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Wine at the Taste of Christmas

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Taste of Christmas, “the foodie event of the festive season”, is taking place at Excel London from December 4-6, 2009. Top chefs, artisan producers andthe chance to stock up on the festive food and sample your favourite restaurants’ seasonal menus – plus some interesting wine offerings in the Boutique [...]

Wokingham Wine Festival

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The Wokingham Wine Festival (Berkshire) on 5-6 December 2009 provides anopportunity for wine-lovers to taste and buy fine wines supplied by members of the ASDW (the Association of Small Direct Winemerchants). ASDW members offer between them a huge range of fine wines from around the world.

The event is [...]

Noel Young Wines Christmas Wine Fair 2009

[ November 29, 2009; ] Cambridge independent wine merchants Noel Young Wines holds its 2009 Christmas Wine Fair on Sunday 29 November 2009 from 11.30am-5.00pm at Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
* This is one tasting you cannot miss! We will have over 100 wines to taste, including Champagne, Sparkling Wines, Dessert Wines, Ports, Sherries and a huge [...]

A good year for Beaujolais Nouveau 2009?

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Beaujolais Nouveau day arrives this year on Thursday 19 November 2009 – i.e. the third Thursday of November. No longer the huge media event it once was, there remains much enthusiasm for it in France, and to a lesser extent in the UK.
Beaujolais Nouveau can be a bit thin [...]

Hix and Buck wine for F Word series

[ November 16, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] A novel combination of a dancer and mining engineer launch Hix & Buck to bring undiscovered French wines to UK and one of their wines has secured a spot on Gordon Ramsay’s new F Word series on Channel 4 TV.

Chix Chandaria, a former dancer, and Dan Roebuck, a mining engineer, have formed Hix & Buck [...]

Wines of Chile tasting

[ November 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] South America is getting its act together producing some very attractive, accessible wines at tempting prices.

Wines of Chile UK , the generic body promoting Chilean Wines, is hosting a consumer Christmas wine tasting on 20 November 2009 in London,
Join us for a wonderful night of wine tasting with some of the UK’s top retailers.

Up to [...]

Pinot Noir Tasting in Bristol

[ November 10, 2009; ] Corks of Cotham, one of Bristol’s independent wine merchants, has opened a restaurant called “Flinty Red” and is to host a tasting of Pinot Noir there on Tuesday 10 November 2009:-
One of the world’s top red varieties and the nirvana of winemakers worldwide, but who produces the best?

This is your chance to decide as we [...]

Meat and Wine Co’s London Australia Tasting

[ November 3, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

London’s “Meat and Wine Co” are hosting a tasting at their new premises in London’s new Westfield Shopping Centre at Shepherds Bush.

Entitled ” KNOW YOUR AUSTRALIAN WINES BLINDFOLDED … PUT IT TO THE TEST!” the event takes place in the Restaurant on 3rd November 2009 at 700.pm and costs £20 per person
If you’re confident of [...]

A taste of Tuscany in Kent

[ November 18, 2009; ] Kent independent wine merchant Secret Cellar is holding a Super Tuscan Dinner on 18 November 2009 – at The Black Pig in Tunbridge Wells with Nick Adams MW – Tickets £60 each.

You keep asking for food with your wine and so we have duly obliged with what should be an absolute classic. Having [...]

The Wine Gang’s first consumer tasting

[ November 7, 2009; ] The Wine Gang is a unique collaboration between five of the UK’s most influential wine critics – Tim Atkin MW (Observer), Tom Cannavan (STV), Anthony Rose (The Independent), Joanna Simon (House & Garden), Olly Smith (Saturday Kitchen) – is to hold its first consumer wine fair in the run-up to the festive season: The Wine [...]

Evuna’s November Tasting in Manchester

[ November 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Spanish specialist Evuna are holdig a pre-Christmas tasting on 4 November 2009 from 6pm to 9pm:
Taste 10 boutique wines, all from small family run vineyards and take the hassle out of Christmas shopping.
Tickets are £25 a head including Tapas.
You can book by calling 0161 819 2752.
Evuna – 277-279 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EW
T: 0161 819 2752 [...]

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 [...]

NZ wine maker tasting in the Cotswolds

[ October 30, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. October 31, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River vineyard near Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island will be hosting a dinner at Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire) on Friday October 30th (almost

sold out) and will also be presenting a tasting of the 2007’s in Bennets Wimer Merchant’s shop also in Chipping Campden on Saturday 31st from [...]

Lille Wine Fair 2009

[ November 20, 2009 to November 23, 2009. ] For a great selection of French wines to taste and purchase direct from the winemaker, then head for the Lille Wine Fair in Northern France, which runs from Friday 20 – Monday 23 November 2009.

Although the exchange rate against the €uro means that there are few bargains to be had, the choice of French wines [...]

Hanging Ditch Wine Fair 2009

[ October 23, 2009; ] Manchester’s innovative wine merchant Hanging Ditch holds its 2009 Wine Fair on Friday 23 October 2009:-
we will have at least 100 exciting products to swirl, sniff, & slurp your way through!
The £20 ticket price includes your very own Dartington Crystal tasting glass that you get to take home. I anticipate this to sell out in [...]