With changes in duty on the horizon, and many people trying to drink less alcohol, Christine Austin checks out some mid-strength wines on the shelves at Sainsbury’s.
There has been an abstemious thread running through this season’s tastings. In the last few weeks, I have ploughed through lines of no and low-alcohol wines, some bearable, some awful, and now there is a new category – mid-strength wines that hover between eight and ten per cent alcohol. It is easy to blame this fashion on the government which has imposed new duty rates that will come into force in February next year.
This is a totally natural wine without any other process to reduce alcohol. In taste is fresh and light and, because it is lower in alcohol than other wine it is lighter in calories at just 64 Calories per 125 ml glass. Taste the Difference Albariño 2022, Rías Baixas, Spain, down from £11 to £9 until 14 May: Albariño is the perfect wine for springtime. Its peachy, citrus flavours go well with salads and grilled fish, or it can be enjoyed on its own in sunshine.
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