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on twitter…..

"OAKHAM WINES, Rutland http://t.co/HdB4iZo0 independent in Rutland and online!"
"Cheltenham Food & Wine Festival http://t.co/7tKvk6SC Food & wine Fest in Cheltenham"
"CELLARVIE WINES, Twickenham http://t.co/XIPYH08Y Clever wordplay and... http://t.co/mxIEz6eZ"
"THE CARDINALS CELLAR, Oxon http://t.co/cR7O8rjY An online boutique wine... http://t.co/cxwaxgnA"
"CALDER WINE & WHISKY, Yorkshire http://t.co/n5pxaHcW Yorkshire... http://t.co/XfISlPBM"

Lille Wine Fair (France)

FRIDAY 16 – MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2007 – The Annual Salon des Vignerons Independents (indpendent winemakers) holds its annual show in the Grand Palais in Lille. Over 400 winemakers from every corner of France will be offering tastings of their wines with the opportunity to buy at vineyard gate prices. Makes a great weekend [...]

French Wine People

Based in Matlock in Derbyshire, The French Wine People are importers of wines from across the regions of France.

What sets The French Wine People apart from the dozens of other smaller French specialists, apart from a nicely designed website?

Some of the more eclectic wines include a Savagnin from the Jura, [...]

Nicolas

The Nicolas chain, is a French company owned by Casel, the same parent company of Oddbins. They have only recently broken out from their London heartland and now list 51 stores in the UK.

Several branches of Oddbins have or are in the process of being converted to the Nicolas brand (Henley-on-Thames, [...]

Technology in Wine Making

Interesting article in the Independent (5 April 07) by Jamie Goode on new techniques in wine-making across the planet – e.g.

Micro-oxygenation is a technique that introduces a controlled amount of oxygen at specific stages of the winemaking process. It was initially developed in the Madiran region of France to help with their [...]

PRIVATE CELLAR Wine Merchants, Ely

East Anglian wine merchant Private Cellar was launched in April 2005 by a team of wine trade professionals determined to provide a unique wine buying experience for wine lovers.

As their name suggests they tend to major on fine Burgundies, Champagne, Cigars and en-Primeur and vintage Bordeaux. It is therefore some accolade that the [...]

The Wine Diet and Madiran wines

Over at www.spittoon.biz Andrew reported on the press coverage for a new book by Roger Corder The Wine Diet“ Ever since everyone has been trying to track down Madiran wines in the UK, especially from Chateau d’Aydie. Many enquiries resulted in the response that these were “not easy wines to sell” which is [...]

CAVE À VINS(Bertand & Nicholas), Bourne End

In genteel Buckinghamshire, at Bourne End to be precise, there is a  local wine merchant previously known as Bertrand & Nicholas which had a pretty ghastly website (now updated), but get beyond the colour scheme (or through the shop door) and you’ll discover a truly superb wine list at the refashioned Cave a Vins [...]

Sale of a fine Nottingham wine cellar

A restaurateur’s wine collection has come up for sale through Leon Stolarski Fine Wines [...]

YAPP BROTHERS, Mere

I always look forward to the latest list from Yapp Brothers – the epitome of everything a good wine merchant should be – independent, knowledgable, approachable and courageous enough to offer interesting and unfamiliar wines. The former dentist’s main specialisation is in the Loire and Rhône (North and South) Valleys, but that does not [...]