When it comes to wine, Lidl does things a little differently to the other supermarkets.
The discounter tends to have a much smaller core range that customers can find all-year round, while offering a rolling selection of temporary additions – monthly selections it rather grandly calls ‘wine tours’.
This review is focused on two of these ‘tours’: December, which went into stores on 27 November; and January, which will be available from 18 December.
With just one wine above £10 (a superb festive golden sweet wine from the island of Pantelleria), the bottles featured here are very much in line with Lidl’s low-price model.
They also reflect the slightly random feel to the range; that lingering sense that it’s been fashioned from whatever bargains the buyers might turn up, rather than put together with a plan.
But that doesn’t mean it wants for good value bottles. And while a trip to Lidl might lead to disappointment if you’re looking for something specific, browse the shelves and you may well come away with something surprisingly good.
