The best supermarket wine according to expert and one that 'tastes like cold sick'

A wine conessiour has shared the best and worst supermarket options out there. Tom Gilbey has said that one of the best-selling bottles "tastes like cold sick," in his opinion.

He blind-tasted 26 different wines during the London Marathon and he got only four wrong. The public were left stunned as they watched him take a different drink every mile.

Tom has now shared whether spending a few quid more will make a difference. His “emergency spittoon” comes in handy for some, but you might be surprised that one, available in a petrol station is pretty decent, WalesOnline reports.

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Jam Shed

Tom claims: “Is Jam Shed the worst wine in the world? There’s quite a few people who think Jam Shed is the worst wine in the world. There is a beautiful aroma of jam but I am not getting much shed. Jam Shed is sweeter than jam. It is the most disgusting wine I have ever put in my mouth.”

Campo Viejo

Tom says: “Campo Viejo is the best selling supermarket wine under £10 a bottle. You are a big dog. It smells quite good, fruity, juicy, a little bit of vanilla from the oak. I like this. It is soft, fleshy and there’s a little bit of tannin. For £7.50 a bottle you are banging. It’s probably available at most petrol stations.”

19 Crimes

Tom says: “It has a nice, rich, juicy colour and there are tears and legs running down the glass, which means it has a bit of body. The smell is a little bit of black cherry, blackberry and smokiness, I like that. It’s actually not bad. I would describe that as the transition between alcoholic fruit juice to becoming a wine. If I was eating something I would not be desperately upset to be served that. For £10 it gets a thumbs up from me.”

Yellow Tail

Tom explained: “Yellow Tail, from Australia, sells more wines in the USA than the whole of France put together. Barefoot, from California, has won more than 10,000 medals and is made by Gallo who make more than 3% of the world’s wines. What am I looking for in £7 to £8 a bottles, which these are? Something that’s not going to make me sick.”

Trying the Yellow Tail, Tom immediately spits it out declaring: “That’s not worth the units. Hence my emergency spittoon. It’s like a crushed up, gloopy, pineapple juice, sweety thing that I really, really don’t want to drink anything of. And it tastes nothing like I’d imagine a Chardonnay.”

He went on to hold up the bottle of Yellow Tail and said: “If I am rating all the things I have put in my mouth this comes slightly below cold sick."

Barefoot

Next up he sips the Barefoot, which means a second go with the emergency spittoon: “It’s not worth the units, but it has got less sugar. It hasn’t got a lot of flavour. It doesn’t really taste of Chardonnay, but it’s an OK wine.”

Announcing the winner in this test Tom says: “If you have to, it’s the Barefoot”.

Casillero Del Diablo

This is the second biggest wine brand in the world. The Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile sells at around £8 a bottle. Tom tested a 2021 bottle and said: “I am looking for blackcurrant fruit and creaminess and a bit of tannin. It has a nice colour, nice body and a few tears and legs.

"It is 13% alcohol. It smells of blackcurrant, vanilla and smokiness. Maybe it’s because these guys also make wine at £100 to £150 a bottle and for this they have actually done quite a good job. It tastes like a wine, it tastes like a Cabernet. It’s better than 19 Crimes, it’s a winner.”