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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 [...]

See Map updated: March 8, 2010| Category: Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Supermarket Related, Whisky/Whiskey | Tastings Calendar

French Wine offers at Waitrose

The French Wine Festival at Waitrose (online and in its stores) runs from 26 March to 27 April 2008 and will feature a total of 48 wines.

Waitrose will be featuring 13 specially sourced small parcel wines from a wide range of less well-known appellations like Quincy, Bergerac, Provence and Lirac and the [...]

See Map updated: March 26, 2008| Category: Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Jura & Savoie, Languedoc/Roussillon, Loire, Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Provence, Rhône, Supermarket Related, SW France | Tastings Calendar

Sainsburys New Plastic Wine Bottles

Sainsbury’s is trialling its own label PET wine bottle in a project supported by the government funded Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).

Initially, Sainsbury’s will offer two own label wines in the new PET bottle: A New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and an Australian Rosé which, if successful, will be rolled out to other [...]

See Map updated: August 5, 2007| Category: Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Kumala Recall

Constellation Europe, the UK distributors of the Kumala brand, is recalling the Eternal Chenin Blanc Chardonnay Semillon wine sold in Tesco supermarkets. The company cites a ‘potential for the bottle neck breaking when the cork is removed’.

See Map updated: March 31, 2007| Category: Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Hardys Shuttle In Sainsbury’s

The innovative single-serve ‘Shuttle’, first mentioned over on Spittoon last December will soon be available from Sainsbury’s.

Shuttle is a single-serve 25cl wine bottle in which the plastic wine glass also serves as the screwcap closure for the bottle. Initially launched in Australia its popularity was such that Hardys took the decision to launch [...]

See Map updated: April 5, 2007| Category: Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Aldi Wine Buyers Blog

Aldi is not high on my list of wine shops – in fact I have no idea where the nearest Aldi store is to me. I can’t recall ever seeing a wine from their range appear on a ‘recommended’ list either. The fact they only have 45 wines listed might go some why [...]

See Map updated: February 23, 2007| Category: On The Blogs, Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Stormhoek Roadtrip

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See Map updated: January 27, 2007| Category: On The Blogs, Still Wines, Supermarket Related, Tastings and Events | Tastings Calendar

Sainsbury’s Champagne

After appearing as the Which? Best Buy Champagne in December sales of Sainbury’s Taste the Difference Vintage Champagne grew by 3000 per cent! Sales were so high that half a years stock has already been sold.

The Which? tasting saw own-label Champagnes beating the big names brands, including bestsellers Moët & Chandon. Sainsbury’s [...]

See Map updated: January 17, 2007| Category: News In The Press, Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Sainsbury’s Closes Discount Code Scam

The Mirror has reported on some ‘special’ code released on the internet that allows users of Sainsbury’s website to gain huge discounts off drink prices.

One user claims to have had his bill reduced from £448.52 down to just £182.52.

Sainsbury’s has gotten wind of the scam – this is a scam rather than [...]

See Map updated: December 17, 2006| Category: Merchant Specialisations, News In The Press, Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar

Win A Bordeaux Wine Trip

The Secret Sommelier has been touted as the UK’s most popular wine blog… I beg to differ… but a tie up with Sainsbury’s – the site is heavily linked with Sainsbury’s – has the site offering a weekend for 2 wine tasting in Bordeaux. ‘Lesser’ prizes in the competition are mixed tasting cases [...]

See Map updated: December 8, 2006| Category: On The Blogs, Supermarket Related | Tastings Calendar
 
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