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Burgundy En-Primeur Tasting

[ March 26, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Fareham Wine Cellar is holding a tasting of en-Primeur Burgundies from Louis Jadot on 20 March 2010
…we are holding a tasting of all of the Louis Jadot 2008 Burgundies we are buying en primeur. There are four (possibly five) red and three white wines and they will all be available to purchase [...]

Wokingham Wine Festival

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The Wokingham Wine Festival (Berkshire) on 5-6 December 2009 provides anopportunity for wine-lovers to taste and buy fine wines supplied by members of the ASDW (the Association of Small Direct Winemerchants). ASDW members offer between them a huge range of fine wines from around the world.

The event is [...]

A good year for Beaujolais Nouveau 2009?

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Beaujolais Nouveau day arrives this year on Thursday 19 November 2009 – i.e. the third Thursday of November. No longer the huge media event it once was, there remains much enthusiasm for it in France, and to a lesser extent in the UK.
Beaujolais Nouveau can be a bit thin [...]

Wine on the Tyne

Tyne Wines is an independent wine merchant based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne which specialises in French wines:-

We are importers and distributors of quality French wines from Champagne, the Loire, Beaujolais and the Rhône Valley and are based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Hence the name. Our aim is to import from small independent producers (Vignerons Independants) rather than [...]

Exploring Hungarian Wines

Specialist Independent wine merchant Nick Dobson has extended his already diverse list with more wines from Hungary – a natural step when you consider that Hungary is next door to Austria whose wines already feature strongly on his list – extending his wine route from eastern France to Germany and then Austria.
Hungary’s climate is ideal [...]

Beaujolais Tasting in Saffron Walden

[ April 11, 2009; ] Fleurie Tasting This Saturday! (11 April 2009)

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Joseph Barnes Wines has a tasting of Fleurie – one of the best Beaujolais Cru wines from France – a great opportunity to taste proper Beaujolais rather than the gimmicky “Nouveau” – a different wine in all respects in my opinion.

Having visited [...]

Austrian Wines in London

[ February 10, 2009; ] Nick Dobson Wines is one of the few Austrian Wine specialists in the UK , and if you join his mailing list you could wine a ticket for an trade exclusive tasting of Austrian wines to be held in London on 10 Febrary 2009:
Over 90 wineries will participate in this trade-only event which showcases some of Austria’s [...]

Buy direct from the French vineyard – in London!! FREE TICKETS!

[ November 21, 2008 to November 23, 2008. ] LATEST UPDATE : FREE TICKETS FOR THE FRENCH WINE GROWERS FAIR

I always envy the French for the ease with which they can get hold of good French wines direct from the grower – either by mail order or visiting the vineyard. There are also numerous wine fairs around the country where you can meet the [...]

New Austrian arrivals at Nick Dobson Wines

I always applaud those wine merchants (large and small) who are adventurous and try to offer something rather different. Nick Dobson continues to do this well, with a new selection of wines from Austria in addition to his other explorations into Switzerland, Germany (Mosel) and southern Burgundy.
Amongst the new arrivals is some Austrian Sekt [...]

Cadman Fine Wines

A refreshingly different approach is evident as soon as you enter Cadman Fine Wines website. Its crisp design and great graphics tempt you with some good special offers, yet also provides easy navigation of the site to find what you want.
The tagline “Quality is merely a starting point…” is more than merely words – they [...]

Region Wine

Region Wine is a new Chester-based online merchant with a retail shop in the heart of historic Chester. The website is attractive and offers a wide range from around the world, including Greece, Oregon USA and Hungary in addition to the usual New and Old World sources. In addition to offering selections by region, [...]

15% off at Leon Stolarski

Online French specialists Leon Stolarski Fine Wines offer new classics from Languedoc, Roussillon, Southern Rhone and Beaujolais (and South West France, Loire, Alsace…..) and have a special offer available:
For one week only, we are offering 15% off a large selection of wines from our main list. This is no ordinary sale and these are not [...]

Cooden Cellars, Eastbourne

Cooden Cellars is an independent wine merchant established by Colin Barnes and Ian Jarman in 1997. In May 2001 we opened our retail shop in the Grand Hotel Buildings, Compton Street, Eastbourne. They were awarded Independent Merchant of the Year 2007 as well as Regional Wine Merchant of the Year in the IWC Awards for [...]

Lille Wine Fair (France)

[ November 16, 2007 to November 19, 2007. ] FRIDAY 16 – MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2007 – The Annual Salon des Vignerons Independents (indpendent winemakers) holds its annual show in the Grand Palais in Lille. Over 400 winemakers from every corner of France will be offering tastings of their wines with the opportunity to buy at vineyard gate prices. Makes a great weekend in [...]

H & H Bancroft

H and H Bancroft have updated their website.
A nice clean feel, stylishly laid out. A good search facility and basic wine information that leads on to fuller details. Purchases have to be by the unmixed case though. Registered users get a wish list facility which may be useful for some, or just wishful thinking [...]