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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 [...]

Valentines Day gift ideas

Valentines Day on 14 February 2010 is an opportunity for wine merchants to promote wine and wine-related gifts, and most do offer something more or less suitable.
However Sparkling Direct has an interesting and varied offering for (wine) lovers – and (despite the name) not always involving Champagne or other fizz. For example they are offering [...]

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 [...]

Nantwich Food & Drink Festival

[ September 25, 2009 to September 27, 2009. ] Nantwich in Cheshire is the place to be from 25-27 September 2009 for the annual Nantwich Food and Drink Festival.
Nantwich Food Festival is one of the top food and drink events in the country and regularly attracts tens of thousands of visitors from all over Britain (and beyond!). Its popularity owes much to the proximity [...]

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 [...]

A Taste of Champagne at Taste of Birmingham

[ July 9, 2009 to July 12, 2009. ] The Birmingham Wine School will be at the Taste of Birmingham 2009 event from 9-12 July 2009.
Imagine a summer’s day picnic in a beautiful city park. Now multiply it by lots of friends. Invite the best restaurants in the West Midlands to contribute the food, and discerning wine merchants to bring the wine… Welcome to [...]

February offers from Majestic

Majestic Wine Warehouses are offering some new discounts for February 2009:
20% off Portuguese Wine when you buy any 2 Portuguese wines
25% off South African Wine when you buyany 2 SA wines
10% off Spirits when you buy any 2 bottles of spirits
50% off some Champagnes and Sparkling wines
Marco do Pegões 2006 Terras do Sado Tinto [...]

Silk and Lace pre-Valentine’s tasting in London

[ February 11, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

The Winery in London W9 is holding a pre-Valentine tasting on 11 February 2009 at Clifton Nurseries
Our theme is silk and lace, which means there’ll be plenty of Pinot Noir, beginning with our two sparklies – a pink from Cantina di Casteggio in Oltrepo Pavese, south of Milan and the classic, Pinot-heavy Champagne by Thierry [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yapp’s new website

I make no secret of the fact that Yapp Bros have always been my idea of the almost perfect independent wine merchant – great enthusiasts and knowledgeable specialists in specific regions (especially outside Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne) – yet with an informal and approachable style, a fun but informative wine list/website AND taking risks by [...]

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 [...]

New Portuguese and Austrian wines from Nick Dobson

Independent wine merchant Nick Dobson always offers something out of the ordinary – and this month he has new arrivals from Portugal and Austria – opposite ends of western Europe and offering a diverse range of wine styles.
Our new range of wines and Port from the Douro Valley in Portugal, a fascinating wine-producing country, which [...]

Discounts on Champagne and Sparkling Wine at Vin Vino

Online wine merchant Vin Vino is offering some interesting discounts until 31 Dec 2008 when you use some special codes on the order:-
10% off all Champagne – use the special code Champers
8% off all Sparkling Wines – use the special code Sparkling
And spend more than £200 and get a £25 discount using code vino25 – [...]

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 [...]