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NLJ this week: Sommelier Regan

12 August 2020
Issue: 7899 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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The August wine drinking season is upon us, Dominic Regan, resident sommelier as well as City Law School professor, writes in this week’s NLJ

Regan takes us on a whistle stop tour of the best value bottles, finding surprisingly good bargains in the supermarkets along the way―from the ‘dependable’ La Vielle Ferme Rosé at £9 to the ‘decent’ Tesco Delauney and Sainsburys Carre Perseval at £14.

He recommends readers indulge in some of the few reds which can be lightly chilled and are perfect for the warm evenings, for example, Beaujolais ‘has been out of favour for too long’.

‘It is light in alcohol,’ he writes, ‘and stands both as drink by itself but also a fine accompaniment to food.

‘Basic Beaujolais can be had at Tesco for a fiver. It is excellent value. Spend £8 to £10 and you should be able to get something by George Duboeuf who is stocked at most supermarkets. Harvey Nichols and the Beckford Bottle Shop have, at £18, the sublime Chateau De Tours Brouilly, Beaujolais at its finest and worth every penny.’  

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