Tesco spring/summer wines
The highlights of the Tesco spring/summer wine range
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Alongside new vintages of its core range, Tesco introduced 39 entirely new wines to its spring offering, many of which are at the cheaper end.

We’ve picked out a curated selection of the wines to look out for during your next shop.

Although there have been a few esoteric additions – a tasty sparkling Vinho Verde and a Romanian Merlot, for example – the current range gives a sense of returning to comfortable classics.

Coming in hot is a slew of new Bordeaux wines (ranging between £8-£30) worth checking out, and the brilliant new addition of Balfour’s Blanc de Blancs sparkling English wine at £26.

If I was dashing into Tesco to pick up a bottle for an impromptu spring picnic, I’d grab the Nepenthe Grüner Veltliner from Australia's Adelaide Hills – it’s zingy, with loads of citrus flavour and great freshness.

In a hurry? Here's our 'save or splurge' cheatsheet:



The recommendations that follow are new wines and new vintages tasted by Decanter's Natalie Earl at Tesco’s spring/summer 2026 press tasting in London.


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Balfour Winery, Blanc de Blancs Brut, Kent, England

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New to the Tesco range is this English Blanc de Blanc from Balfour, who also makes the Tesco own-label English sparkling. Subtle aromas but notably...

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Gratien & Meyer, Crémant de Loire Brut, France NV

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This classic blend of Chenin, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay has spent 18 months ageing on lees. It's not hugely aromatic, a little smoky. The palate...

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Wind & Waves, Espumante, Vinho Verde, Portugal

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Pleasingly aromatic, with greengage and gooseberry, on the green fruit side. The palate is zesty, lip-smacking and mouth-puckering, with a very fine fizz, almost not...

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El Enemigo, Semillon, Mendoza, Argentina, 2024

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Another little gem in the Tesco range (along with the Mount Pleasant Hunter Valley Semillon, too), this Argentinian iteration is gorgeously toasty and complex on...

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Tesco, Finest, Pouilly-Fumé, Loire, France, 2024

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Super bright and fresh! Bursting with tropical fruit – passionfruit, guava, pineapple – and with a gooseberry lift too. This has great concentration of flavour,...

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Nepenthe, Grüner Veltliner, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, 2024

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There aren’t all that many convincing versions of Austria’s signature white variety being made beyond its borders, but this is certainly one of the best...

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Tesco, Finest Viñas del Rey Albariño, Rías Baixas, 2025

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Aromas of lovely ripe lemons, fuzzy peaches and honeysuckle. The palate is full of flavour, ripe stone fruit and some pineapple, and then a dry...

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Tesco, Finest Black Birch Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

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A whirlwind of crunchy green fruit and veg, green apple and pear, green pepper and celery. It has a more mellow and balanced profile than...

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Tesco, Finest Tingleup Riesling, Western Australia, 2024

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Nicely fragrant with salted lemons, lime cordial and some beeswax. The palate is scented with lemon blossom, with a soft and dainty texture. There's balancing...

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2 Banks Winery, Assyrtiko & Malagouzia, Central Greece, 2025

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Pretty aromas such as hawthorn and wildflowers, blossom and pear. The palate has a floral edge, like rose petals, as well as a tropical touch...

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Famille Perrin, Studio by Miraval, Méditérranée, 2025

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Concentrated, a really nice balance between cranberry and citrus. Open and lifted and aromatic, floral, dry and full of flavour. This is punching above its...

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Les Sarrins, Rosé, Côtes de Provence, Provence, France, 2025

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With its onion skin colour and almond skin aromas, this is a Provence rosé that might just be worth spending £15 on, and of the...

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Château Grand-Pey-Lescours, St-Émilion, Grand Cru, 2018

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Keep your beady eyes peeled for this 2018 St-Emilion Grand Cru in Tesco stores, as you're getting a whole lot of wine for your money...

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Famille Lafont, Lirac, Rhône, France, 2024

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I love the explosion of blackberry fruit that comes from the glass; really appetising and enticing. The palate is structured but also creamy, with brambles...

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Catena, Appellation Agrelo Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, 2023

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Lifted and upfront with red fruit, flowing through to a complex, tasty palate that's all freshness and pleasant fruit. There's some vanilla and spice, but...

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Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite, Les Légendes R

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Deep and plummy, this smells of sophistication, cedar and spice, blackcurrant, raspberry leaf and brambly fruit. The palate is quite herbaceous, taut and tightly wound,...

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El Esteco, Estate Malbec, Salta, Argentina, 2024

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This is my pick of the Argentinian Malbecs that are on offer at Tesco right now, although it's a close call between this and The...

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Tesco, Finest, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Signargues, 2024

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Peppery and spicy on the nose, before revealing light and lifted red berry fruit. Really nicely sweet-fruited and rounded, with a full body but not-too-heavy...

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CVNE, Maruxa Mencía, Valdeorras, Spain, 2024

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Toasty black fruit on the nose, there's something a little animal here, wild, with underbrush and hedgerow fruits. Juicy on the finish. Dark and intense,...

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Tesco, Finest De Bortoli Dessert Semillon, 2022

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Delightfully fragrant, with orange peel, button mushroom, crystalised ginger and candied grapefruit. Dried mango too. Delicious sweet nectar, with a cleansing finish.

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Natalie Earl
Regional Editor for France & Sustainability Editor

Natalie is Decanter's France editor, commissioning and writing content on French wines (excluding Bordeaux) across print and digital. She writes Decanter's coverage of Languedoc wines, as well as a monthly magazine column, The Ethical Drinker, which unpicks the thorny topic of sustainability in wine. She joined Decanter in 2016.

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