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Australian winemaker tasting in Warwickshire

[ February 4, 2010; ] Bennets Fine Wines of Chipping Campden, which has recently acquired Edward Sheldon of Shipston-on-Stour, holds its first tutored (but informal) wine tasting of 2010 on 4 February with Australian John Durham, senior winemaker at Plantagenet Vineyards in the Great Southern wine region of Western Australia:
These fine wines reflect the cool temperate climate, ancient soils, and [...]

Christmas Tastings at Fareham Wine Cellar

[ December 12, 2009; December 19, 2009; ] Fareham Wine Cellar is offering 2 Christmas Tastings for 2009 – on 12 December with Catherine Hill of Stratford’s Wines Agencies (Australia and France) and on 19 December 2009 with James Wilson of Hatch Mansfield (Champagne, France, South Africa, Chile, Spain and Australia)
These are the usual informal tastings at our shop. There is no need [...]

Meat and Wine Co’s London Australia Tasting

[ November 3, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

London’s “Meat and Wine Co” are hosting a tasting at their new premises in London’s new Westfield Shopping Centre at Shepherds Bush.

Entitled ” KNOW YOUR AUSTRALIAN WINES BLINDFOLDED … PUT IT TO THE TEST!” the event takes place in the Restaurant on 3rd November 2009 at 700.pm and costs £20 per person
If you’re confident of [...]

Yapp’s Christmas Sale

[ November 27, 2009 to November 28, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Christmas Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 27 & Saturday 28 November 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

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Rediscover Australia in Kent!

[ September 24, 2009; ] Kent independent wine merchant Secret Cellar is holding what promises to be a welcome new look at the wines of Australia on 24 September 2009 with “Australia Revisited” with Lucy Roberts of Mentzendorff – Tickets £20 each.
The first tasting we ever did in store was Turkey Flat with owner and winemaker Peter Schulz. It [...]

Aussie Wine online at Auswineonline.co.uk

Well it does what it says on the tin – an online independent wine merchant offering wines from Western Australia!

Auswineonline are pleased to announce the arrival of 2 new wineries to the UK,
Flametree Winery (Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy winner 2007-for the 1 year old best wine in Australia) and Kalgan River Wines….
We focus on boutique [...]

Yalumba at the Cinnamon Club

[ July 17, 2009; ] [...]

A WineDrop in the West Country

WineDrop.co.uk is an independent online wine merchant which offers an extraordinarily wide range of wines, spirits and beers. Their list features wines from all the usual suspects, but also from Greece, Hungary, Romania, Japan, Uruguay and Brazil amongst others.
Brazil is an unusual choice – the Rio Sol Seco Cabernet Sauvignon is “Warm fruit and a [...]

South Australia in North Yorkshire

In the small village of Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire’s Nidderdale (one of the “gateways to the Dales” , near Harrogate) you will find a real enthusiast for the the wines of South Australia.

Also trading as Nidderdale Fine Wines, SouthAustralia Wines.co.uk offers a wide selection of wines from this, one of the best of Australian [...]

Margaret River wines from Hawkshead Wines

Established 4 years ago in Northampton, Hawkshead Wines stocks a wide selection of wines from Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Germany,Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and the United States
We are a small but expanding wine business based in Northampton. We supply customers both locally and throughout the UK using overnight courier. Our aim is [...]

Bruce Tyrell at Noel Young Wines, Cambridge

[ May 7, 2009; ] On Thursday  7 May  2009  Noel Young Wines of Cambridge are hosting a tutored tasting by Bruce Tyrell from Tyrell’s winery in southern Australia (folowing his earlier tasting in North Yorkshire on 5 May 2009)
Tyrrell’s are one of the oldest and best wineries in Australia. They celebrated their 150th anniversary last year. The legendary Vat [...]

G’day Australia in the UK

[ June 22, 2009 to July 5, 2009. ] Australia is launching a major campaign to get its wines better known in the UK with G’day UK 2009 this summer.
Discover Australia through its food and wine – the diversity available throughout Australia both on land and sea across the regions makes food and drink a serious passion for Australians and there is an abundance [...]

Naked Wines from Norwich

Online UK wine merchant Naked Wines looks to be offering a fresh approach to wine buying
– the best independent wine merchants offer interesting and seldom-seen wines and help to establish a link between the consumer and winemaker.
A selection of well-chosen wines from France, Argentina, South Africa, Spain, Chile, Australia and New Zealand and good [...]

Australian Winemaker in Northallerton, North Yorkshire

[ May 5, 2009; ] Food and Wine Emporium Lewis and Cooper of Northalleron, North Yorkshire is hosting a great opportunity  to meet one of Australia’s most successful winemakers.

Bruce Tyrrell’s family began winemaking in New South Wales 150 years – or five generations – ago.
On Tuesday, May 5, he will give a tutored wine tasting at fine food and drink [...]

Yapp’s Summer Sale in Mere

[ July 3, 2009 to July 4, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Summer Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 3 & Saturday 4 July 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

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