Susy Atkins

England

Wine Writer and Broadcaster at Freelance

Wine/drinks writer & presenter - column @telegraph online, wine editor @deliciousmag, teammate @threewinemen, @fooddrinkdevon

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Articles

The best wines to match your Friday night takeaway

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Susy Atkins |Arielle Goldstein |Victoria Moore |Xanthe Clay

As always in food and wine matching, the best combinations are joyful and amount to more than the sum of their parts. So why shouldn't that be the same with takeaway food? There are exciting pairings to be made between wine and every sort of popular takeaway. So put down the lager, cola, or whatever old wine happened to be in your fridge and elevate takeaway dining with specially chosen bottles that really suit the dish.
I tried the new-season spring wines from Aldi and Lidl

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Victoria Moore |Diana Henry |Amanda James |Susy Atkins

The plan this week was to write about the best new season wines from Aldi and Lidl. I know many of you are keen to know about these because you hunt down my email address and ask. Aldi refreshes its range a couple of times a year and the new seasonal bottles for spring and summer have just dropped, which makes this a good time to pick out some of the stars.
AlbariĆ±o is the white grape to drink this spring and summer

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Susy Atkins |Diana Henry |Mark Hix |Amanda James

Now that spring has sprung, wine lovers' thoughts might well be turning to fresh, zesty, dry whites for the lighter food (not to mention evenings) ahead. Sauvignon blanc falls into this category, but I've got a different white wine firmly in mind this season: albariño. You may well have come across albariño from its native home, Rias Baixas, in cool, coastal Galicia, north-west Spain.
The wines to buy in Aldi right now – and the ones to avoid

1 month ago | msn.com | Susy Atkins

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The wines to buy in Aldi right now - and the ones to avoid

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Susy Atkins

Susy AtkinsSat, March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC1 min readSusy Atkins delivers her verdict on Aldi’s offerings of red, white, rosé and sparkling wineThis is the perfect time to take a long, hard look at Aldi’s wine range.
The wines to buy in Aldi right now

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Susy Atkins |Xanthe Clay |William Sitwell |Ed Wiseman

This is the perfect time to take a long, hard look at Aldi 's wine range. Not only did the discounter scoop "Supermarket of the Year" for wine in this week's People's Choice Drinks Awards, but it has just launched its new set of seasonal wines, designed to sit on the shelves through spring and summer until each one runs out, or is replaced in September when the next wave arrives. I've tasted nearly 100 Aldi wines, both seasonal lines and some ever-present in the core range, to tease out the gems.
The best crémant for every budget

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Susy Atkins

Love champagne but don’t have a champagne budget? Adore English sparklers but baulk at paying upwards of £25 a bottle? Then you should be drinking crémant. In fact, you probably are already, since sales for this style of sparkling wine have rocketed recently. Dror Nativ, a Master of Wine and senior wine buyer at Marks & Spencer, says the retailer “has seen sales of crémant grow by nearly 50 per cent in the past year as customers rush to snap up this great-value style of fizz”.
The wines to avoid if you want to lose weight – and what to drink instead

Jan 10, 2025 | msn.com | Susy Atkins

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The wines to avoid if you want to lose weight

Jan 10, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Susy Atkins

If you’re not ready to give up the booze entirely this January, you may be feeling the need to rein it in a bit. And while reducing your alcohol intake may be a key driver, you may not have given much thought to the number of calories in that glass of rioja you poured with dinner last night. By reaching for a lighter style of wine, you can lower the calories in your drink by as much as 72 per cent. Here’s how.
Comparing £35 English fizz and £14 champagne for taste and value

Oct 29, 2024 | msn.com | Susy Atkins

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