AS I MENTIONED last week average wine prices have not increased all that much, despite the recent Budget changes.

Today I’m looking at a wine sale in Tesco, but I have to begin with a reminder that can’t be repeated often enough.

Wine tastings are always a revelation, and none more so than the one hosted by Lidl recently for people in the wine media to taste.

Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country’s vintners say they’re confounded by a problem that threatens their livelihood - too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.