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Valentines Day gift ideas

Valentines Day on 14 February 2010 is an opportunity for wine merchants to promote wine and wine-related gifts, and most do offer something more or less suitable.
However Sparkling Direct has an interesting and varied offering for (wine) lovers – and (despite the name) not always involving Champagne or other fizz. For example they are offering [...]

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 [...]

Nantwich Food & Drink Festival

[ September 25, 2009 to September 27, 2009. ] Nantwich in Cheshire is the place to be from 25-27 September 2009 for the annual Nantwich Food and Drink Festival.
Nantwich Food Festival is one of the top food and drink events in the country and regularly attracts tens of thousands of visitors from all over Britain (and beyond!). Its popularity owes much to the proximity [...]

Italian bubbles

LeBonvin wine merchants have some nice Italian sparkling wines which would be great whenever we get a good summer’s day in the garden or with the BBQ.
Firstly there is the Moscato Spumante from Sacco. Thie wine from Piedmont is made from the Moscato grape – the Italian for Muscat: “A lovely sweet, fragrant sparkling wine [...]

Discounts on Champagne and Sparkling Wine at Vin Vino

Online wine merchant Vin Vino is offering some interesting discounts until 31 Dec 2008 when you use some special codes on the order:-
10% off all Champagne – use the special code Champers
8% off all Sparkling Wines – use the special code Sparkling
And spend more than £200 and get a £25 discount using code vino25 – [...]

Andrew Jefford on English Sparkling Wines on BBC Radio 4

Andrew Jefford takes over the Radio 4 Food Programme on Sunday 27 July 2008 with a look at the English Sparking Wine business. He presents on radio as well as he writes – informative, inquisitive and entertaining – his book The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine (Mitchell Beazley Wine Guides) provided [...]

Champagne from Newcastle – Lovely Bubbly

Somehow you don’t expect to stumble across a purveyor of fine Champagne based in North-East England – Champagne seems almost too ephemeral for the down-to-earth Geordies, more suitable for sipping by the Thames at Henley than by the Tyne at Jarrow!
So how wrong can you be – let’s not forget that Newcastle has always had [...]

Taste of Leeds – June 2008

[ June 5, 2008; June 6, 2008; June 7, 2008; June 8, 2008; ] The Channel4 sponsored Taste festival comes to Leeds Milllenium Square from 5-8 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 the food, and discerning [...]

Cava in London or in Spain

In Spain:-

This spring Time Out has teamed up with the Spanish-based Institut del Cava to offer one lucky wine enthusiast and a friend the chance to win a luxury, tailor-made, bacchanalian adventure to the beautiful Cava region of Spain.
The trip, on which winners will discover the ‘Route of Cava’, includes seven nights in five-star accommodation, [...]

Free Cloudy Bay Pelorus offer

To celebrate the upcoming Spring Bank Holiday the New Zealand House of Wine is offering an exclusive FREE bottle of Cloudy Bay Sparkling Vintage Pelorus 2002 with every ‘Pre-Mixed’ or ‘Mix Your Own Case’ 12-bottle selection purchased until 26th May 2008! (Offer applies to orders for UK delivery only.)
You can choose from PREMIXED CASES [...]

Welsh Red Wine??

It cannot be often that you would find a New Zealand Cloudy Bay and a red wine from Wales on the same list ! But at ND John you can discover the Sugarloaf Vineyards Deri Coch, and even on their website they state “They must be mad with our weather – but somehow they pull [...]

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 [...]

Oddbins & Nicolas Wine Fair

[ May 17, 2008 to May 18, 2008. ] Oddbins and Nicolas come together for their annual wine fair on 17th & 18th May 2008 to be held at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club in west London.

Offering a whole host of vinous delights to taste and an opportunity to meet, in person, winemakers from all around the world.
It’s the perfect occasion [...]

Spain In A Bottle

You would hope that sourcing your wines from their country of origin would guarentee the very best selection. I have no experience of the wines available from Spain in a Bottle but the range at least looks interesting.
We are located and run from offices in the heart of Spain. Spanish wine is our passion and [...]

From Vineyards Direct

The aim of From Vineyards Direct is simple – to bring you very special, high quality wines at prices well below traditional outlets, and to provide you with the highest level of service possible.
From Vineyards Direct is the brainchild of David Campbell and Esme Johnstone who write that their intention is to offer a small [...]