Picked up some Christmas booze following a tasting at Evington’s, a wonderful shop on Evington Road, close to the Spar supermarket. I recommend it to anyone not sure what they want – have a look at the website but do visit the shop too if you can. Owner Simon March is the third generation of his family to run the shop and is a genial, knowledgable and helpful chap. He doesn’t sell bad wines.
My selection then (all round about a tenner): Errrazuriz Max Reserva 2007 - a premium wine from this major Chilean maker which is a characteristically fruity cabernet sauvignon but with some real complexity too; Seifried Gewurztraminer 2007 from Nelson, New Zealand, full of tropical fruit that I plan to match to spicy-glazed gammon; an unusual, modern-style Rioja from Becquer, 2005, considerably lighter than might be expected; and a quite sublime Hunter Valley Botrytis Semillon, 2007 from Margan - a sweet, fragrant, non-cloying desert wine I simply can’t wait to crack open.
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