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SSChampagne | Branded Product | Waitrose's In Partnership Cava, Penedes, Spain, 75cl, Alc. 11.5%. Waitrose Cava is made in partnership with family-owned Castillo Perelada. As good as the leading brands. If the price fits - put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brands: Codorniu, Cordon Negro and Freixenet | 9 | £8.99 | Alcohol Units: 8.4 units per bottle or 1.4 units for 125ml glass of wine Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||||
White Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, Casablanca Valley, Chile, Alc.13.5%. Closed with a screwcap. Waiting to taste. Competing Brands: Cono Sur, Isla Negra and Montes Alpha | 0 | £8.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSChampagne | Waitrose | Waitrose's Champagne Blanc de Blancs, Champagne,France, 75cl, Alc. 12%. Blanc de Blancs made from just white grapes. This quality champagne delivers yeasty and biscuity notes from sip to swallow. Competing Brands: Heidsieck, Lanson, Moet and Bollinger Delia's recipe: Champagne Jellies with Syllabub Cream and Frosted Grapes | 10 | £22.99 | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of champagne Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
Cava | Branded Product | Waitrose's Cava, Penedes, Spain, 75cl, Alc. 11.5%. Waiting to taste. Competing Brands: Codorniu, Cordon Negro and Freixenet | 0 | £6.99 | Alcohol Units: 8.4 units per bottle or 1.4 units for 125ml glass of wine Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||||
Red Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva, Vina Valdivesa, Maipo Valley, Chile Alc.13.5%. Waiting to taste. Competing Brands: Cono Sur and Montes Alpha | 0 | £8.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSChampagne | Waitrose | Waitrose's Brut Champagne, Champagne, France, 75cl, Alc. 12%. A cheaper alternative to the brands. Competing Brands: Moët and Chandon, Piper Heidsieck, Lanson and Veuve Clicquot | 8 | £19.99 | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of champagne Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
SSChampagne | Waitrose | Waitrose's Brut Champagne, Champagne, France, 37.5cl , Alc. 12%. A cheaper alternative to the brands. Competing Brands: Moët and Chandon, Piper Heidsieck, Lanson and Veuve Clicquot | 8 | £10.99 | Alcohol Units: 4.5 units per half bottle or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of champagne Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
SSChampagne | Waitrose | Waitrose's Brut Blanc de Noirs, Champagne, Champagne, France, 75cl, Alc. 12%. Blanc de Noirs - made from just black grapes. If you prefer a softer style of champagne - then put a bottle of this in the trolley. Competing Brands: Moët and Chandon, Piper Heidsieck, Lanson and Veuve Clicquot | 10 | £18.99 | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of champagne Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
SSBordeaux | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2009 Claret Reserve, Bordeaux, France, Red Wine, Alc.13.5%. This is the bottom rung of very long claret ladder. Better to pay a few quid if you want the true flavour of bordeaux. Competing Brands: Calvet and Mouton Cadet | 6 | £5.69 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSBurgundy | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2009 Chablis Cave des Vignerons de Chablis, White Burgundy, France, White Wine, Alc.12.5%. Closed with a screwcap. At this quality level you will struggle to find better on the supermarket shelf. Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brands: William Fevre, Blason de Bourgogne and Louis Jadot | 9 | £9.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.6 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSWRioja | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2008 Vega Ariana Rioja, Rioja, Spain, Red Wine, Alc.14%. An easy drinker - fruit driven red wine that comes threaded with spiky acidity. Competing Brands: Faustino, Altivo, Marques de Riscal and Campo | 7 | £5.79 | Yes | Alcohol Units 10.5 units per bottle or 1.8units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSBordeaux | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2008 Saint-Emillion, Hubert de Bouard, Bordeaux, France, Red Wine, Alc.13%. This assertive well crafted claret delivers notes of cedar boxes, lead pencils shavings and tannic grip. At moment it drinks better with food. Competing Brands: Calvet and Mouton Cadet | 8 | £11.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.8 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSWShiraz | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2008 Barossa Reserve Shiraz, St Hallett, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Red Wine, Alc.14.5%. Closed with a screwcap. This fourteen and half percenter has all the right parts, but as yet - it's not ready to drink ! It's a well known fact that if a wine is closed with a screwcap it slows down the wine's evolution. A real plus for early easy drinkers and aromatic whites, but not for a wine that requires at least five years to meld together. Leave it on the shelf If it's for this Saturday's dinner party. Competing Brands: Penfolds, Jacob's Creek, Rosemount and Peter Lehmann | 7 | £8.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.9 units per bottle or 1.8 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSWSB | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2007 Sauvignon Blanc, In Partnership with Villa Maria, Marlborough, New Zealand, White Wine, Alc.13%. This style of Sauvignon Blanc veers more towards a Sancerre from the Loire than the popular ripe aromatic gooseberry/grassy ones you'd normally find on the supermarket shelf from New Zealand. This one presents piercing grassy and flinty notes threaded with mouthwatering acidity and finished with a chalky lick. It won't disappoint - put it in the trolley. Competing Brands: Villa Maria, Oyster Bay and Montana | 10 | £8.79 | No | Alcohol Units: 9.6 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Milk | No | No | ||||||||||||
Red Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2007 Gabriel Meffe, Côte du Rhône Villages, Rhone, France Alc.14%. Waiting to taste. Competing Brand: La Chasse du Pape Delia's recipe: Easy Game Pie | 0 | £6.79 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.8units per bottle or 1.8 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
Red Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2007 Chianti, Tuscany, Italy, Alc.12.5%. Waiting to taste. Competing Brands: Antinori, Melini, Piccin, Ormanni, Salcetino, Cafaggio and Ravelli | 0 | £5.49 | Yes | Alcohol Units 9.6 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
Red Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2007 Chianti Classico, Barone Riscasoli, Tuscany, Italy, Alc.13.5%. Waiting to taste. Competing Brands: Antinori, Melini, Piccin, Ormanni, Salcetino, Cafaggio and Ravelli | 0 | £9.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSWRioja | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2007 Cerro de La Mesa Rioja, In Partnership Cune, Crianza, Rioja, Spain, Red Wine, Alc.13.5%. This wine drinks well now, but as it's on the cusp of changing from it's fruity primary notes to its more complex secondary aromas and flavours. it will no doubt change with keeping. Not to say that - this stage of its evolution is any better or worse than the next. Want a quality red wine tonight ? Put a bottle of this in the trolley. Competing Brands: Faustino, Altivo, Marques de Riscal and Campo | 9 | £9.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
White Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2005 Sauternes, Bordeaux, France, 37.5cl, Alc.13%. Waiting to taste | 0 | £12.99 | Alcohol Units: 4.5 units per 37.5cl bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||||
Red Wine | Waitrose | Waitrose's 2005 Ripasso Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy. Alc.14%. Extra flavour and palate roundness of this wine over regular Valpolicella is achieved from the partial contact with dried grapes. Waiting to taste Competing Brand: Masi | £9.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.8 units per bottle or 1.8 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||||
SSChampagne | Branded Product | Waitrose's 2004 Vintage Brut Champagne, Champagne, France, 75cl, Alc. 12%. A well crafted vintage champagne that more than competes with the leading brands. Want vintage champagne? Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brands: Moët and Chandon, Piper Heidsieck, Lanson and Veuve Clicquot | 9 | £27.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of champagne Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | ||||||||||||
SSWRioja | The Co-operative | The Co-operative Vina Gala Rioja, Tinto, Rioja Northern Spain, Red Wine, 75cl, Alc. 13%. This red wine has that 'I must have another glass' quality. Indeed you'll struggle to get a better drinking Rioja for under fiver - put it in the trolley. Competing Brands: Faustino and Campo Viejo. Delia's recipe: Spanish Braised Pork with Potatoes and Olives | 10 | £4.49 | No | Alcohol Units: 9.8 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 12 5ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
SSChampagne | The Co-operative | The Co-operative Sparkling Saumur Brut, Loire, France, 75cl, Alc. 12.5%. The second fermentation (where bubbles are created) takes place in this bottle, similar to method used in Champagne. There are some very good sparkling wines from Saumur, but this is not one them. | 5 | £7.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.6 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of sparkling wine Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (1.2 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | Yes | No | ||||||||||||
White Wine | The Co-operative | The Co-operative Sicilian White Wine, Italy, 75cl, Alc. 12%. A clean well made dry white wine that hits the spot on price and quality. Put a bottle in the trolley Competing Brands: Canti and Lamberti | 8 | £3.20 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 12 5ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
Red Wine | The Co-operative | The Co-operative Sicilian Red Wine, Italy, 75cl, Alc. 12%. An easy drinker. Well worth a punt as midweek wine. Competing Brands: Masi, Canti and Lamberti | 7 | £3.20 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5 units for 12 5ml glass of wine Salt: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Saturated Fat: Green (0.0 per 100ml) Sugar: Green (0.5 per 100ml) Contains: Sulphites | No | No | ||||||||||||
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