Great picks from the Wine Society
The Society’s Chilean Limarí Chardonnay, Limarí Chile 2021, £7.50, The Wine Society By rights, The Wine Society should be one of the crustier corners of the British wine trade. Founded in 1874 by Major-General Henry Scott, the architect behind the Royal Albert Hall, and ophthalmic surgeon R Brudenell Carter, the organisation has stayed true to a rather Victorian way of doing business: it remains a co-operative, with each member owning a share. As it approaches its 150th birthday, that model has turned out to be a rather good way of sourcing good-value wines in the 21st century: once you’ve paid your £40 lifetime membership fee you get access to more than 1,400 wines, which, on the strength of a recent tasting of 100 or so is as interesting, keenly priced and diverse as ever, stuffed with bargains such as this luminous Chilean chardonnay.
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