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Tasting Tempranillo

On 27 May 2009 Manchester’s Spanish Fine Wine specialist EVUNA (wine bar/restaurant) is providing a rare opportunity to try some serious tasting of wines based on Spain’s classic Tempanillo grape:

Typically the Tempranillo grape is dark berried in fruit with a rustic edge. When aged, more savory aromas are experienced. We will taste together [...]

See Map updated: April 13, 2009| Tags: , , | Category: Learn about wine, Shop, Spain, Tastings and Events, Wine Bar, Wine Club, Wine+ Food | Tastings Calendar

Galician wines and food

Galicia in northern Spain is a little known area with its wines and food even less known. But now independent wine and food merchant  Flavours of Spain has extended its range of fine wines with two UK exclusives from Galicia :-

With spectacular landscapes, clean air and a sweeping coastline, Galicia has an array [...]

See Map updated: March 26, 2009| Tags: | Category: Merchant Offers, News In The Press, Online, Spain, Wine+ Food | Tastings Calendar

Tasting the wines of Castile & Leon

Manchester’s Spanish specialist Evuna is holding a tasting of the wines of the Castile y Leon region on 1 April 2009. The region includes wines from the upper reaches of the Douro river – Ribera del Duero, which I have always thought deserve to be at least as good as many Riojas, but it [...]

See Map updated: March 4, 2009| Tags: , , | Category: Learn about wine, Online, Shop, Spain, Tastings and Events, Wine Bar, Wine+ Food | Tastings Calendar

25% off Spanish wines at Majestic

Majestic Wine Warehouses have a new offer for March 2009  = 25% off any 2 Spanish wines, which includes a wide range of good Riojas.

However, don’t overlook some exciting Spanish white wines (also 25% off any two bottles) which offer something completely different from Chardonnay and Sauvignons – despite being a predominantly hot [...]

See Map updated: March 4, 2009| Category: Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Online, Shop, Spain | Tastings Calendar

Is all OK at Oddbins?

Writing on his blog Jim’s Loire, Jim Budd mentioned the number of ‘out of stocks’ in the Loire section and finished the post with “Looking further at the Oddbins site, the number of wines that are ‘currently unavailable’ is rather alarming, unless the company has just had a very successful weekend.

Of the 72 [...]

See Map updated: February 16, 2009| Tags: | Category: News In The Press, Shop, Spain, Still Wines | Tastings Calendar

Spanish wine tasting vouchers for Christmas?

If you are struggling to find the perfect present for a wine buff, hows about a Spanish Wine tasting voucher from Evuna in Manchester, the Spanish bar/restaurant/wine merchant. For only £25.00 per person. Spanish wine is often underrated and misunderstood, especially outside Rioja, so a tutored tasting is almost inevitably going to be entertaining [...]

See Map updated: December 1, 2008| Tags: | Category: Learn about wine, Online, Shop, Spain, Wine Bar, Wine Club | Tastings Calendar

Fareham Wine Cellar tasting – Wines from Liguria, Tuscancy and Spain

Fareham Wine Cellar will be holding an open tasting on Saturday 29th November 2008 12pm until 5pm

This will be a tasting of a wines chosen by FWC, there will be a few new wines and some ideal wines for drinking or for gifts at Christmas.

We will be showing some of our new [...]

See Map updated: December 11, 2008| Tags: , , | Category: Italy, Merchant Offers, Online, Shop, Spain, Tastings and Events | Tastings Calendar

“Natural” Wine Tasting

Zelas Wines (London N6) is holding a charity tasting of “natural” wines on Saturday 18 October 2008 running all day from 10am till 9.00 pm. It is taking place at “Wine of Course”, 216 Archway Road, London N6 5AX.

By natural wines it seems they mean essentially organic wines, but they do appear [...]

See Map updated: November 21, 2008| Tags: | Category: France, Merchant Specialisations, New Zealand, Spain, Tastings and Events | Tastings Calendar

THE WINERY, London W9

The Winery in London W9 offers a different slant on promoting wine with a decidedly original and excellent website

“What we enjoy most is searching for excellent new wines and importing direct from smaller growers. We poke around for undiscovered treasures, sniff out the unknown gems, the up-and-coming growers. The difference is that we [...]

See Map updated: March 23, 2012| Tags: | Category: France, Germany, Italy, Online, Shop, Spain, Tastings and Events, United States, wine merchant | Tastings Calendar

Sherry and Food matching evening in Manchester

There is a move to change the image of sherry in the British mindset – too often associated with Christmas and old ladies – the fact being that there are a wide range of styles available, many of which defy the traditional stereotype.

Spanish specialist Wine Bar, Restaurant and Wine Shop EVUNA is the [...]

See Map updated: November 16, 2008| Category: Merchant Offers, Shop, Spain, Tastings and Events, Wine Bar, Wine Club | Tastings Calendar
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