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"MORENO WINE DIRECT http://t.co/T6erPr6P Spanish specialist in London"
"ROSÉ http://t.co/4QofzZF6, Glasgow http://t.co/e5PO6ESr Rosé wine specialist online."
"OAKHAM WINES, Rutland http://t.co/HdB4iZo0 independent in Rutland and online!"
"Cheltenham Food & Wine Festival http://t.co/7tKvk6SC Food & wine Fest in Cheltenham"
"CELLARVIE WINES, Twickenham http://t.co/XIPYH08Y Clever wordplay and... http://t.co/mxIEz6eZ"

GREAT GROG WAREHOUSE in Edinburgh

great grog wine warehouse

Edinburgh has a number of good, innovative independent wine merchants, amongst which has to be the memorably-named Great Grog Wine Warehouse.

Offering wine by internet, mail and a real shop this looks to be a fun and interesting source of great wines. The large range of wines looks to be keenly-priced – and free [...]

RAEBURN FINE WINES, Edinburgh

Raeburn Fines Wines is a long-established independent wine merchant,shipper and wholesaler in Edinbugh. Whilst they clearly have an impressive list of wines and a  website, there is no on-line ordering and browsing the list is not intuitive. It all feels a little old-fashioned and serious.However there is a propershop in fashionable Leith which sounds [...]

CORNEY & BARROW – London, Newmarket & Ayr

Long established (200+ years) Corney & Barrow are an up-market independent wine merchant in the City of London with shops in East Anglia and Scotland.

Whilst they can boast representation of vineyards such as Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy and highly respected wines from Bordeaux their list does include more affordable and accessible [...]

ECLECTIC TASTES in Scotland

North of the Central Lowlands of Scotland there are few online independent wine merchants – until now! In Perth Roger Sleigh has set up Eclectic Tastes (“eclectic” = selected) to spread the word and enjoyment of wines from small unknown wineries – selling “wines with character – not deals!” . The origin of the [...]

Find food to match your wine!?

Manchester’ Spanish specialist Evuna is offering a slightly different spin on Wine and Food matching with an event which lets you select a range of  dishes to go with a range of Spanish Rioja wines from Campo Viejo – Viva el Vino!

On Friday 23 April 2010, Evuna will be hosting a Gourmet Wine [...]

VALVONA & CROLLA, Edinburgh

Valvona & Crolla is one of the top Scottish independent wine and food merchants with a strong emphasis on Italy!

Scotland’s oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe’s original Specialist Food Shops, founded in 1934. From our humble beginnings, serving the fledgling immigrant Italian community in old Edinburgh, we now list food [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

WOODWINTERS, Wines and Whiskies, Scotland

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 [...]

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 [...]