The Friday 5 #100

My pick of the latest from Lidl, a cool way with anchovies and a special subscription offer to celebrate

So, what a milestone! 100 Friday 5s and that doesn’t even count the weeks when I’ve been away and you get a ‘postcard’ instead.

That deserves a celebration, I think, so I’m not only offering 30% off an annual subscription this weekend but one which those of you who sign up will carry on getting so long as you renew.

For those of you who are new to ETDT, the Friday 5 is my weekly mailout of food and drink tips based on what I’ve been eating, drinking, reading and scrolling. The idea being to help you eat and drink better and spend less on it.

This weekend’s offer which applies until June 3rd brings an annual sub down to £29.40 ($37.47) or just £2.45 ($3.12) a month. You could easily save that last amount on just one of my wine recommendations. 

If you sign up quick (i.e. today) it also gives you a chance to win this month’s food and drink book giveaway, Marc Millon’s fabulous book about Italian wine Italy in a Wineglass. (There’s a regular cookery or drink book giveaway every month.) 

And you can join in our joyous monthly online wine tastings which next month will be on Monday June 17th and on English wine - cos it’s English Wine Week. I’m trying to persuade one of my favourite English wine producers that he should log on from Croatia to join us. More news on this next week …

Anyway on with the wine bargains. The Waitrose 25% discount has been up and running for a second week and as I can’t imagine they’ll have another one for a while, take advantage (here’s my most recent pick). Tesco has 25% off three or more bottles in its finest range for Clubcard holders and Lidl launched a new ‘wine tour’ which focusses on Italy this week. Here's what I’d buy from it.