Yesterday marked the easing of lockdown and the reopening of bars, pubs and restaurants. If you didn’t manage to book a table, we’ve got a trio of Lidl wines to try. There’s a celebratory fizz, a garden white and a red to sit by the fire with - something for whatever way the weather goes next.

Want a really nice wine from the supermarket? Why not head to M&S. In this blog post, we round up some great M&S wines that we've tried and tasted. There's a world of great, affordable wine to be found in the supermarket aisle, and this a good place to start...

As the sun starts to shine a little brighter, we’re thinking about wines to look forward to. Our April box will include a chill-able red and there’s also a rosé pet-nat in our case. It’s still a little chilly in the evenings though, so in Taste we’ve got three reds to drink now.

What gives wine acidity? Grapes have natural acid. As they ripen, they lose this acid but gain sugar. Winemakers need both, so they have to balance this. In Taste, we’ve got a great grüner veltliner for you to try, which is a good example of a refreshingly high acidity wine.

Tasting chocolate is actually quite similar to tasting wine. With that in mind, we’ve paired with Montezuma’s to explore how chocolate and wine work together. Some of the pairings may surprise you, so read our handy guide so you know what chocolate you should be having with each wine you try.

Why is Britain so well suited to making sparkling wine? This is something we cover in Learn this week. And we’ve got a great selection of sparkling wines from England and Wales for you to try - to experience some of the brilliant produce coming out of vineyards close to home.

In honour of International Women's Day, Isabelle tastes three wines made by women winemakers in France. We also explore some of the wines we've had in our previous boxes made by women - so if you're looking for something to try in support of the few women leaders in the winemaking industry, read ahead...

We’ve got three cocktails to try using the cognac we shipped with our Christmas box. We love drinking this cognac neat or with ice, but we’re also keen fans of a good cocktail, so try these over the course of a weekend. Starting with something a sour Sidecar and ending with an old-fashioned twist.

As the March box ships this week, we’ve also switched our internal packaging to cardboard inserts. It’s fantastic to move away from using plastic airsacs; it feels good to make the change. There is, however, more to be done in the future for finding environmentally-safe solutions.

In the final part of our focus on East Sussex, Josh speaks to David Carr Taylor - whose vineyard was one of the first in England to make sparkling wine using the traditional champagne method. And as David explains to Josh, the adventurous approach to winemaking in England is what makes it so exciting.

This week’s Taste features different supermarket rieslings, following the great reception our February riesling from the Czech Republic got. And in Learn, we answer a question about how to find wines you love at a cheaper price. At Wine List HQ, we’re gearing up for our March delivery next week…

We continue revisiting Josh’s 2018 podcast on English Wine with our third instalment. This week, Ben Walgate of Tillingham, East Sussex, explains how he got interested in wine and winemaking, the exciting future of sparkling wine in England and using a 9000-year-old winemaking method.