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Edinburgh Tutored Tasting

[ April 23, 2009; ] Top Scottish independent merchant Valvona & Ciolla are hosting a tutored tasting on the evening of 23 April 2009:-
Spring Tasting
Held at Valvona & Crolla, Elm Row
Tutored tasting
Thursday 23rd April 6.30pm – 8.30pm| £12.50 (inc. VAT).| buy tickets
Join us on the evening of Thursday 23rd April to taste a selection of exciting new V&C wines and [...]

Great Australian Wine Experience – 26/28 Jan 09

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The Emirates Stadium in London will play host to the Great Australian Wine Experience on the evening of Wednesday 28th January, 2009. The night will include guided ‘trails’ through the array of nearly 800 wines on tasting, led by great characters from the world of wine such [...]

UK’s largest charity wine tasting event – 10 March 2009

[ March 10, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Master of Wine Rose Murray Brown (www.rosemurraybrown.com) is once again organising the UK’s largest charity wine tasting in central Edinburgh to raise awareness of Wine Relief and funds for Comic Relief.

26 companies will be exhibiting including major supermarkets, high street retailers and independent merchants with their 2009 Wine Relief selections– with over 100 wines to [...]

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 [...]

Woodwinters Wines and Whiskies

An up and coming Scottish indpendent wine merchant has opened a new branch in Edinbugh. Woodwinters was established in Bridge of Allen (just north of Stirling) by husband and wife team Cara Winters and Douglas Wood three years ago and in the 2008 Decanter World Wine Awards were voted as runner-up for the Best Indpendent [...]

Try something different with French Sparkling Wines

Devigne Wines (and Confit direct) have some Christmas offers on Champagne and some lesser-known French Sparkling wines such as Cremants from Burgundy (Cremant de Bourgogne Chardonnay), Jura (Cremant de Jura Rosé made from the Poulsard grape), Gaillac in SW France (Mauzac and Len de l’El grapes), a Methode Traditionelle from the Cotes de Duras (unusual, [...]

New World Wines in Auld Scotland

[ December 6, 2008 to December 7, 2008. ] Up in Aberfeldy in Perthshire, (Scotland) New World Wine enthusiasts Kate and Mike McDiarmid will be holding their annual New World Wine Tasting on 6th and 7th December 2008. I tend to associate the Scots with traditional wines, and especially with France their long-time ally in their wrangles with the Anglo-Saxon world. However, this looks to [...]