My mother likes her wine, but she is too much of a grip to spend £10 on a bottle!. I haven't bought wine for myself for donkeys years, more or less t total these days, but I don't really think you need to spend as much as £10 on a bottle. I often will buy for my mother and I know her favourite white wines are Wairau Cove Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc from Tesco (not sure if you get it anywhere else). She usually drinks white but she has tried and liked also the sole red offering from Wairau Cove of Merlot (weirdly she doesn't like their Chardonnay though). But she only asks me to get them if they are on special (usually £7.50-8), otherwise I will get bottles around £5!. Never had anything she has specifically asked me not to get again (apart from the aforementioned Chardonnay).

There was a few of Lidl's wines that she liked but the only one who's name I can remember is Pedro Jiminez (because she called it Pedro Jimmy).

In this country, most folk think and assume that the more you spend on a bottle of wine, the better it will be. But that isn't necessarily the case, in fact often the reverse is true!.

If you buy a Pinot Noir from the Marlborough region of New Zealand, you won't go wrong.

Many thanks for the advice. I've got to go back to Sainsbury's later so I will have another look. I'm quite happy not to spend a tenner but also don't want people turning their noses up on Christmas day! I've not been to Tesco for ages either, it's not so convenient, but I will have a look there as well.

Family consumption on Christmas day. Alas I will be driving so will not be drinking. Well maybe one pint during the day but that will be it.

I was back in Sainsbury's today so took the plunge and did it. I wanted to get to Tesco but the side roads are still quite slippery, not worth the risk when I can walk to Sainsbury's.

I bought 2 McGuigan Cabernet Sauvignon and 2 Chardonnay Barosa Riverland. Both Australian and on offer at £7 for the red and £6 for the white.

Hopefully they are good!