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John Armit established John Armit Wines Ltd in 1998 and combines a traditional fine wine merchant background with a modern approach. The list is strong on fine classic Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, but also offers interesting diversions into other regions such as Argentina and southern France.
armit is the UK’s leading contemporary fine wine merchant. Established [...]

Bernard's Wine Route

A Frenchman in North Wales has established a French wine business -FrenchWines_Direct  as part of Bernard’s wine route Ltd:
Our French Wines are traditionally made by skilled producers from the most notorious French Wine Regions. The passion for wine runs in the family. “Grand Pere Lambert” my great-grandpa, used to make “Pineau des Charentes” and red [...]

Cotswold Wine Merchant expands

Chipping Campden based independent wine merchant Bennetts Fine Wines is taking over Shipston-on-Stour merchants Edward Sheldon from 23 November.  Edward Sheldon is a long-established business with excellent original premises in Shipston-on-Stour (Warwickshire) with purpose-built cellars.
With our award winning range of wines from Burgundy, Italy and the New World, combined with their depth in Bordeaux and [...]

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 [...]

Averys Summer Sale

Averys, a long-established independent wine merchant based in Bristol have launched their summer sale:
The 2009 European harvest will soon be underway and we need to clear out our cellars to make way for new arrivals. The August Summer Sale is the biggest and best sale of the year at Averys and this year the team [...]

Sending Bordeaux back

An interesting reflection on the times, this time in the Financial Times (23 March 2009)
British wine merchants are selling fine wine back to merchants in Bordeaux and exporting it to Asia as domestic demand for the most expensive wine slumps and sterling weakens against the euro.
Tom Hudson, a director at Farr Vintners, the biggest Bordeaux [...]

St Emilion Tasting in Brighton

[ February 20, 2009; ] The Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton is hosting a vertical tasting of one of the top St Emiion wines LE TERTRE-ROTEBOEUF ST EMILION GRAND CRU on Friday, February 20, 2009 (£60)
According to wine writer Robert Parker “”outstanding”", not our tasting, but the producer! We have collected together 6 different vintages back to 1981 plus some [...]

Decanter’s French Wine Extravaganza Tasting

[ February 21, 2009; ] Decanter Magazine has established a reputation for mounting some of the best serious wine tasting opportunities – the success comes from getting some of the very best chateaux to attend, and offering visitors the opportunity to taste some of the best wines, talk to the producers and attend some specialised seminars to learn from the [...]

Corks of….. Cotham in Bristol

Corks of Cotham, a suburb of Bristol,is an innovative independent wine merchant with a wide range of wines fro Argentina, Austria, England, Germany, Lebanon, Hungary and all the usual sources.
As an independent wine and spirit merchant, we stock a hugely varied and highly sought after range of wines. We source all of our wines ourselves [...]

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 [...]

Save up to 35% or more on selected Fine Wines

Bordeaux Index is running a short sale of some of its stocks of fine wines. Despite its name Bordeaux Index is not just about Bordeaux but also Burgundy, Rhone, Loire, Languedoc, Alsace, Italy, Spain, Germany, USA, Australia, Champagne, Port, Armagnac……..
After the huge success of our two previous sales, we have decided to maintain the [...]

Dabbling in the Fine Wine Market

Bordeaux Index specialises in trading in the fine wine end of the market, a rarified zone which few of us get a chance to explore. The nearest I have reached was a tasting of some top St Emilion Grand Cru vintages which was unforgettable (and unaffordable!)
Wine enthusiasts sometimes look a little askance at wine investors [...]

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 [...]

Recent Wine Tasting Notes – May 2008

Andrew on www.spittoon.biz has the arduous duty of tasting and writing up individual wines, often as part of a wine and food pairing, Amongst the recent offerings:-
Chateau Laures Blanc – Entre Deux Mers AC, Bordeaux, France from Bordeaux Undiscovered
Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon, Western Australia from Bibendum
Château Les Tonnelles, 2004, Fronsac AC, France from Bordeaux [...]

Taste of Edinburgh – May 2008

[ May 29, 2008; May 30, 2008; May 31, 2008; June 1, 2008; ] The Channel 4 sponsored Taste festival comes to Edinburgh (The Meadows) from 29 May – 1 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 [...]

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