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Is wine close to your heart?

A strange but interesting offering from France arrived in my inbox today – a spectacular wine decanter called “Big Heart” Made by a French sculpter named Etienne Meneu from Bordeaux, this artistic piece is offered for a mere $2500 plus shipping.
The health police will probably disapprove of an image showing wine rather than blood coursing [...]

Glassware for wine

[ September 7, 2009 to September 8, 2009. ]

The connoisseur would claim that the shape and quality of the wine glass can make a big difference to the taste of a wine. The cynic would suggest that this may just be a marketing gimmick – but you most of us would agree that a nice glass with a big bowl changes the wine [...]

Your own home wine dispenser?

A new “must have” wine gizmo is now available in France – and presumably in the UK soon – so for the wine buff who is so difficult to find that perfect gift, here’s an idea for Christmas – if you have €340 (about £300 in the UK).
Its called the SoWine-Bar, and has been created [...]

The Drinks Shop online

Another online wine (or rather drinks) merchant – with an amusing strapline of “Drinks on the Mouse” offers an interesting mix of alcoholic beverages (including wine, cocktails, beers and spirits) plus drinks accessories and a lot of information. There is also a video diary of English winemaker, Simon Coulshaw at his Domaine des Trinites in [...]

Days are numbered for the humble cork

For years the traditional wine business has frowned upon the idea of screw tops as only suitable for bulk wines and those made for drinking young. However, the Telegraph (8 July 2008) reports that even die-hard top French vineyards are now looking at the option of abandoning the cork.
But according to one wine expert, two [...]

Big yellow wine storage in London

If you are lucky enough to have more wine than you know where to keep it, or unlucky enough to have a flat too small to hold more than the odd bottle, then Big Yellow has just opened a new self-service wine storage facility in Fulham, London.
Fine wine needs to be kept in good conditions [...]

Cooden Cellars, Eastbourne

Cooden Cellars is an independent wine merchant established by Colin Barnes and Ian Jarman in 1997. In May 2001 we opened our retail shop in the Grand Hotel Buildings, Compton Street, Eastbourne. They were awarded Independent Merchant of the Year 2007 as well as Regional Wine Merchant of the Year in the IWC Awards for [...]

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 [...]

Whiskey Water Jugs

A whole new world of jugs can be found at www.judgealer.co.uk – a collectors site featuring the weird and wonderful world of ceramic decorated jugs for that all important nip of water which seems to enhance rather than dilute a good malt whisky. Legend has it that adding water will help release the aromas, and [...]