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New Spanish Wines
May 14, 2013
The middle of March sees the annual Wines from Spain tasting in London.  We always make an effort to attend since past experience tells us that Spain consistently over-delivers when it comes to quality and value for money.  There are always new discoveries to unearth and this year was no exception.  However, the strength and […]
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New Italian Wines
May 14, 2013
Following their respective successes in our Sampling Club three wines have made it into the main list this spring and we’ve added in a couple of other new Italians for good measure.  They’re already on the website so you can buy wine online… The 2011 OSA from Maremma in Tuscany is a Sangiovese dominated blend […]
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Cheers George...!
March 22, 2013
Well, that was interesting wasn’t it! George Osborne is apparently keen to support people who sell and drink beer, but not those who sell and drink wine.  The scrapping of the beer duty escalator in this week’s Budget, whilst very welcome, is only a job half done.  What about scrapping the escalator for the rest […]
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Poderi Colla
March 19, 2013
I nearly died at Poderi Colla.  Perhaps I had better explain.  This estate is bang in the middle of absolutely prime Piemontese wine growing territory; diehard lovers of Italian wines point excitedly at the village names as they pass by.  Asti, Alba, Barbaresco and Barolo are all close and the vineyards surrounding them occupy hilltop […]
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Minimum Unit Pricing "on the rocks"...?
March 13, 2013
We learn this morning that the government shows “weak leadership” on the issue of a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales because ministers can’t agree on the policy.  Actually, this is just symptomatic of a government without a working majority rather than indecisiveness; a handful of dissenting voices would be irrelevant with a […]
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Grape Pips...
March 12, 2013
Customers regularly ask us for a brief outline of the characteristics of the main grape varieties when browsing our shop shelves so we wondered whether we should set ourselves a challenge and attempt to provide a brief tweet for each; a snapshop of each major variety in no more than 140 characters.  They will necessarily […]
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Chateau Shergar...
March 6, 2013
Cutting corners to save pennies isn’t just a problem for supermarket ready-meals.  Some wine producers may be equally culpable. Imagine, just for a moment, that you are a supplier of “value” lasagne to a major national supermarket.  Your costs keep going up yet your customer is not willing to pay more.  Indeed, because they buy […]
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Mas Macia - King of Cava
November 12, 2012
A while back I was lucky to be included on an informal tour of various vineyards across a broad swathe of northern Spain, from Rueda in the west to a Cava producer just outside Barcelona in the east.  It was a fascinating trip providing many insights into the workings of some particularly attractive estates. On […]
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Champagne: Don't Be Fooled By Big Discounts On Big Brands - Look For Better Value Still...
November 2, 2012
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, and it’s time for too-good-to-be-true Champagne offers to start appearing in the national retailers.  All such deals depend on the customer not knowing enough about the product itself so that they simply default to making their buying decision on the only factor that is easily understandable – […]
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Chilean Wine, What’s All The Fuss About?
August 29, 2012
Well, the fuss is all about quality and value for money and we’re all interested in that, right?  The trick though is to recognise the difference between “value for money” and “cheap” because they are not the same thing at all.  I will explain… I’ve just looked at the Chilean wine selection on the website […]
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Manzanilla La Sanluquena
August 23, 2012
A sample bottle of a previously untasted Manzanilla found its way onto our tasting table (Ok, desk) recently (via the fridge of course).  We are both mad about Sherry in all its beguiling forms, but in its crispest, most appetite-awakening incarnation, Manzanilla, it is just about the best aperitif in the world.  Frankly, it's something of a […]
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Pinot Blanc d’Alsace 2010, Domaine Charles Baur (gold medal winner)
June 26, 2012
The Baur family have been in Eguisheim since the early 18th century.  Charles Baur (1920-2001) began bottling and selling the wine produced from his single hectare of vines in 1950 and gradually extended his estate acquiring individually chosen parcels of vines in and around Eguisheim.   Charles Baur on his way back from the harvest […]
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