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NZ wine maker tasting in the Cotswolds

[ October 30, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. October 31, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River vineyard near Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island will be hosting a dinner at Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire) on Friday October 30th (almost

sold out) and will also be presenting a tasting of the 2007’s in Bennets Wimer Merchant’s shop also in Chipping Campden on Saturday 31st from [...]

Edinburgh’s New Zealand wine tasting

[ October 7, 2009; ]

Another opportunity for the folk of Edinburgh to enjoy a grand tasting of New Zealand wines comes on 7 October 2009 when NZ Wine Events arrives in the city for what is now an annual event. Londoners will have to wait until January for their chance to indulge.
New Zealand Winegrowers return to Edinburgh with an [...]

Wine Auction for Action Against Hunger!

[ October 10, 2009; ] Another slightly bizarre juxta-position between poverty and excess this autumn will involve famous chefs such as Heston Blumenthal, Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson and Herbert Berger – who are combining their forces this October to host the celebrated Action Against Hunger Fine Wine Auction and Dinner 2009.

Fergus Henderson(above) of the Michelin-starred St John, has posed [...]

New Zealand Pinot Noir offer

Majestic Wine has a special online offer of some top-rated Pinot Noir from the Central Otago region of New Zealand, (21 July 09)
As one of Central Otago’s original vineyards, Black Ridge take great care to selectively hand-pick their grapes in order to produce this premium quality, cool climate wine. With rich, intense aromas and [...]

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 [...]

NZ Sauvignon Blanc from the Harrogate doctor!

[ July 16, 2009; ]

Despite its title, Harrogate Medical Wine Society is not just for doctors, which is welcome news if you are interested in tasting some of the top New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc on 16 July 2009.

The Society was founded and run by Dr Bernard Dias
The aim of the society is to further the understanding and appreciation of [...]

Smiles at the Smiling Grape in St Neots

[ June 11, 2009; ]

Pleasant surprises always raise a smile, and the small market town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire delivered with independent family wine merchant The Smiling Grape Company in Market Square, where Matt Ellis offers a really interesting range of carefully selected wines , many of which are seldom seen elsewhere.

We offer a very special wine [...]

Margaret River wines from Hawkshead Wines

Established 4 years ago in Northampton, Hawkshead Wines stocks a wide selection of wines from Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Germany,Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and the United States
We are a small but expanding wine business based in Northampton. We supply customers both locally and throughout the UK using overnight courier. Our aim is [...]

Naked Wines from Norwich

Online UK wine merchant Naked Wines looks to be offering a fresh approach to wine buying
– the best independent wine merchants offer interesting and seldom-seen wines and help to establish a link between the consumer and winemaker.
A selection of well-chosen wines from France, Argentina, South Africa, Spain, Chile, Australia and New Zealand and good [...]

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 [...]

Discover the wines of NZ

[ April 21, 2009; 8:30 pm; April 28, 2009 6:30 pm to May 13, 2009 6:30 pm. ] The Wine & Spirit Education Trust is holding a tasting of wines from New Zealand in London on 21st and 28th April 2009 as part of their ongoing programme of tasting/educational events, and this promises to be a great way to get to know how to find some of the best NZ wines.

New Zealand – [...]

New Zealand Tasting – Butlers in Brighton

[ March 20, 2009; ] Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton is holding another in its series of Wine Tastings with a New Zealand evening on 20 March 2009. (£20)

There is more to this country than just Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir! Although we will try examples of these varieties from different regions, we will also look at Syrah, Riesling, Pinot Gris [...]

Pinot Gris and Shiraz Tasting in Brighton

[ February 11, 2009; ] Another tasting with The Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton – this time of Pinot Gris and Shiraz varietal wines – on 11 March 2009 (£12.50)

Another tasting in the basics range. You need no prior wine knowledge as with all our tastings. We shall compare Pinot Gris examples from Italy, France and New Zealand. We might [...]

Austrian Wines in London

[ February 10, 2009; ] Nick Dobson Wines is one of the few Austrian Wine specialists in the UK , and if you join his mailing list you could wine a ticket for an trade exclusive tasting of Austrian wines to be held in London on 10 Febrary 2009:
Over 90 wineries will participate in this trade-only event which showcases some of Austria’s [...]

Cloudy Bay 2008 offer from Majestic

Majestic Wine Warehouses are offering a special deal with the classic Sauvignon Blanc 2008 from Cloudy Bay in NZ.
The wine won’t be distributed until week commencing 26 January, but we’re offering our online customers an early opportunity to snap some up – please allow a week or so for us to distribute your wine to [...]