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Hello and welcome to The Drinker, I'm Pete Turner Dip WEST, freelance writer, judge and drinks expert.
Here you'll find my weekly recommendations, articles, reviews and links to my socials, with advice on making your eating and drinking more pleasurable.
Here you'll find my weekly recommendations, articles, reviews and links to my socials, with advice on making your eating and drinking more pleasurable.
DRINK OF THE WEEK
2nd June 2025
Vive L'Ete Rosé
Marks & Spencer/Ocado £8.00
Drinker Rating 89
I am still banging on about pink wine and what we need and want from it. I am exasperated that folk would pay £15 plus for trendy or celebrity branded rosé when there is simply nothing at all to it.
In honesty wine makers don't take it seriously, all it is to them is a cash cow that they can bang out easily for willing punters.
We all love a drop of pink but ask yourself what you want from it, here's my checklist: dry, pretty, affordable. Er, that's it.
And here's one from M&S that ticks all my boxes, the bottle looks great, the wine is pale and easy on the eye and tastes of muted strawberries - oh and is £8.00. There are god ones just like this - see my YouTube seasonal vids for the pink from your retailer.
Cheers!
Instagram review of this wine
TikTok review of this wine
My seasonal roundup of wines from this retailer
PAST DRINKS OF THE WEEK
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2nd June 2025
Vive L'Ete Rosé
Marks & Spencer/Ocado £8.00
Drinker Rating 89
I am still banging on about pink wine and what we need and want from it. I am exasperated that folk would pay £15 plus for trendy or celebrity branded rosé when there is simply nothing at all to it.
In honesty wine makers don't take it seriously, all it is to them is a cash cow that they can bang out easily for willing punters.
We all love a drop of pink but ask yourself what you want from it, here's my checklist: dry, pretty, affordable. Er, that's it.
And here's one from M&S that ticks all my boxes, the bottle looks great, the wine is pale and easy on the eye and tastes of muted strawberries - oh and is £8.00. There are god ones just like this - see my YouTube seasonal vids for the pink from your retailer.
Cheers!
Instagram review of this wine
TikTok review of this wine
My seasonal roundup of wines from this retailer
PAST DRINKS OF THE WEEK
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