Aldi’s corking win as wine seller of year

ALDI has been crowned wine retailer of the year, seeing off rivals M&S and Waitrose.

The budget supermarket wowed judges at the International Wine Challenge with its Château De Myrat Sauternes, priced at just £11.99 a bottle.

It is a Grand Cru class of Bordeaux wines that dates back to Napolean.

Aldi has won more than 100 international awards for wine including a prize for a £11 Veuve Monsigny Brut champagne.

Tesco’s own label Finest Premier Cru Champagne NV at £19 a bottle was named Great Value Champion Sparkling 2018.

Charles Metcalfe, of the Challenge, said: “Gone is supermarket snobbery.”