The Association of Small Direct Wine Merchants (ASDW) was established 2005 The association now comprises 20 small wine merchants who directly selling to the general public via mail order and over the internet. Each offers personally selected, usually personally imported, and often exclusive ranges of wines at very reasonable prices. The association produces a newsletter, Grapestalk, the latest issue can be downloaded as a PDF.
Those members who maintain a website and sell online include:-
- Aldeby Wines – Languedoc specialists
- Decanter Wines – a selection of superb Spanish wines
- Champers – design your own label to bedeck a bottle of champagne
- Amordivino – Italian wines with a good little food/recipe section with suggested wines to accompany.
- Nick Dobson Wines – Beaujolais, Austria and Switzerland.
- Fingal Rock – Burgundy and wines from around the world
- Hyde Park Wines – a “stickies” and wine for spicy foods specialist
- Henry George Wines – Champagnes
- and others
tastings include:-
5 November 2011 - Lutterworth Wine Fair
19-20 November 2011 – Hitchin Wine & Food Festival
3-4 December 2011 – Wokingham Wine Festival
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