News Archive

Year: 2006 2007 2008

• 01st Dec 2008Tasting -Christmas Wines

  Our tutored Christmas tasting takes place this Friday at 8pm, here at the shop and promises great things. We will be confirming the wines we will be showing shortly. There are still some spaces left at £15 a head (£10 for wine club members).

• 03rd Nov 2008November Special Offers -a Provence White and a Piemonte Red

  This month's wines on special offer with a massive 20% discount when bought as part of a case (12 bottles) are a real treat. BOTH WINES ARE AVAILABLE TO TASTE AT THE TASTING BAR BEFORE YOU BUY.

• 03rd Nov 2008November and December Tastings

  Our next tasting will be on Friday November 14th and will be on Wines of Australia. Full tasting programme for the remainder of the year is now available.

• 09th Oct 2008CRUNCHY WINES AT CRUNCHY (20% DISCOUNT) PRICES

  We have all had enough of the financial news this week so we are introducing a new feature (and terrible pun) to the shop - CRUNCHY WINES AT CRUNCHY PRICES! We are featuring a pair of wines from our range that are available at a massive 20% off when you buy 12.

• 01st Oct 2008Niepoort 2005 Vintage Port

  Niepoort are one of the very few lodges to declare the 2005 vintage and it is the finest Dirk has made. Niepoort’s reputation for Vintage Port is legendary (“The outstanding Vintage Port is marked by its raw power and vigour in youth but with almost unequalled intensity and length of flavour.” SUPER 5 STAR, Wine Behind the Label.)

• 18th Sep 2008End-of-Summer 20% off Sale

  This weekend will be the final weekend of our End-of-Summer 20% off Sale with all wines (even fine wines!) reduced. So don't miss out! We are open 'til 8pm tomorrow, then 10am-6pm on Saturday and 11am-4pm on Sunday. The discount is on wines currently on the shelves and does not apply to special orders. It will also no longer apply to Beers and Spirits as the old stock has been cleared and new autumn stock is arriving.

• 15th Sep 2008Next Tasting -19th Sept

  Our next producer tasting will be on Friday 19th Sept when with Ian Latchford from Chalker's Crossing wines in New South Wales. For those of you who don't already know, Ian is the son of Peter and Ann latchford who started Frithsden Vineyard. Ian left to gain experience in Australia and now sells Chalkers Crossing wines all over the world.

• 24th Jul 2008Summer Tasting 26th / 27th July

  At last, Summer's here!! Just in case it lasts longer than one day, I thought we should have some appropriate wines open for tasting this weekend. So, if you're thinking of risking a BBQ or just fancy lazing around in the garden, call in tomorrow, Saturday or Sunday and try a few of our "slightly warmer weather" wines.

• 27th May 2008World Class Barolo

  Just arrived this month - we have received a shipment from the tiny estate of Tenuta La Volta, run by the Cabutto family, whose Barolo is making a great name for itself around the world.

• 27th May 2008Chablis Tasting

  We will be holding a tutored tasting of Chablis with the export director from Pascal Bouchard and Romain Bouchard (his son's domaine) on Wednesday 25th June when he is making a flying visit to the UK.

• 06th May 2008June Tastings

  Our next tasting will be on June 13th when we will be showing the wines of the Tindall Estate from NZ and the Stanton and Killeen Muscats from Australia.

• 06th May 2008English Wine Tasting

  On June 27th Derek Smedley MW will be talking us through the wines of Warden Abbey. This a rare opportunity to taste some older vintages of quality English wine.

• 21st Apr 2008The Shop on Sunday

  A huge apology to any of you who came down yesterday and were deterred by the mangled vehicles outside the shop. A few brave souls came in and we were open for business.

• 13th Jan 2008Australian Chardonnay

  Writing in the Observer Magazine (Jan 13th 2008), Tim Atkin draws attention to some of the fine Chardonnay now being made in Austrialia's cool-climate areas, saying that these wines are for people that would normally rather drink white Burgundy than "Austrialian Chardonnay"

• 09th Jan 2008Fantastic Italian success for The Flying Corkscrew

  The January issue of Decanter magazine has a report attached entitled "Italy 2008" and in nearly every region our producers come either top or very near the top in the quality stakes. There's alot to take in, so we have shown the report as several News items.

• 09th Jan 2008Montenidoli

  We have been bashing on about Elisabetta Fagiuoli's winemaking for years now, and once again she proves she is one of Italy's top white winemakers and that her wines are world class, winning a 5 star Decanter Award for her 2005 "Fiore" Vernaccia.

• 09th Jan 2008Bruno Rocca Barbaresco

  Bruno Rocca has relentlessly pursued quality since he started in 1978 and has risen to the top of the quality tree with wines of unparallelled elegance and balance and fantastic fruit intensity

• 09th Jan 2008Avignonesi Vino Nobile de Montepulciano

  Avignonesi is one of the great names of Italian wine. Ettore and Alberto Falvo have taken a small estate and built it into a paradigmatic producer that has put Montepulciano on the map.

• 09th Jan 2008Tenuta dell'Ornellaia 2004

  Tuscan Merlot -allocation only. - "Complex, seductive nose with ripe black berry flavours, accented by hints of liquorice, spice and cocoa." Five stars - Decanter Magazine

• 09th Jan 2008Allegrini Amarone

  Allegrini make wines of impeccable quality across their range and the Amarone is seen as a benchmark of that style

• 09th Jan 2008Pinot Grigio

  It's best avoided in most pubs, but many of our customers have discovered our range of Pinot Grigio's which proves that it can be a wine of great complexity and depth. Here's that proof!!

• 09th Jan 2008Livio Felluga -Friuli Venezia Giulia

  Livio Felluga makes white wines that stand out for their depth, definition, fragrance and length. Another 5 star award!

• 09th Jan 2008Prosecco

  Bisol Crede Brut 2006, Prosecco Valdobbiadene £13 Tom Stevenson writes -"Bisol's eccentric Garnei blend is my usual favourite, but this fresh, crsip, single-vineyard wine (85% Prosecco, 10% Pinot Bianco and 5% Verdiso) is the best of the 3 Bisol cuvees I've tasted this year." Four Stars - Decanter Magazine

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