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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 [...]

A Taste of Iberia in Brighton

[ July 24, 2009; ] The Butlers Wine Cellar is hosting a tasting of Portuguese and Spanish Wines in Brighton on 24 July 2009, including some more unusual grape varieties.
Portugal is…..One of my (Henry) favourite wine making countries at the moment. It doesn’t always get it right or produce wine of excellence, but I think there is a lot of [...]

Fareham’s 2007 Vintage Port Tasting

[ July 4, 2009; ] Fareham Wine Cellar is hosting a tasting of the 2007 Vintage Port on Saturday 4 July 2009 from 11am to 2pm
As we only have small quantites of each port, numbers are very limited. I will therefore need a RSVP if you wish to attend the tasting. This is on a strictly first come, first [...]

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 [...]

Wines of Portugal Tasting in London

[ March 10, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Lords Cricket Ground in London hosts the annual tasting sponsored by Vinhos de Portugal on 10 March 2008.

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The main part of the day is reserved for trade and press, but opens to wine enthusiasts from 6.00pm. Tickets cost £15, but if you call SEE TICKETS (0871 220 0260) [...]

February offers from Majestic

Majestic Wine Warehouses are offering some new discounts for February 2009:
20% off Portuguese Wine when you buy any 2 Portuguese wines
25% off South African Wine when you buyany 2 SA wines
10% off Spirits when you buy any 2 bottles of spirits
50% off some Champagnes and Sparkling wines
Marco do Pegões 2006 Terras do Sado Tinto [...]

Up to 50% off wines at Cadman Fine Wines

Online specialists Cadman Fine Wines are on the ball with their 2009 list available and a January sale featuring discounts of up to 50% whilst stocks last. It’s probably a good idea to replenish the stocks, as 2009 is likely to see significant price increases in the price of wines coming from the €uro zone [...]

Corks of….. Cotham in Bristol

Corks of Cotham, a suburb of Bristol,is an innovative independent wine merchant with a wide range of wines fro Argentina, Austria, England, Germany, Lebanon, Hungary and all the usual sources.
As an independent wine and spirit merchant, we stock a hugely varied and highly sought after range of wines. We source all of our wines ourselves [...]

New Portuguese and Austrian wines from Nick Dobson

Independent wine merchant Nick Dobson always offers something out of the ordinary – and this month he has new arrivals from Portugal and Austria – opposite ends of western Europe and offering a diverse range of wine styles.
Our new range of wines and Port from the Douro Valley in Portugal, a fascinating wine-producing country, which [...]

September offers from Majestic Wine

Majestic Wine is offering 25% off 2 or more bottles of Spanish Wine this month including Rioja from Marques de Caceres amongst others and a goodly range of Spanish regional wines.
PLUS
25% off ARGENTINA e.g.Benmarco Malbec 2006 Dominio del Plata, Mendoza “A deep, rich red, this wine has a palate of black cherry, currants and blackberries [...]

A new concept in wine selection: six wines eight

A novel approach to selecting and presenting wines comes from a new outfit called “Six Wines Eight”. based in London and online.
Six Wines Eight is about finding the right wine first time. The system we have developed is easy to use and even easier to remember.
There are six wines in eight styles. These are our [...]

Welsh Red Wine??

It cannot be often that you would find a New Zealand Cloudy Bay and a red wine from Wales on the same list ! But at ND John you can discover the Sugarloaf Vineyards Deri Coch, and even on their website they state “They must be mad with our weather – but somehow they pull [...]

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 [...]

Cooden Cellars, Eastbourne

Cooden Cellars is an independent wine merchant established by Colin Barnes and Ian Jarman in 1997. In May 2001 we opened our retail shop in the Grand Hotel Buildings, Compton Street, Eastbourne. They were awarded Independent Merchant of the Year 2007 as well as Regional Wine Merchant of the Year in the IWC Awards for [...]

York Tasting – HC Wines

[ December 8, 2007; 7:45 pm; ] Small independent merchant HC Wines will be holding their seasonal tasting on Sat 8 December 2007 at 7.45pm in York. John Hattam and Andy Clarke ’s motto is “Life is too short to drink bad wine”!. Their selection of interesting wines come from France, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Australia and Italy.

“….an informal evening with [...]

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