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Tesco autumn 2025
Tesco may not be a source of sublime wine but it’s packed with bargains, some of them non-mainstream. Jancis writes The Tesco buying team has been covered with glory in...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 21 November 2025
• 10 min read
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Jancis's diary – October 2025
Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above (unthinkable in London). I write this just before taking off...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 3 November 2025
• 1 min read
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The Co-op, Aldi and Lidl compared
Andy Howard MW
Monday 3 November 2025
• 3 min read
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A round-up from a serious independent retailer's current range that may be of interest over the coming festive season. Click...
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What's currently on offer at Britain's most upmarket grocery chain, with a few offers of real interest.
Waitrose is well...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW compares what's on offer from two of the UK's most important retail chains.
Both...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW runs his experienced eye over the books of Britain's two retail giants and his...
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Andy Howard MW reviews the range from an important UK wine retailer undergoing tumultuous change. See also last week's report...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW compares the UK wine offerings from the two big discounters. With Aldi and Lidl...
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10 July 2019 FWIW, as they say, Waitrose were crowned Wine Merchant of the Year 2019 at the International Wine...
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As part of his seasonal review of the UK's main supermarket wine ranges, Andy Howard MW presents a brief report...
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Andy Howard MW continues his seasonal reporting on the wine ranges of the UK's main supermarkets. See also M&S, Aldi...
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Andy Howard MW looks in detail at recent developments at Marks & Spencer.
M&S is currently a business in the...
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Are the discounters ever of interest to serious wine lovers? Andy Howard MW picks out the pearls. The prospects for...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW reports on Tesco's latest wine tasting. He will be reporting on their rivals on...
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Prices for several vintages of this Portuguese wine of the week are presented below.
2015 from 225 Ukranian hryvnia, €7.95...
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Some suggestions for party wines from the UK retailer that's about to change its name and focus. So, Majestic Wine...
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Two interesting news titbits.
The much-loved chain of UK wine shops, Oddbins, is preparing to appoint administrators according to this...
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Audio wine recommendations. At 6.15 pm BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast three little 15-minute programmes in which I interviewed people...
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