I compared cheap mulled wine from Aldi, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda
On Christmas Eve I love nothing more than finishing up the last of my wrapping, grabbing a blanket, and settling down for a festive movie with a mug of hot mulled wine. I've enjoyed one or two at Manchester Christmas Markets this year, but I don't have to pay a £3 mug deposit at home, so it's worth grabbing a bottle to sip from your sofa.
But, do you get what you pay for with a supermarket mulled wine, or would one of the cut-price bottles be the best for sipping this Christmas eve?Appearance Lining the green glass bottles up in a row, you’d never know which was which, seeing as none of the supermarkets are listed on the front of the label. As such, we did this taste test totally blind and then checked to see where our favourites were from afterwards.
Pouring the wines into identical plastic cups, the first four looked practically identical, but when it came to pouring Asda’s , it was notably less opaque with a berry red colour rather than plum like the rest. It doesn’t show particularly well on photos - but all five testers commented the same.
Next up was Sainsbury’s hitting all the right notes with aromatic spices, including ginger - the only wine to contain this root plant. My brother commented that it ‘tastes exactly like a mince pie’ which we all very much agreed with, quickly becoming the front runner. The universally least favourite wine came from Asda. Lightest in colour, the wine lacked both aroma and flavour. The bland wine was likened to a glass of Ribena, which is probably ideal if you prefer alcohol that doesn’t taste like alcohol - but this failed to lift our Christmas spirits.
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