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2-day sale at Waitrose Wine Direct

For just 2 days only (8-9 March 2010) Waitrose Wine Direct is offering up to 25% off  its 40 Best Selling wines and spirits -  and  there are more offers running to midnight on Tuesday 16 March 2010 – with up to 21% off  Champagne,  and up to 33% off red and whie still [...]

Valentines Day gift ideas

Valentines Day on 14 February 2010 is an opportunity for wine merchants to promote wine and wine-related gifts, and most do offer something more or less suitable.
However Sparkling Direct has an interesting and varied offering for (wine) lovers – and (despite the name) not always involving Champagne or other fizz. For example they are offering [...]

French Vins de Pays on offer at Majestic

Vins de Pays (literally “Country Wines” in French) were originally humble and simple wines which could not meet the requirements for a designated Appellation Controllée (AOC) status. However over recent years many producers have been using the Vin de Pays label to experiment and create some superb wines without the traditional restrictions which many French [...]

2009 Wine Show in London

[ October 22, 2009 to October 25, 2009. ]
The 2009 Wine Show takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London from 22-25 October 2009.
This major consumer event offers all wine enthusiasts a great opportunity to taste, learn and buy – meet experts, buy direct from producers, wine walks and tasting theatre and a French Market and Wine Growers Fair. Oz Clarke [...]

Spotlight on Argentina wines.

Majestic are featuring Argentinian wines currently and offer a wide range of interesting wines from Argentina including Mondoza, Catena, San Juan and Salta.
It’s amazing how fast Argentina continues to grow as a quality wine producer. Famed for its two main grape varieties, the red Malbec and white Torrontes, it’s fast becoming a serious rival [...]

Yapp’s Christmas Sale

[ November 27, 2009 to November 28, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Christmas Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 27 & Saturday 28 November 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

For more [...]

WineOneHundred in Surrey

[ September 4, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

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Secret Cellar is expanding with a new store in Oxted, Surrey at the end of September 2009, called WineOneHundred, so named as they will stock the 100 best-selling wines at any time:
Offering our wines in this way means that we can make purchase cost savings, which we can pass on to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

25% off at Waitrose Wine

Waitrose Wine Waitrose Wine Offer
Waitrose Wine are offering 25% off all wines and champagnes when you buy a case and free delivery on all wine offers!
Offer does not include spirits, wine club, gifts and En Primeur
See www.waitrosewine.com/ for further details.
Offers will run from 12pm on the 3rd June – Midnight on the 9th June [...]

Volcanic wine from Italy

Majestic Wine Warehouses are offering 20% off any 2 Italian wines throught May 2009 AND a free in-store Italian Wine tasting from 15-21 May 2009.
One example is the whitle Greco di Tufo – Campania, Vesevo 2008 which was included in Decanter’s top 10 wines from Majestic earlier this year.
“Another strong and refreshing white wine from [...]

Argentina Tasting in Manchester

[ May 26, 2009; ] Hanging Ditch winemerchants in Manchester are holding a special gourmet food and wine evening on 26 May 2009:
One of the highlights for this month will be our Gourmet Winemaker dinner presented by Mariela Molinari from the Decanter award winning winery Bodega Catena Zapata. For just £49.50 you get all this – an Argentinian themed dinner, [...]

Corsican wines from Yapp

Not for nothing is Corsica also known as the Ile de Beauté in french – but beyond its glorious scenery the island also produces some interesting wines, which Yapp Bros are now stocking – and Yapp know their France and french wines:-
Despite the thirsty attentions of tourists in situ and the Corsicans themselves, we have [...]

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 [...]

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