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York Wine Fair

[ September 26, 2009; ] York Wine Fair is held in the Guildhall in York on 26 September 2009 with two sessions – noon to 4pm and then 6pm to 9pm.As part of the York Food and Drink Festival which runs from 18-27 September 2009.
There will be in excess of 100 wines on show at this ‘Trade-Style’ wine tasting. Pick [...]

Italian Food & Wine Tasting in Newcastle

[ February 2, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Italian food and wine specialists Italy Abroad have organised an intriguing looking evening of Italian Wine and Food on 2 February 2009, involving some rather special and little-known wines from their small but well-chosen list. The evening is billed as a “Culinary and viticultural evening ” and each dish is complemented with a brief [...]

New World Wines in Auld Scotland

[ December 6, 2008 to December 7, 2008. ] Up in Aberfeldy in Perthshire, (Scotland) New World Wine enthusiasts Kate and Mike McDiarmid will be holding their annual New World Wine Tasting on 6th and 7th December 2008. I tend to associate the Scots with traditional wines, and especially with France their long-time ally in their wrangles with the Anglo-Saxon world. However, this looks to [...]

The best of Sardinia comes to Newcastle!

[ July 22, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] The wines of the Italian island of Sardinia are less well-known in the UK, so for a top opportunity to taste some of these wines you should book in for a Newcastle-Upon-Tyne tasting hosted by specialist merchants Italy Abroad:-
Italyabroad.com brings you the best wine and food Sardinia can offer in one of the best Italian [...]

Taste of Edinburgh – May 2008

[ May 29, 2008; May 30, 2008; May 31, 2008; June 1, 2008; ] The Channel 4 sponsored Taste festival comes to Edinburgh (The Meadows) from 29 May – 1 June 2008, offering visitors a great opportunity to taste fine foods and wines available in the region.
Imagine a picnic in a park. Now multiply it by thousands of people. Invite all the best restaurants in the area to contribute [...]

Joseph Barnes Wines, Saffron Walden

[ April 4, 2008; 8:00 pm; ]
Essex specialists in the wines of the South of France Joseph Barnes has an attractive website and great range of wines from southern France – a definition which stretches from Collioure AC on the Mediterranean/Spanish border round to Bandol in the east beyond Marseille; and includes a good selection from the south west including Madiran, [...]

Jeroboams

London retailer chain Jeroboams whose interest spread from an up-market deli, whisky retailer and wine merchants has revamped their online prescence for 2008.
Jeroboams is the wine retailer with 8 stores across London, Mr Christians the deli and Milroys of Soho the whisky specialist. Each of the websites now has “more background information to help make [...]

Sussex Wine Company

From their Eastbourne base the Sussex Wine Company are rather active on the tasting/gourmet dinner front. Their calendar brims with delights, that quickly sell out by all accounts.
We’re an Independent Wine Merchant based in Eastbourne supplying quality wines from boutique producers around the world. We have a comprehensive selection of whisky, spirits, Champagne, organic [...]

Italy Abroad

Not just 15o wines on the list but a fine looking range of deli items too – pasta sauces, olive oils, balsamic vinegars and the like. Italy Abroad is a member of the ASDW (Association of Small Direct Wine Merchants) about which you can read in the Telegraph.
The plethora of unusual grape varieties [...]

Ultimate Wines

The indomitable Paula Sinberg runs the Ultimate Wine Company and for a small operation she manages to gather an impressive range of individualistic and quality wines.
I have had the delight in attending several of her tastings (held locally to me in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and other up in London) and her passion certainly manifests [...]