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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 [...]

Australian Malt Whisky??

With Christmas almost upon us thoughts move ahead to New Year, a celebration which the Scots dominate.
So a timely discovery is Cadenheads, a wonderfully atmospheric, old-style emporium on Canongate, part of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Cadenhead claims to be Scotland’s oldest independent bottler -
William Cadenhead has a well established pedigree and the experience of over [...]

John Gordons in Cheltenham – Wine Shop and Bistro

Down in elegant Cheltenham is a wine merchant who also offers the opportunity to try a glass of wine, a coffer and a bite to eat – an ideal combination, esepcially in a town where they take local food produce seriously.
When we are not selling wines and spirits you may find us also serving glasses [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lille Wine Fair (France)

[ November 16, 2007 to November 19, 2007. ] FRIDAY 16 – MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2007 – The Annual Salon des Vignerons Independents (indpendent winemakers) holds its annual show in the Grand Palais in Lille. Over 400 winemakers from every corner of France will be offering tastings of their wines with the opportunity to buy at vineyard gate prices. Makes a great weekend in [...]

Bennetts Fine Wines in the Cotswolds

In the very heart of the Cotswolds Bennetts Fine Wines looks every inch the old-fashioned traditional wine merchant – small, atmospheric shop with stone floors and a slightly hushed atmosphere.
Situated on the High Street of the charming Costwold village of Chipping Campden (Glos), the shop does have an impressive array of top quality (and top [...]

Le Bon Vin

Sympathies to the guys at Le Bon Vin; this Sheffield based web and premises wine merchant has suffered badly during the recent floods. The warehouse and shop suffered an estimated £250,000 of damage.
Web-sales though have been unaffected.
We have just launched our all new website with new features and even more wines than before. Please [...]

Surf4Wine

Operational since 1988 Surf4Wine was one of the pioneers of the internet-based mail order wine merchant scene in the UK.
It’s a dynamic little operation and while they admit that the website has lacked in the update department recently a chat with Andrew Chapman indicates that things are about to improve. Not only is an [...]

Five Reasons Wines

The store just opposite the railway station has a wine bar above. This is Five Reasons Wine, a mighty fine looking shop offering 400 or so wines. All are listed on the website but sadly there is no online ordering.
Owner/manager Irene writes
Our approach is to operate a one in one out policy at [...]

French Wine People

Based in Matlock in Derbyshire, The French Wine People are importers of wines from across the regions of France.
What sets The French Wine People apart from the dozens of other smaller French specialists, apart from a nicely designed website?
Some of the more eclectic wines include a Savagnin from the Jura, a good [...]

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 [...]