Languedoc/Roussillon « UKWinesOnline

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 [...]

French Vins de Pays on offer at Majestic

Vins de Pays (literally “Country Wines” in French) were originally humble and simple wines which could not meet the requirements for a designated Appellation Controllée (AOC) status. However over recent years many producers have been using the Vin de Pays label to experiment and create some superb wines without the traditional restrictions which many French [...]

Wine at the Taste of Christmas

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Taste of Christmas, “the foodie event of the festive season”, is taking place at Excel London from December 4-6, 2009. Top chefs, artisan producers andthe chance to stock up on the festive food and sample your favourite restaurants’ seasonal menus – plus some interesting wine offerings in the Boutique [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Roberson does the Languedoc

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London independent wine merchant Roberson is launching a series of serious wine tastings at their Wine School – and as always the emphasis is on quality – so a tasting of the “Legends of the South of France” (24 September 2009) should be well-worthwhile – it is a [...]

South of France tasting

[ September 3, 2009 to September 13, 2009. ] The Languedoc comes to London from 3-13 September 2009 at Vinopolis, London’s specialist wine experience courtesy of the Sud de France Festival.
The Sud de France/Languedoc-Roussillon area is the world’s largest single wine-producing region, representing a third of the volume of France’s wine production. Its production, about 2 billion bottles a year, exceeds that of South [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sanglier Wines

Another Languedoc specialist to explore is Sanglier Wines at http://www.sanglier-wines.co.uk/.
Based in north London, the name comes from the local Languedoc Wild Boar which is common to the region and “while loved by hunters and meat eaters, they constantly prove a challenge to the vineyard owners and their fencing due to a love of grapes. As, [...]

Languedoc wines online at Aldeby Wines

Aldeby Wine, established in 2008, is an online merchant specialising in the wines of southern France. The challenge with the Languedoc is to separate good quality wines from the sheer volume of bland, branded and bulk wines produced in this historically prolific region. Seeking out smaller and lesser-known independent producers can yield some great discoveries.
The [...]

The Beautiful South from Stone, Vine & Sun

Offerng a comprehensive range of quality wines from individual producers across the south of France, specialist wine merchants Stone, Vine and Sun have some new offerings and tastings to tempt:-
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins [...]

Roussillon, Rheingau, Saar & Tuscany tasting

[ January 20, 2009; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Independent wine merchants The Winery launch their first tasting of 2009 on 20 January from 5-9pm at their shop in Clifton Road, London W9.
Wines from “Mas Cremat” just outside Perpignan in the south of France, close to the Spanish border. … We’ll be tasting her new arrivals, a spicy dry Muscat and the deliciously [...]

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 [...]

Chateau Monty wine tasting and lunch

[ November 29, 2008; ] Adnams, the renowned Suffolk wine merchant (and brewery, hotel, deli…) is hosting a wine tasting lunch at the Crown Hotel in Southwold, Suffolk on 29 November 2008.

Join writer and winemaker Monty Waldin for a fascinating and entertaining wine lunch at The Swan Hotel on 29th November. Monty’s TV series begins on Channel Four on the [...]