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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

Yapp New Year Sale

Yapp Bros has just announced some good offers in their New Year Sale:
We have just launched a terrific range of New Year mixed case offers on our website, as well as a selection of superior Bin Ends that are available by the case with a 25% discount, saving over £80 a dozen in several instances.
Amongst [...]

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

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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. [...]

Pouilly-Fumé and a Southern French Rosé

Cadman Fine Wines has two new exciting releases timed just right for the summer.
Firstly a Pouilly Fumé from Tinel-Blondelet (a cracker, exhibiting super aromas of gun smoke backed up by moreish citrussy flavours. Quite simply, Loire sauvignon at it’s best. The mouthwatering 2006 vintage is drinking absolutely beautifully right now.)
And from the much heralded Domaine [...]

Domaine de Trevallon Provence wines from Leon Stolarski

Provence wines tend to be associated with light summery rose wines, which really does do not justice to a whole range of seriously good reds from the region. The wines of Les Baux de Provence AC can be big beasts with a streak of elegance based predominantly on Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault with a trace [...]

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, [...]

French Wine offers at Waitrose

The French Wine Festival at Waitrose (online and in its stores) runs from 26 March to 27 April 2008 and will feature a total of 48 wines.
Waitrose will be featuring 13 specially sourced small parcel wines from a wide range of less well-known appellations like Quincy, Bergerac, Provence and [...]