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Wine please!

We’re obviously running into pre-Christmas discounting time as offers seem to fly in every day. As of now, Majestic are offering 20% off a huge range of wine, which makes it the perfect time to stock up, either for your own consumption or for gifts, of either the planned or last minute type. Having some decent wine tucked away will save you the embarrassment of presenting someone with a last minute bottle of Lambrini.

Or even worse, Black Tower.

So right now you can get 20% off a selection of great wines from New Zealand, Chile or the Rhone, and 20% off some decent sparkling as well when you buy at least two bottles from that selection. And some have further money off, so something like the Ned Black Label Waihopai River Sauvignon Blanc 2008 has £2.49 off a bottle, and then with the further 20% off takes it down to just £5.99. That’s a quality bottle for just over £1 more than the Vin du Soleil I wrote about.

There’s also really good offers on sparkling wine, with between 25% and 50% off two bottles. Fizz makes any celebration to me, and a nice fizz always makes a good last minute gift. The Lindauer Special Reserve is an IWC Silver winner, and you save £10 when you buy two, and it’s a nice light drink. This has definitely been the year of Prosecco and for something as far as you can imagine from Lambrusco then I’d buy Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene Extra Dry NV.

If you require the real thing, then there are champagne offers too. I would be happy to stock up on the Taittinger Brut Reserve, and could be tempted to try the Oeil de Perdrix Rosé at these prices. I think one bottle for Christmas Day and one for New Year’s Eve feels not completely out of keeping with the way the year has gone! Although I think we might be doing nostalgia too, so will be looking for a bottle of Advocaat to make a few Snowballs with!

Beautiful wine shot by billaday on Flickr.