Decent budget wine?

[EmJay19]

I love a glass of wine but am awful at choosing so often ending relying on price to get something decent. Usually spend around £9-£12.

Can anyone give some specific recommendations of nice bottles that don’t break the bank?

Also Tesco finest range is excellent - they have most types of wine at great prices - really like the finest Rioja.

Their Finest Passerina is lovely, similar to a Pinot Grigio but not as acidic

This is a lovely Rioja from Lidl.

www.lidl.co.uk/p/red-wine/cepa-lebrel-rioja-crianza/p10048

Also agree with PPs on Campo Viejo Temperanillo.

I like Barefoot's Pinot Grigio and Malbec, surprised to see them have so much hate on here.

If you're buying a Malbec make sure it's Argentinian

If you're buying a sauv blanc make sure it's from Marlborough.

Crémant or cava for white sparkling wine.

Lately I've been enjoying this Torres Celeste Crianza

www.waitrosecellar.com/all-countries/torres-celeste-crianza-852015?gclid=CjwKCAiAwomeBhBWEiwAM43YIAeMgFuAZ-VATEpR00oofcXhNo4-mg_6qxw8cbfjueBRJEZQE4Zs9xoChywQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Use Vivino app , you can take a photo of the bottle and it will tell you the score of wine.
Waitrose has really good wines for around 8-10 quid.

MzLucky · Today 17:12
I just drink wines from France or Italy as every other country should be banned from making and selling wine 🤢🤮

Simply not true! Beautiful wines produced in South America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Portugal, America - I could carry on…. all enjoyed by me and many others - as total sales show!
Obviously everyone to their own!

These are my faves atm

Have a look at less fashionable grapes/regions.

eg for fizz, Aldi Crémant du Jura is loads better than the proseccos in the same price bracket.
Sainsbury's TTD Grüner Veltliner is a great dry, minerally white, or try Yalumba Viognier for something fruitier and fuller bodied.
For reds, Graffigna Reserve Malbec is soft and smoky.

Most supermarket own brand wine is actually excellent. The buyers don't want you to think they don't know wine and because of economies of scale, they usually get it cheap!

For example, Morrisons own brand English sparkling is actually nyetimber, but much cheaper.

Secret Cellar, Waitrose £8.99 The Shiraz and Sauvignon blanc are great, the Pinot Grigio is a bit too tangy for me, often 33% off.

Bought a lovely red in M&S a he other day, it was Sicilian - something Capuccio, was the nicest I've tried in a while!

19 Crimes - their sauv blanc is beautiful and I'm not normally a sauv blanc person, and all the reds are gorgeous.
Apothic red
Diablo
Beefsteak Club - served in lots of restaurants, but you can pick up at Tesco for £6-8

19 crimes the Banished

And lidls version of whispering angel, it's better than actual whispering angel.

Super cold Villa Maria or Mud house, both gorgeous.

Villa Maria (sauv Blanc not the Chardonnay)
Brancot estate
Mud house

Basically any NZ Marlborough

Wairau Cove, often on offer in Tesco. Since I’ve found that, I have got far less adventurous as I just buy that.

Meant to say the Sauvignon Blanc one!

For budget wines I like Lidl Delle Venezie

All the dark horse wines are lovely red or white

Amazing 🤩
great responses so far keep them coming.

I thought for red I was Pinot noir or Rioja but actually just had a Malbec which I love so thinking I don’t really know…

agree about Sauvignon for white. I also like Pinot Grigio/ picpul.

used to work in Sainsos as a teen and I remember a guy coming in and buying a case of £4 wine which he suggested and it was amazing… hoping for more like this..

Didn’t there used to be a wine sub-forum on here?

Thanks wine lovers
Have made a list of all the recommendations. Cheers to wine 🍷

Red
The Hedonist
McGuigan Shiraz or Merlot is about a fiver
Dark Horse Malbec
Apothec Red
Winemaker's Selection Barossa Valley Shiraz Lidl
El Duque de Miralta Rioja from M&S
Beronia Rioja from Waitrose
Sainsbury’s TTD Morador Malbec
Isla Negra is £5 in Tesco
Ramon Bilbao Rioja
Barossa Ink Shiraz
Tesco finest Rioja
Torres Celeste crianza waitrose
Campo Viejo Rioja Tempranillo and under £10
very cheap Spanish red in Aldi
Graffigna Reserve Malbec
Secret Cellar, Waitrose £8.99 Shiraz
M&S Sicilian - something Capuccio
Apothic red


White

Porcupine Ridge (Sauvignon blanc)
Yalumba Viognier
Waimea Pinot Gris
The Ned Pinot Grigio
chianti lidl
The Ned Sauvignon
Gallo Chardonnay
Marques de Los Zancos white rioja
Villa Maria sauv blanc
Macon Villages Louie Jadot
Sainsbury's TTD Grüner Veltliner
Secret Cellar, Waitrose £8.99 Sauvignon blanc
Wairau Cove sauv blanc

Rose / Blush
Lidl Delle Venezie
La Vielle Ferm
Left Coast White Pinot Noir / blush Aldi
Kylie
Oriel
lidls version of whispering angel, it's better than actual whispering angel

Fizzy
Aldi Crémant du Jura
Morrisons own brand English sparkling is actually nyetimber, but much cheaper

Brands
19 crimes
Barefoot
Yellowtail
Jam Shed
Villa Maria
Oyster Bay
Terrazas
Aldi
Lindemans
con sur wines
Bruce jack
Tesco Finest
Beefsteak Club - served in lots of restaurants
Diablo
Mud house
Bancrot estate

Vivino app - scan a bottle to check reviews

Basically the exact wine brands I avoid

Aldi, £4.49

try some less popular regions, such as Romania or Hungary. Much better value. Otherwise I have Wine Society membership, all their wines are excellent and much better value than supermarket. Avoid those big brands, so mass produced and packed with additives