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Harrison,Tate
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Last updated
1st March 2004

Impartial wine tips

As a result of our exhaustive research into the most interesting and best value wines available on the High Street, we provide our thoughts on some wines well worth a detour to various off-licences and supermarkets.

A word of warning, we prefer reds ready to drink, and dry whites with bags of fruit flavours. So, our favourite grape varieties include Sauvignon blanc, Riesling and Viognier for whites, and Syrah and Malbec for reds.

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That said, we'll more than happily recommend a Primitivo from southern Italy or even Albarinho from Galicia if they are splendid value for money. Wines lost behind a thick mask of wood flavours are not appreciated. That said, everybody's favourites Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay still throw up some wines of outstanding value.

We have grouped both reds and whites into simple categories - above and below £7.00 retail. Boring overly-commercial wines are given short-shrift. Wines from "lesser" regions that can approach the classics (in good years) of Burgundy, eastern Loire, Rheingau and of course Pauillac & Hermitage are rated highly. Enjoyment value is always sought.

We taste with one thing in mind - good value today. So, if a wine sells for £5.99 and tastes like a wine costing around £8.00, then we like it. In this case, the Harrison,Tate Quality Index is 133, which means

but if the HTQI exceeds 140, then its a real winner and gets a .

Less impressive wines getting neither are either reasonable but dull value, or real dogs. So, benefit from our arduous research to find some wines of excellent value, and avoid the absolute shockers.

Harrison, Tate has no business relationships with any UK wine merchants. We taste wines in search of classic examples of certain wine styles. We deliberately include in all our tasting events wines from a variety of High Street outlets

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corporate hospitality office parties team building educational tastings popular tasting format some venues rave reviews wine tips Last updated 1st March 2004	Impartial wine tips As a result of our exhaustive research into the most interesting and best value wines available on the High Street, we provide our thoughts on some wines well worth a detour to various off-licences and supermarkets. A word of warning, we prefer reds ready to drink, and dry whites with bags of fruit flavours. So, our favourite grape varieties include Sauvignon blanc, Riesling and Viognier for whites, and Syrah and Malbec for reds.		Click below for our latest tips Everyday Whites Special Whites Everyday Reds Serious Reds
	That said, we'll more than happily recommend a Primitivo from southern Italy or even Albarinho from Galicia if they are splendid value for money. Wines lost behind a thick mask of wood flavours are not appreciated. That said, everybody's favourites Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay still throw up some wines of outstanding value. We have grouped both reds and whites into simple categories - above and below £7.00 retail. Boring overly-commercial wines are given short-shrift. Wines from "lesser" regions that can approach the classics (in good years) of Burgundy, eastern Loire, Rheingau and of course Pauillac & Hermitage are rated highly. Enjoyment value is always sought. We taste with one thing in mind - good value today. So, if a wine sells for £5.99 and tastes like a wine costing around £8.00, then we like it. In this case, the Harrison,Tate Quality Index is 133, which means but if the HTQI exceeds 140, then its a real winner and gets a . Less impressive wines getting neither are either reasonable but dull value, or real dogs. So, benefit from our arduous research to find some wines of excellent value, and avoid the absolute shockers. Harrison, Tate has no business relationships with any UK wine merchants. We taste wines in search of classic examples of certain wine styles. We deliberately include in all our tasting events wines from a variety of High Street outlets