The wine offer from Booths – the ‘Waitrose of the north’ – is one of the UK’s best.
If you live in the north of England, then you’ll know about Booths. If you live elsewhere, you’ll wish you had one nearby. Fondly termed the ‘Waitrose of the North’, it is a small chain of 26 stores with a focus on quality.
The range, under Victoria Anderson and Rachael Machin (sparkling and Champagnes), is one of the best in the UK, and a recent tasting of 142 wines from the 600-strong portfolio found much to shout about.
Scroll down for tasting notes and scores of 25 brilliant Booths wines to buy
Of the 142 Booths wines on show, 44 were new. These included notable additions to the Italian and Australian wine ranges in particular – one being Booths first orange wine.
From Italy, highlights were the organic Orange Inzolia, organic Grillo, Gavi di Gavi and Lugana Bianco, all from the 2023 vintage, plus Ornellaia’s 2022 Le Volte dell’Ornellaia. New Australian gems included red and white listings from Howard Park in Margaret River and Wynns of Coonawarra.
The home-grown range of English still and sparkling wines is commendable, and there are great discoveries for adventurous wine lovers from Armenia. Also seek out the two reds from the Vinovalie co-op in France’s Southwest – an organic Braucol and a Négrette-Malbec blend – which both punch well above their £9.50 price tags.
Renowned producers (beyond those mentioned above) are well represented, including Trinity Hill, Henschke, Jim
