One red and three whites - where's the corkscrew

Chateau Caillou les Martin, 2005 - Lussac St Emilion - £7.99 Booths

Vignes de St Pierre, 2005 - Vin de Pays d'Oc - Aldi £3.99

Dr Loosen, Reisling, 2008 - ASDA £5.48

Philippe Michel, Cremant du Jura, 2007, Chardonnay - Aldi £6.99

Here at Chateau Blogspot we've just unloaded the shopping from our Saturday tour de supermarche here in the rain swept North West and amongst all the usual mix of sundries (washing powder, Jammie Dodgers, coffee, shower gel, carrots etc) we have four ace-rated stonkers from the wine racks of Aldi, Asda and Booths.

On the menu tonight, we're defying the great British autumn weather with a warm salad of free range chicken, rocket, peppers, parmesan and Brie de Meaux which will be accompanied by the legendary Dr Loosen Riseling which will be even more enjoyable than usual as it's currently on sale in ASDA at a wallet-loving £5.48. Exactly the same thing elsewhere will knock you back the best part of £8 so get down there and snap some up. Incidentally, talking of bargains, Nescafe Alta Rica (the poshest and strongest of their everyday instant coffees) is on offer at £2 a jar which is why I ended up procuring a double brace of these along with a handful of Dr Loosen.

From Aldi I picked up the double award winning Cremant du Jura sparkling Chardonnay which, like Dr Loosen's Riesling, has been tried before here at Chateau Blogspot and is an absolute humdinger of a drink - one that, in my opinion, is vineyards better than some low entry champagnes. This will, I know, be our seaonsal festive tipple on tap to get us through the so called festive season. Also in the trolley is a Vin de Pays made with Vermintino and Sauvignon Blanc which will accompany a fish dish (kippers or fish fingers) either tomorrow or Monday.

Finally, from Booths (the northern and eminently more friendly version of Waitrose) comes a half price St Emilion which, apart from sailing in half price at £7.99, comes with a medal from the Challenge International du Vin 2008. I can see this doing some nifty accompanying along with a sweaty mature cheese and a slice of my newly made, and mildly impressive home made bread.

Will report back on tastings very soon - in the meantime I'll get the kitchen team at Chateau Blogspot to help me prepare that salad. Yes chef.