s newer, cooler climate regions, is my uncle’s sort of thing, but it is a ‘real wine’, with more character and texture than many cheapies. Try decanting it for a bit to allow the flavours to unpack

Goes Are All Prada Products Made In Italy with: A bloody steak.

Château Les Tours Seguy 2006, Côtes de Bourg, France

£6.95, The Wine Society; 13% abv

Where some cheaper clarets get bogged down trying to deliver extraction and oomph, and sacrificing magic along the Bicester Village Prada Discount way, this one is lightish-bodied, invigoratingly fresh, has a thirst-quenching sharpness and translucency. It’s lovely. A great house wine for the winter season.

Goes with: Light clarets such as this Biggest Prada Store In London bring gravitas to leftovers.

Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinet Zilliken 2005, Germany

£9.95, The Wine Society; 8% abv

Captivating from the moment you smell it, this is a medium-dry riesling with Are Prada Nylon Bags Worth The Money breadth as well as finesse. It has the perfume of just-squeezed lime juice, and the slow, uncoiling strength of a grape that develops well with age. The society thinks you should drink it on Christmas morning. Nice idea, but why wait until then?

Goes with: Good on its own, but works well with smoked goose or duck with caramelised apple.

Château Doisy Daene Sec 2007, Bordeaux, France

£14.50, The Wine Society; 13% abv

An enchanting dry white bordeaux, with a high proportion of sauvignon blanc, that moves with orchestral grace. It’s very young, fresh and lithe at the moment, and will repay patience with more depth if you can bear to put it away for a year or two.

Goes with: Roquefort, pear and walnut salad.

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