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armit wines

John Armit established John Armit Wines Ltd in 1998 and combines a traditional fine wine merchant background with a modern approach. The list is strong on fine classic Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, but also offers interesting diversions into other regions such as Argentina and southern France.
armit is the UK’s leading contemporary fine wine merchant. Established [...]

Cockermouth on the radar!

I sometimes despair of wine writiers in the national press – not that I have any reason to suspect their objectivity or judgement about the wines they review – it is just that so often they feature only wines from the major supermarkets and/or chains. And I know that these larger outlets can offer some [...]

Understanding the Italian Wine Classification System!

Italy as we all know is a country with a rich and long heritage of producing fine wines. It’s history, like it’s wine, shares a lot of similarities with neighbouring France, but there are a number of differences, mainly in the wine classification approach.
First a history lesson:- Italy’s wine classification system began in 1963 after [...]

Low Suphite Wine from Good Wine Online

When you pick up a bottle of wine from your favourite merchant (or supermarket)  do you ever wonder what it is that you are drinking ?
Unfortunately, the hangover you receive in the morning may not be due to drinking the wine, but what’s in it. Sulphites are naturally occurring in all wines, as [...]

Italian wine and food tasting in Harrogate

[ February 23, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Leeds-based Italian specialists and enthusiasts Italyabroad.com is hosting a wine and food tasting in Harrogate on 23 February 2010.
Join us for an evening of fantastic wines made by small Italian producers and delicious food at Luigis, Harrogate. The theme of the evening is Latium, the native region of Luigi, and will celebrate a region full [...]

January Sales – Vin Vino Direct

January Sale times have arrived and numerous wine merchants have special offers.
Online Specialist Vin Vino Direct are offering 15% off their entire range until 22 January 2010.
We have one of the largest collections of French claret wines in the UK…plus, an amazing range of Italian fine wines and French fine wines. We carry wines covering [...]

Christmas Choices from Vineyards Direct

It is always interesting to see what choices people make for Christmas drinking. There is a tendency to save some of your best bottles for opening over the festive season, but there are some other considerations – do the wines go with the food?; will it be something which Great Aunt Maud would like (or [...]

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 [...]

A taste of Tuscany in Kent

[ November 18, 2009; ] Kent independent wine merchant Secret Cellar is holding a Super Tuscan Dinner on 18 November 2009 – at The Black Pig in Tunbridge Wells with Nick Adams MW – Tickets £60 each.

You keep asking for food with your wine and so we have duly obliged with what should be an absolute classic. Having [...]

Oeno – a different wine experience

[ November 27, 2009; ] A new arrival takes the form of Oeno – an online merchant with shops in Stoud and Cirencester, Gloucestershire. This is no traditional, stuffy winemerchant, but a stylish and informative way of presenting a smallish range of well-chosen and very interesting wines. Whilst there are some good classics available, there are many less well-known wines [...]

Italian Wine Festival in Huntingdon

[ October 3, 2009; ] The The Old Bridge, Huntingdon is hosting its 2009 Italian Wine Festival on 3 October 2009
A celebration of the most diverse, interesting, exciting and controversial wine producing country in the world.
The main tasting is an informal ‘walk-round’ tasting of fine examples of everything from simple, easy-drinking Pinot Grigio to serious Barolo.
this year the focus is [...]

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 [...]

Italian bubbles

LeBonvin wine merchants have some nice Italian sparkling wines which would be great whenever we get a good summer’s day in the garden or with the BBQ.
Firstly there is the Moscato Spumante from Sacco. Thie wine from Piedmont is made from the Moscato grape  – the Italian for Muscat: “A lovely sweet, fragrant sparkling wine [...]

A WineDrop in the West Country

WineDrop.co.uk is an independent online wine merchant which offers an extraordinarily wide range of wines, spirits and beers. Their list features wines from all the usual suspects, but also from Greece, Hungary, Romania, Japan, Uruguay and Brazil amongst others.
Brazil is an unusual choice – the Rio Sol Seco Cabernet Sauvignon is “Warm fruit and a [...]

Chile and Argentina tasting course

Birmingham Wine School has a special offer on their Chile and Argentina tasting course on 16 June 2009 –  Two people may attend this course for only £15 each. A saving of 25%
Chile is one of the newest wine countries to export to this country and is improving in leaps and bounds in wine quality. [...]

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