The Guardian

VICTORIA MOORE tries the Nero d'Avola grape from Sicily and discovers that simple Italian food shows it off at its best: A beautifully plain, tomato-sodden pizza suits this wine far better than some dollied-up thing that's piled with all manner of fancy toppings.'

To keep the cost down, she recommends 2005 Cusumano Nero d'Avola (5.59; Oddbins).

This week's reader's question deals with supermarket discounts, and when Moore asks a few buyers in the multiple retailers if promotions are ever genuine deals, the response is: Most are engineered.'