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Yapp's Bin End Sale

[ March 27, 2010; ] Reputable independent wine merchant Yapp Brothers hold their Spring Bin End sale on Saturday 27 March 2010.

Based in Mere in Wiltshire they are especially strong in the Loire and Rhone but many other regions and countries on offer – often from lesser-known vineyards – you can be guaranteed to find something interesting here.

Yapp Brothers, Mere, [...]

Bernard's Wine Route

A Frenchman in North Wales has established a French wine business -FrenchWines_Direct as part of Bernard’s wine route Ltd:
Our French Wines are traditionally made by skilled producers from the most notorious French Wine Regions. The passion for wine runs in the family. “Grand Pere Lambert” my great-grandpa, used to make “Pineau des Charentes” and red [...]

Australian winemaker tasting in Warwickshire

[ February 4, 2010; ] Bennets Fine Wines of Chipping Campden, which has recently acquired Edward Sheldon of Shipston-on-Stour, holds its first tutored (but informal) wine tasting of 2010 on 4 February with Australian John Durham, senior winemaker at Plantagenet Vineyards in the Great Southern wine region of Western Australia:
These fine wines reflect the cool temperate climate, ancient soils, and [...]

Wine and Cheese in Stratford-Upon-Avon

[ December 4, 2009; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Independent Wine Merchant Vinology has teamed up with top Cheesemonger Paxton & Whitfield to offer their annual Christmas Tasting in Stratford (Warwickshire) on Friday 4 December 2009 between 5pm and 9pm!
Our annual Christmas tasting! Once again this will be taking place at St. Gregory’s Hall at the end of the street on the junction of [...]

Cotswold Wine Merchant expands

Chipping Campden based independent wine merchant Bennetts Fine Wines is taking over Shipston-on-Stour merchants Edward Sheldon from 23 November. Edward Sheldon is a long-established business with excellent original premises in Shipston-on-Stour (Warwickshire) with purpose-built cellars.
With our award winning range of wines from Burgundy, Italy and the New World, combined with their depth in Bordeaux and [...]

Christmas Tastings at Fareham Wine Cellar

[ December 12, 2009; December 19, 2009; ] Fareham Wine Cellar is offering 2 Christmas Tastings for 2009 – on 12 December with Catherine Hill of Stratford’s Wines Agencies (Australia and France) and on 19 December 2009 with James Wilson of Hatch Mansfield (Champagne, France, South Africa, Chile, Spain and Australia)
These are the usual informal tastings at our shop. There is no need [...]

Roberson’s Ridge Tasting

[ November 26, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] OK, so I am biased, but I am a great fan of California’s Ridge Winery – and London independent merchant Robersons have got Ridge’ chief winemaker, Paul Draper, to host a tasting in Lonon on 26 November 2009 (7pm). As a huge enthusiast for Californian ZInfandels this is one tasting I would get to if [...]

French Vins de Pays on offer at Majestic

Vins de Pays (literally “Country Wines” in French) were originally humble and simple wines which could not meet the requirements for a designated Appellation Controllée (AOC) status. However over recent years many producers have been using the Vin de Pays label to experiment and create some superb wines without the traditional restrictions which many French [...]

Threshers and Wine Rack in trouble

First Quench, the group that owns Threshers and Wine Rack is going into Administration, putting stores and jobs under threat unless a buyer can be found.
The chain has been struggling for some years, and the credit crunch and weak pound have just made things worst. Whilst in recent years the range has not been very [...]

A taste of Tuscany in Kent

[ November 18, 2009; ] Kent independent wine merchant Secret Cellar is holding a Super Tuscan Dinner on 18 November 2009 – at The Black Pig in Tunbridge Wells with Nick Adams MW – Tickets £60 each.

You keep asking for food with your wine and so we have duly obliged with what should be an absolute classic. Having [...]

NZ wine maker tasting in the Cotswolds

[ October 30, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. October 31, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River vineyard near Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island will be hosting a dinner at Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire) on Friday October 30th (almost

sold out) and will also be presenting a tasting of the 2007’s in Bennets Wimer Merchant’s shop also in Chipping Campden on Saturday 31st from [...]

Hanging Ditch Wine Fair 2009

[ October 23, 2009; ] Manchester’s innovative wine merchant Hanging Ditch holds its 2009 Wine Fair on Friday 23 October 2009:-
we will have at least 100 exciting products to swirl, sniff, & slurp your way through!
The £20 ticket price includes your very own Dartington Crystal tasting glass that you get to take home. I anticipate this to sell out in [...]

Oeno – a different wine experience

[ November 27, 2009; ] A new arrival takes the form of Oeno – an online merchant with shops in Stoud and Cirencester, Gloucestershire. This is no traditional, stuffy winemerchant, but a stylish and informative way of presenting a smallish range of well-chosen and very interesting wines. Whilst there are some good classics available, there are many less well-known wines [...]

Italian Wine Festival in Huntingdon

[ October 3, 2009; ] The The Old Bridge, Huntingdon is hosting its 2009 Italian Wine Festival on 3 October 2009
A celebration of the most diverse, interesting, exciting and controversial wine producing country in the world.
The main tasting is an informal ‘walk-round’ tasting of fine examples of everything from simple, easy-drinking Pinot Grigio to serious Barolo.
this year the focus is [...]

Yapp’s Christmas Sale

[ November 27, 2009 to November 28, 2009. ] Yapp Bros hold their annual Christmas Sale in their premises at Mere in Wiltshire on Friday 27 & Saturday 28 November 2009 “An excellent opportunity to taste a broad range of our wines can be found during any of these tasting and sale days at our picturesque premises in Mere between 9.30am and 5.00pm.

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