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Yapp's Bin End Sale

[ March 27, 2010; ] Reputable independent wine merchant Yapp Brothers hold their Spring Bin End sale on Saturday 27 March 2010.

Based in Mere in Wiltshire they are especially strong in the Loire and Rhone but many other regions and countries on offer – often from lesser-known vineyards – you can be guaranteed to find something interesting here.

Yapp Brothers, Mere, [...]

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 [...]

Life’s too short to drink bad wine!

Columnist Simon Hoggart has a new book out with a title to match a strongly shared sentiment : Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine: 100 wines for the discerning drinker. Simon who is a political writer for the Guardian and wine columnist for the Specator magazine, is perhaps more of a wine-lover than a [...]

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 [...]

Yapp’s Christmas Sale

[ November 27, 2009 to November 28, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Christmas Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 27 & Saturday 28 November 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

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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 [...]

Yapp’s Summer Sale in Mere

[ July 3, 2009 to July 4, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Summer Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 3 & Saturday 4 July 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

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Yapp’s Bin End Sale at Mere

[ April 4, 2009; ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Bin End Sale on Saturday 4 April 2009 at their premises in Mere in Wiltshire. “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and [...]

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 [...]

Yapp’s Gastronomic Evening in Cardiff

[ March 4, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] Specialist independent wine merchant Yapp Bros will be holding one of their Gastronomic food and wine Evenings on Wednesday 4 March 2009 at Bully’s Restaurant, Llandaff, Cardiff – 7.30pm for aperitifs @£70
October’s inaugural visit to this well-known Cardiff restaurant proved so popular that we are keen to repeat the experience in the Spring. A five-course [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Good timing for a summer Rosé tasting at Arthur Rackham

[ August 9, 2008; 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] a

Down in leafy Guildford, Arthur Rackham Wine Emporia are holding a BIG tasting of rosé wines on Saturday 9 August 2008 from noon to 6pm.
Increasingly, more and more winemakers are taking rosé wines seriously. No longer necessarily light, frothy and overly sweet, rosé wines now come in a myriad of different styles and flavours. [...]