Bottle Of The Week

IT'S so tasty - especially with food - that the glass seems to keep refilling itself, and it comes at the sort of price that …

IT'S so tasty - especially with food - that the glass seems to keep refilling itself, and it comes at the sort of price that makes you blink in disbelief. Rasteau Les Peyrieres, Cotes du Rhone Villages 1996 (Dunnes Stores, £5.99), from one of the Rhone's less well known villages, is a mouthwatering young wine - crushed raspberries pepped up with nice hints of liquorice and warming spice. A lively, versatile individualist with plenty of panache. Just what's needed at a party.

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