Bargain whites from The Wine Society

More inflation-defying marvels from possibly the best wine merchant in the world.

It’s back by popular demand, a round-up of the best budget wines from The Wine Society. This great institution celebrates its 150th anniversary this year - as I should have mentioned in the previous post. It was set up after the London International Exhibition of 1874 at the Royal Albert Hall to sell a shipment of Portuguese wines that was meant to have been shown but was forgotten about. According to TWS website:

The Portuguese growers who'd gone to a huge effort to ship their wines for the show were very upset, and swift action had to be taken to avoid a diplomatic incident.

From this rather unpromising beginning evolved one of the best, if not the best, wine merchants in Britain. Thanks to the unique way the Society is funded (to coin a phrase), it offers unbeatable prices to its members. Yesterday I picked some great reds from the list. Now it’s the turn of my favourite bargain whites plus a sparkling and a sherry.