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South Africa trip

Asda colleague Nick Brown recently visited Cape Town ready for a tour of our South Africa wine suppliers. The wine buyer was in store for a jam-packed week of wine tasting, factory visits and vineyard tours.

Nick’s first destination was Worcester, a town in the Western Cape of South Africa. After a meet and greet session with a wine producer, it was straight into the vineyards for a tour. The highlight of the day was visiting a fair-trade project based at the winery: A crèche for the children of the vineyard workers which Asda helped to set up. Such a simple but brilliant idea.

Nick said: “It was amazing to see the kids in their own environment in a project that we have helped build for them.”

Posted by Georgina on 21 May 2013

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Chilean wine - Mayu Sangiovese

Winemaker:Giorgio Flessati

March’s edition of Decanter magazine has a great review of one of our favourite Chilean wines from the sun-filled Elqui Valley in Northern Chile.

Crafted by winemaker Giorgio Flessati, Mayu Sangiovese has been described as having “dried cherry and roasted herb flavours that come together in a succulent, elegantly textured flavour profile”.

Posted by Georgina on 25 February 2013

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Bargain busting deals!

The festive period has come to an end, and I think you’ll all agree December was an expensive month! As we enter January, we’re all pretty strapped for cash, so how better to start the new year with some amazing deals on your favourite wines and beers…

Wine

We’ve got some great £4 wines for you this month including two Hardy’s classics: rich and full bodied Cabernet Merlot which is perfect with red meats and the classic Chardonnay- great with fish or pasta dishes.

But that’s not all! We’ve also got the fabulous Black Tower Rose at just £4 and Blossom Hill’s lively and refreshing White Zinfandel at £5.

Beer and cider

If Beer and cider is more your thing, then we’ve got some fantastic deals for you too!

4 packs of Heineken, Tiger, Sol, Corona and Cobra are on offer at 2 for £8, and we’ve got a selection of delicious fruit ciders from Kopparbeg, Bulmers, Magners and Rekorderlig, just 3 for £5!

It might be January, but there’s still reason to celebrate!

Visit www.asda.com/drinks or visit your local store now for these great deals and many more.

Posted by Georgina on 10 January 2013

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Wine of the Week

I hope all your plans and preparations for Christmas are going well. Here in the Wine team at Asda we understand how stressful getting ready for the big day can be, so we thought we would try to take some of the pressure away, by giving you our top wine recommendations for the festive period.

This week is our top drink for Christmas Eve. Our very own Master of Wine Philippa Carr says that Christmas Eve for her is always spent with a glass of Wine Selection Asti Spumante, watching It’s a Wonderful Life and wrapping Christmas presents. This sounds pretty good to me, why not try it for yourself at just £5.08?