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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 [...]

March 9th, 2010 | Category: Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Supermarket Related, Whisky/Whiskey | Leave a comment

Chile wines at 30% off

Chile is developing a reputation for producing some good and good value [...]

February 17th, 2010 | Category: Chile, Supermarket Related | Leave a comment

Comic Relief wines 2009

In support of Comic Relief the wine business makes its own contribution through “Wine Relief”. Many outlets will be making their own arrangements, but from 29 January 2009 Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco, Somerfield, Waitrose and Booths will be offering a Big Red Nose red and white for just £4.99 each, with at least £1 of each [...]

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: comic relief | Category: Australia, Italy, Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, News In The Press, Online, Shop, South Africa, Spain, Still Wines, Supermarket Related | One comment

Waitrose, Wine and Wickets!

Waitrose Wine Online is offering the chance to win 2 tickets to see England vs South Africa at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
Waitrose Wine Online offers 2 Cabernet Sauvignons and 2 Chardonnays from South Australia
Courtesy of Wolf Blass we have 2 pairs of tickets to give away to see the First day of the Forth [...]

July 4th, 2008 | Category: Australia, Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Supermarket Related | One comment

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 [...]

March 25th, 2008 | Category: Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Jura & Savoie, Languedoc/Roussillon, Loire, Merchant Offers, Merchant Specialisations, Provence, Rhône, SW France, Supermarket Related | Leave a comment

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 wines. The [...]

July 30th, 2007 | Category: Supermarket Related | One comment

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’. [...]

March 31st, 2007 | Category: Supermarket Related | Leave a comment

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 it in [...]

March 29th, 2007 | Category: Supermarket Related | 5 comments

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 to [...]

February 23rd, 2007 | Category: On The Blogs, Supermarket Related | 5 comments

Stormhoek Roadtrip

January 27th, 2007 | Category: On The Blogs, Still Wines, Supermarket Related, Tastings and Events | One comment

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 Taste the [...]

January 17th, 2007 | Category: News In The Press, Supermarket Related | Leave a comment

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 a controlled marketing [...]

December 17th, 2006 | Category: Merchant Specialisations, News In The Press, Supermarket Related | Leave a comment

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 of [...]

December 8th, 2006 | Category: On The Blogs, Supermarket Related | One comment

Top Supermarket Champagnes

According to Which? the message is simple –
don’t feel you have to buy big-name champagnes if you want a good drinking experience. But also don’t feel you have to buy champagne if you are making a ‘champagne cocktail’ like buck’s fizz or kir royale because the taste will be lost – a sparkling wine [...]

December 1st, 2006 | Category: News In The Press, Sparkling Wines, Supermarket Related | One comment

Red Heart Wine at Sainsbury’s

From Friday a new wine will be available from Sainsbury’s; it’s unique selling point is that it is a ‘healthy wine’.
Red Heart, an Australian wine, is the first to be sold extolling its medicinal qualities. Info abounds on the role that antioxidants play and those found in red wine are often cited as offering significant [...]

November 30th, 2006 | Category: Supermarket Related | 10 comments

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