Wine with Leslie: The art of choosing a great Bordeaux — including a supermarket red for just over a tenner

January is the only month the National Gallery exhibits its Turner Watercolours — would JMW Turner have been partial to Claret?
Wine with Leslie: The art of choosing a great Bordeaux — including a supermarket red for just over a tenner

The Bordeaux vineyard - home to famous wines, prestigious chateaux and spectacular sunsets

I know, I’m supposed to be recommending zero alcohol wines to match Veganuary but I’m sorry, I couldn’t cope with it. All the supermarkets have offers on various zero-alcoholic wines such as Torres Mosaic range should you feel the need, I also recommend good King of Kefir.

January is the darkest month, so dark it is the only time of year the National Gallery is allowed to exhibit its Turner Watercolours, and those pale evanescent impressions of Mr Turner do somehow capture the mood of the quietest month so I will be making my annual pilgrimage.

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