It had to happen. Tweeting has been added to my vocabulary. Since 2008 my once-a-week column on Mature Times has been finding and recommending tasty wines. And now all that is available daily through Twitter. Every day I’ll tweet a tasting note on a supermarket wine and odds-on it’ll be the one I’ve just matched to my evening meal. So I’ll also let you know what nosh goes with what wine.
And if the wine has been marked down by a couple of pounds a bottle, even better. Because good wine needn't be an expensive business, but working your way through the bland and disappointing can be. That's where I come in. I'll sort out the bargains from the you've-got-to-be-kidding bottles for you. Only wines that pass the taste test and are easily available will get recommended here and on Twitter.
It’s free and relatively easy to follow me at http://twitter.com/huxelrebe but you’ll need to create a Twitter account first. Just click on Sign Up on the Twitter homepage and fill in the online form. Find other wine reviewers and news through the ‘hash tag’ #winereview or #wine.
Supermarket wine aisles can be lonely places. And pretty intimidating too when you’re the only person there, which seems so often the case. So when you need some wine and food matching advice who you gonna call? Not Dan Ackroyd in a 1980s film with a catch phrase that won’t leave the head, but Tesco’s free wine app on your mobile phone.
My new weekly wine column Paula's Wines of the Week for Mature Times website maturetimes.co.uk is now live. Each week I’ll be finding and recommending tasty wines. And if these have been marked down by a couple of pounds a bottle, even better. Because good wine needn't be an expensive business, but working your way through the bland and disappointing can be. That's where I come in.
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