When it comes to affordable sparkling wine this summer, the answer comes from Moldova by way of Waitrose. The upmarket grocer has turned up with a new “Loved & Found fetească albă brut”, a hugely enjoyable sparkling wine for £9.25 a bottle.
For the price, it’s perfect: light, easy to drink, full of pears and a little spice; it’s comfortably dry and sophisticated. And don’t be put off by how light in colour it is. Fetească albă is a Romanian grape whose name translates as “white maiden”. It’s pale but not at all devoid of flavour.
