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A good example is Goldwater Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Valley 2009 (on offer at £5.99 if you buy two or more bottles, down from £8.99, Majestic; 13% abv).
Wine: We're not asking for much Fiona Beckett 2010
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Vinchio-Vaglio I Tre Vescovi Barbera d'Asti 2007 (£7.99, Waitrose; 14.5% abv) is a good, berry-fruit quaffer with not much follow-through.
Wine: You can count on barbera Anthony Quinn 2010
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They prefer wines under 13.5% abv and favor riesling and cabernet franc over boozy chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon.
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The bottle of GD Vajra from our local wine shop (£19.10, thesampler. co.uk; 14.5% abv) came with a promising pedigree, yet to my palate was a blowsy fruit bomb without much structure or finish.
Wine: You can count on barbera Anthony Quinn 2010
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It's slightly viscous, but just barely so, perhaps because of the alcohol level (19% abv).
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Low in alcohol at around 5% abv, it's a crisp, light and fresh fruit salad of pink grapefruit and muscat grapes.
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It is light, crisp, refreshing and low in alcohol 9%-10% abv.
Mary Orlin: 10 Things You Don't Know About Portuguese Wine Mary Orlin 2011
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Some of the best British beer is still brewed at around 3.5% abv.
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It is light, crisp, refreshing and low in alcohol 9%-10% abv.
Mary Orlin: 10 Things You Don't Know About Portuguese Wine Mary Orlin 2011
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There was a riot in the 19th Centuary in Calcutta when to cut costs the government reduced the abv from 12% to 8%.
We Are So Unpopular That Everyone Wants To Join SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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