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Wine and Food matching in London

[ April 6, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
For many people the matching of food and wine can be an anxiety, these Food & Wine matching workshops help you make the best combinations effortlessly. The workshop starts with an explanation of the principles behind food and wine combinations; which work and which don’t. Then the practical work begins, tasting examples of various food [...]

Roberson’s Wine School

[ April 22, 2010; ] Many people are keen to learn more about the wine they are drinking – and choosing. Of course the best way is often to be a little disciplined about keeping track of what you like or don’t enjoy about an individual wine – building up a memory bank which helps you to understand your preferences [...]

Whisky Live 2010

[ February 26, 2010 to February 27, 2010. ] If you really want to extend your knowledge and appreciation of whisky, then Whisky Live 2010 is the place to head for on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 February 2010. Being held at South West London’s Hurlingham Club
Whether you are a whisky enthusiast, newcomer to the world of the dram, or just want a day [...]

Food & Wine Matching in London

[ February 24, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is the body which awards the main qualifications for the wine business in the UK – but they also run courses and events for everyone interested in wine.
On 24 February 2010 the Trust is running a wine and food matching course in London.
For many people the matching of [...]

Austrian Winemaker Dinner

[ February 9, 2010; 8:30 pm; ] Nick Dobson Wines is sponsoring a “Meet the Winemaker Dinner” on Tuesday 9 February 2010 at Café Strudel in Richmond, West London,
The evening includes a “fabulous gourmet meal” designed specially by Chef Yacine Benghazal (ex Marco-Pierre White) to accompany 7 different wines from the highly reputed Weingut Günter Triebaumer from Rust on the shores of [...]

Roberson's Burgundy En Primeur Tasting

[ February 4, 2010; ] If you are in or near West London and you want to taste some great Burgundies then Robersons is the place to head for – they are holding a Burgundy En-Primeur tasting on 4 February 2010 – tickets cost £20
The beginning of the year means Burgundy En Primeur and in the past 12 months the [...]

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 [...]

Wokingham Wine Festival

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The Wokingham Wine Festival (Berkshire) on 5-6 December 2009 provides anopportunity for wine-lovers to taste and buy fine wines supplied by members of the ASDW (the Association of Small Direct Winemerchants). ASDW members offer between them a huge range of fine wines from around the world.

The event is [...]

A good year for Beaujolais Nouveau 2009?

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Beaujolais Nouveau day arrives this year on Thursday 19 November 2009 – i.e. the third Thursday of November. No longer the huge media event it once was, there remains much enthusiasm for it in France, and to a lesser extent in the UK.
Beaujolais Nouveau can be a bit thin [...]

Wines of Chile tasting

[ November 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] South America is getting its act together producing some very attractive, accessible wines at tempting prices.

Wines of Chile UK , the generic body promoting Chilean Wines, is hosting a consumer Christmas wine tasting on 20 November 2009 in London,
Join us for a wonderful night of wine tasting with some of the UK’s top retailers.

Up to [...]

Meat and Wine Co’s London Australia Tasting

[ November 3, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

London’s “Meat and Wine Co” are hosting a tasting at their new premises in London’s new Westfield Shopping Centre at Shepherds Bush.

Entitled ” KNOW YOUR AUSTRALIAN WINES BLINDFOLDED … PUT IT TO THE TEST!” the event takes place in the Restaurant on 3rd November 2009 at 700.pm and costs £20 per person
If you’re confident of [...]

The Wine Gang’s first consumer tasting

[ November 7, 2009; ] The Wine Gang is a unique collaboration between five of the UK’s most influential wine critics – Tim Atkin MW (Observer), Tom Cannavan (STV), Anthony Rose (The Independent), Joanna Simon (House & Garden), Olly Smith (Saturday Kitchen) – is to hold its first consumer wine fair in the run-up to the festive season: The Wine [...]

2009 Wine Show in London

[ October 22, 2009 to October 25, 2009. ]
The 2009 Wine Show takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London from 22-25 October 2009.
This major consumer event offers all wine enthusiasts a great opportunity to taste, learn and buy – meet experts, buy direct from producers, wine walks and tasting theatre and a French Market and Wine Growers Fair. Oz Clarke [...]

Utiel Requina wines from Decanter Wines

Spanish specialist independent wine merchant and importer Decanter Wines offers a small but very interesting ranige of Spanish Wines.
As well as a good range of young and older Riojas, there are good selections from the Spanish end of Douro Valley including some excellent Ribera del Duero DO.
The DO (denomination of origin) for Uiiel-Requina is a [...]

Sanglier Wines

Another Languedoc specialist to explore is Sanglier Wines at http://www.sanglier-wines.co.uk/.
Based in north London, the name comes from the local Languedoc Wild Boar which is common to the region and “while loved by hunters and meat eaters, they constantly prove a challenge to the vineyard owners and their fencing due to a love of grapes. As, [...]