Last year Tesco carried out a massive overhaul of its wine range, making space for 130 new offerings. Since then it has brought a new Master of Wine into its buying team, Beth Kelly MW, and has rejigged some of the team’s responsibilities.
As you would expect in such an enormous wine range, there are high points and low points. You won’t find a wine that has been badly made – there’s far too much competition to be on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarket for that to ever be a danger. But there will inevitably be a fair number of wines that just don’t have a great deal of character. Which is why these recommendations are so invaluable. We’ve kissed a lot of frogs to bring you these highlights!
Old favourites and keen prices
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Top wine buys at Tesco:
The recommendations that follow are mainly new wines and new vintages tasted by Amy Wislocki in February 2025 at Tesco’s spring/summer 2025 press tasting in London. A few are wines that we have recommended previously and remain on sale, in the vintage stated. Prices are correct at time of publication.
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{"wineId":"88984","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95167","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95166","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95171","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95173","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95170","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95172","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95175","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"84254","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95168","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95174","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95169","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"89004","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95165","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95178","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95177","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95176","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95180","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95185","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95181","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95179","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95186","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95184","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95182","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"85352","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"84259","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95183","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"95187","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"70604","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
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