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The Wine Room in Whitstable, Kent is a new independent wine merchant run by Henry Rymill – specialising in biodynamic and organic wine, and being in Kent they also offer a good range of local English Wines – and beers and ciders! The Wine Room is your doorway to a world of wine. We [...]
Good to see the wine business keeping up with the latest trends – such as independent wine merchants Yapp Brothers who have developed an App (application) for the iPhone and iPod Touch – so you can browse their list of French regional wines in your hand. And they are not alone – traditional merchants [...]
One of my frequent complaints about wine coverage in the national press, is that the wines most often featured are from the supermarkets and larger wine merchant chains. Inevitably given the wide readership of the newspapers, there is a tendency to concentrate on more obviously popular and readily available wines, keeping both the [...]
Just a few weeks after a less-than-glowing review of their wine selection by Tim Atkin the Observer following its acquisition a year or so ago by French owners Castel, we hear that the chain has now been sold to UK-based, and rather small outfit, www.excellar.co.uk. This is probably good news, as Castel seemed less [...]
In Spain:- This spring Time Out has teamed up with the Spanish-based Institut del Cava to offer one lucky wine enthusiast and a friend the chance to win a luxury, tailor-made, bacchanalian adventure to the beautiful Cava region of Spain. The trip, on which winners will discover the ‘Route of Cava’, includes seven nights [...]
Not directly wine related but over on SpittoonExtra/The Foodie List you will find details of a competition to win a Hotel Chocolate Hamper worth £50. The competition is open to all, not just UK residents. Actually I did manage to sneak in one wine related question… [...]
Writing over at ‘Good Wine Under $20′, Dr Debs, has posted an interesting piece on visiting the wine aisles of Waitrose. Comparisons with supermarkets in America abound – particularly interesting is her take on the proliferation of scewcaps – The other thing I was struck by was the preponderance of screwcaps–they were on [...]
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