From cheap Chilean to Ch Lafleur

Best buys from the welter of summer sales and ‘special offers’  touted in the UK come from Somerfield supermarket at one end of the scale to the venerable Wine Society at the other.

Cono Sur has long been a thoroughly reliable name in Chilean wine (though not one, according to winesearcher.com, that is available in the US alas). Regular Cono Sur Pinot Noir has been one of the great bargains for lovers of the burgundy grape in light, fruity form and ever since its launch in the early 1990s it has been gaining in depth and sophistication, thanks partly to...