Down the road, Cheverny is an appellation which, unusually, allows the interloper chardonnay, mingling – in the 2013 Cheverny, Emmanuel Delaille, Loire Valley, £9.49, Bargain Booze, Wine Rack – herb aromatics with the fuller-bodied ripeness of the chardonnay.
£7.49 (until 22 June), Bargain Booze, Wine Rack 2012 Cave de Saint-Désirat Saint-Joseph This is a vivid, well-crafted, Rhône Syrah with a finesse of smooth-textured tannins behind the black fruits flavours which are crisp, balanced and precise.
Vinegar develops when airborne bacteria settle on booze (beer, wine, fermented fruit juice, whatever) and turn the alcohol into the sharp, punchy overkill of acetic acid.
Howsabout a good deal on booze and wine, courtesy of the fine folks at the BevMo! website?
Beer is being supplanted by booze and wine among American consumers (or a rising number of teetotalers are eating into sales of both).
Drinking For Chaps: How to Choose One's Booze (Kyle), by wine writer Olly Smith and the Chap magazine founder Gustav Temple, masquerades as an introduction to booze appreciation, but really it's an excuse for some inspired silliness.
Re Roger Frisby's experience in Morrisons (Letters, 23 August), at the start of September last year, the first aisle in our nearest big Tesco had a "back to school" sign above it, but the shelves were filled with special-offer booze, cut-price wine, spirits etc, which had replaced the stationery and backpacks.
Commit this to memory: 2 parts booze : 2 parts wine : 2 parts juice (optional) : 1/2 to 1 part sweet.
Some had already started on the booze -- the wine selection was tempting -- but we thought we'd wait at least until we'd boarded the plane.
Cheap booze known as "British wine," made at home from imported grape juice, threatens the reputation of its flashier cousins.
