I have a weird way of finding good wines. I look for a pretty label or one that makes me smile. That way I discoverd the Primativo with the little green devil on the label before Sainsbury's featured it and it shot up in price... It is a wonderful wine and very smooth.

I also found 'Fat Bastard' chardonnay that way, which was so amusing I kept the bottle - the contents were very amusing too, made I laugh for ages til I fell off the chair.

I bought a red wine in Calais because the bottle is a strange shape. Turns out that the wine is a strange shape too, but very tasty. It's now available here, in the same strange shape bottle. I've got the perfect glass for drinking it from - that's a strange shape too.

I was recently introduced to a Spanish red called 'Baltazar' which is very VERY good but I'm unlikely to find it in Tescos.....

Basically, if you like the taste, it's a good bottle. If it makes your mouth/eyes/arse pucker or takes the enamel off your teeth, don't drink it regardless of what others tell you. It's your tastebuds that are being excercised, they have rights too!

LTS