Summer newcomers at Tesco

After a few years of stasis and concentration on price promotions, Tesco's wine department is in expansive mode once more –  not before time. Novelty was the theme of the supermarket giant's most recent tasting: the 92 wines described below are all new to the supermarket, the UK's single most significant wine retailer.

Included are several reduced-alcohol wines at 5.5% vol, confirming the growing trend of this category in the UK, which exploits public concern over alcohol consumption as well as the lower duty tariff for wines at 5.5% or below: currently £0.77 per 75cl bottle compared with £1.81 for...