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Chile wines at 30% off

Chile is developing a reputation for producing some good and good value [...]

Chilean Wines from Wales

QP Wines is a new name to me, which claims to offer the widest selection of Chilean Wines in the UK .
Chilean wine is our speciality with over 250 varieties QP Wines is the largest stockist in the UK. Our Chilean wine is available to order via the Internet, and telephone. From our warehouse located [...]

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 [...]

Wines of Chile tasting

[ November 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] South America is getting its act together producing some very attractive, accessible wines at tempting prices.

Wines of Chile UK , the generic body promoting Chilean Wines, is hosting a consumer Christmas wine tasting on 20 November 2009 in London,
Join us for a wonderful night of wine tasting with some of the UK’s top retailers.

Up to [...]

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 [...]

Chile and Argentina tasting course

Birmingham Wine School has a special offer on their Chile and Argentina tasting course on 16 June 2009 –  Two people may attend this course for only £15 each. A saving of 25%
Chile is one of the newest wine countries to export to this country and is improving in leaps and bounds in wine quality. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pinot Gris and Shiraz Tasting in Brighton

[ February 11, 2009; ] Another tasting with The Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton – this time of Pinot Gris and Shiraz varietal wines – on 11 March 2009 (£12.50)

Another tasting in the basics range. You need no prior wine knowledge as with all our tastings. We shall compare Pinot Gris examples from Italy, France and New Zealand. We might [...]

Learn about wine with Jancis in 3 minutes

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) which is the educational body for wine enthusiasts and professionals has produced 12 3-minute videos with Jancis Robinson MW (Master of Wine):
“The 3 minute wine school is a collection of 12 short films on different wine styles and regions.  Registration is quick and easy and it’s FREE”
The videos [...]

NZ and Chile offers from Majestic Wine

Majestic Wine Warehouses (and online) have some special offers in the run up to Christmas 08:-

Buy any 2 New Zealand still wines and save 20% – includes superb Sauvignon Blancs from Oyster Bay, Montana (“A crisp, lively wine showing all the characteristics that Marlborough Sauvignons have come to be so favoured for”) and Villa Maria [...]

New World Wines in Auld Scotland

[ December 6, 2008 to December 7, 2008. ] Up in Aberfeldy in Perthshire, (Scotland) New World Wine enthusiasts Kate and Mike McDiarmid will be holding their annual New World Wine Tasting on 6th and 7th December 2008. I tend to associate the Scots with traditional wines, and especially with France their long-time ally in their wrangles with the Anglo-Saxon world. However, this looks to [...]

Premier Vintners offer 33% off First Time Customer Case

Premier Vintners is an online merchant (London based) which aims to find the largest selection of truly fine wines from around the world and across all price ranges – so they set the bar pretty high in a competitive market. France, Spain and Italy are well-represented, as is Australia.
At Premier Vintners, we only have great [...]

Offers on Oz, Italy, Chile and Champagne from Majestic

Majestic Wine has some special offers on Australia until 1 September 2008:
e.g. Buy any 2 Australian wines save 25%:

Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2005/06, South Australia was £8.99 now £6.65
Plus – Buy any 2 Australian wines save 25% brings the price down to £4.99

Oxford Landing Chardonnay 2006/07, Yalumba, South Australia £5.99
Buy any 2 [...]

Taste of Leeds – June 2008

[ June 5, 2008; June 6, 2008; June 7, 2008; June 8, 2008; ] The Channel4 sponsored Taste festival comes to Leeds Milllenium Square from 5-8 June 2008, offering visitors a great opportunity to taste fine foods and wines available in the region.
Imagine a picnic in a park. Now multiply it by thousands of people. Invite all the best restaurants in the area to contribute the food, and discerning [...]

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