My wife and I drank a glass or two of this red wine when we dined at the Valentina Delicatessen in Sevenoaks. I enjoyed Aglianico di Benevento - Antonini Ceresa 2010 from Campania so much that I bought a bottle for 11 pounds. We tried the wine at home with pasta and bolognaise sauce. It had a concentrated taste of red fruits and spice and went perfectly with the food. I think this is a fine example of Italian wine making at its best. Imagine my surprise when I looked up the prices on the web and found the bottle for 6 pounds. Valentina had marked the wine up by 6 an extra six pounds in their retail outlet. Even so, I still found the wine worth the money. I have drunk plenty of Burgundy which is not as good as this wine but at the same price. I do not feel as if I have been ripped off and I shall go back to the restaurant to enjoy some good Italian food in a convivial atmosphere with some polite waiting staff.
In a recent blog I agreed with Graham Mitchell that you have to pay at least ten pounds for a good bottle of wine at a supermarket. I now have to eat some of my words. This is very good wine for six pounds a bottle in fact it is exceptional value for money. It is a tribute to the wine buyer for Valentina who has found a excellent wine for the pleasure of his customers. A wine at such a low cost to him but one which I was are prepared to pay a lot more for. He deserves his mark up.
In general though I think Graham Mitchell's comments still ring true.
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