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Gordons Wine Bar, London

Close to the Embankment and Charing Cross Station you will find a traditional London Wine Bar – Gordons with atmospheric basement cellars.

Gordons wine bar is thought to be the oldest wine bar in London (which probably makes it one of the oldest in the world!) and has been established in its present form [...]

Fareham Wine Cellar, Fareham

Dominic Lockyer has established an enviable reputation for his Fareham Wine Cellar in Hampshire.

We are an established, independent Fine Wine Merchant based in the market town of Fareham in Hampshire (located just a few minutes from the M27 between Portsmouth and Southampton). Our shop is situated in the historic High Street where one [...]

Taste Buddies in Lancashire

Part of the Origin Wine Group this is a new online offering (still under construction (Oct 2011) based in Lancashire which promises to be an interesting arrival on the scene.

Amongst our vast array of Wines, Spirits and other goodies you will find excellent examples of the Usual Suspects – Sauvignon, Merlot etc…

But [...]

Cotswold Port

An attractive, informative website welcomes visitors to independent wine merchant The Cotswold Port Company, who sell Vintage Port, White Port, Ruby Port, Crusted Port, Late Bottled Vintage or LBV Port, Aged Tawny Port, Colheita Port, even Pink Port. Madeira wine

 

Two Scots, based in the Cotswolds, selling Vintage Port – this was [...]

Cambridge (and elsewhere) Wine Merchants

Award-winning independent wine merchants Cambridge wine look to have a winning formula – with numerous branches around Cambridge and the surrounding area (and one in Edlnburgh) they can achieve the benefits of size whilst retaining the more personal touch and listing some very impressive and affordable wines. Their success has been recognised by winning [...]

Port Tasting in Shipston-on-Stour

Bennetts in the Cotswolds  are presenting a port tasting in the Edward Sheldon cellars at Shipston on Stour on 28 October 2010. The tasting will be tutored by Chris Forbes from the Fladgate partnership (owners of Taylor & Fonseca)

With Christmas not far away this is the perfect time to taste the most traditional [...]

Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Tasting

Fareham Wine Cellar has featured several times in our scan of good independent wine merchants, and now comes a chance to taste many of the wellc-chosen wines on offer at their bi-annual Portfolio Tasting on 27 October 2010.

With 150 or more wines on taste, and producers/negociants to talk with – this will be [...]

Fareham’s 2007 Vintage Port Tasting

Fareham Wine Cellar is hosting a tasting of the 2007 Vintage Port on Saturday 4 July 2009 from 11am to 2pm

As we only have small quantites of each port, numbers are very limited. I will therefore need a RSVP if you wish to attend the tasting. This is on a strictly first come, [...]

Graham’s and Warre’s ports for Christmas

Had enough of wrestling with the sellotape, wrapping paper and ribbon?

Why not think outside the box this Christmas with a selection of beautiful gift cartons from Graham’s and Warre’s ports?

Graham’s LBV is ideal for whiling away an evening with friends. This blend of wood matured wine from a single vintage has [...]

In Search Of Decent Vermouth

Coincidentally as I was reading Vermouth by Gerard Noel an email from DrinkOn highlighted the Lillet brand of Vermouth, a brand I was unaware of previously –

As 007 fever sweeps the country, (the new Bond gets 10/10 from Drinkon, and not just because of those trunks, either) we thought you might like [...]