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Sainsbury's - steady progress
Last time I reported on the wine selection at British supermarket Sainsbury's (referred to recently in a New York Times profile of their poster boy Jamie Oliver as 'somewhat upmarket'), I was pretty unimpressed - see Dreary Sainsbury's .
But the selection shown earlier this month was perceptibly better, I thought, even though there is only one wine, a dry sherry from Lustau, among this collection of 97 to which I gave a score of 17, and only four to which I awarded 16.5. On the other hand, I thought 15 of the wines were good value (GV), even at their full price. So look out for special discounts, especially for their own-label...
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