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The team invite you to take a look at the latest news and peek into the world of wine and its producers.
How to make the ultimate Martini

How to make the ultimate Martini

Spirits Kiosk | 10 Sep 2020

The Martini remains one of the most revered and iconic cocktails of all time. Despite its simplicity, the endless number of minor factors that can alter the end profile (let alone the endless c...

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Curating a Gin cabinet

Curating a Gin cabinet

Olivier Ward, our resident Gin Curator | 3 Sep 2020

It might seem strange for a gin geek to advocate operating a one in, one out gin shelf at home. More so when the suggestion is to stop at a maximum of five bottles!  The horror - surely more g...

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From Gin to Spirits Kiosk

From Gin to Spirits Kiosk

Spirits Kiosk | 24 Aug 2020

We launched Gin Kiosk in 2014 in a bid to help drinkers connect with the amazing producers we worked with on a daily basis. We could never have imagined just how far the craft distilling ind...

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10 Reasons to Drink South African Wine

10 Reasons to Drink South African Wine

Harriet Kininmonth | 13 Aug 2020

We are prouder than ever to support our outstanding South African wine producers at this time, so we have pulled together an offer around our favourite South African wines. Use the discount code DR...

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The Wine Show @ Home

The Wine Show @ Home

Richard Weaver | 16 Apr 2020

If you haven't yet seen it, Joe Fattorini from ITV's The Wine Show is doing nightly wine tastings from his home during the Coronavirus lockdown. Last Fraiday night was Great Western Wine's turn, an...

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Bas Armagnac AOC: Armagnac Castarède

Bas Armagnac AOC: Armagnac Castarède

Eleanor Field | 25 Feb 2020

There’s something particularly luxurious about this marmalade-hued brandy. Hailing from the sun-flushed rolling countryside of south-west France, Armagnac Castarède offers a mellow and enticing...

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Following Fellini: Seresin

Following Fellini: Seresin

Eleanor Field | 20 Feb 2020

With a successful career in creating stories for the screen, perhaps most notably the Oscar-winning and visually spectacular Gravity, it seems only natural that Michael Seresin would create wines wi...

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Picking Rosés in February

Picking Rosés in February

Eleanor Field | 12 Feb 2020

It’s that time of year again when everywhere you look shop displays are cascading with inadequate gifts and a plethora of cards which, despite being many in number, offer few in choice. Here at...

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Winelands of South Africa

Winelands of South Africa

Eleanor Field | 12 Feb 2020

From the rugged, mountainous coastline to the vibrant, fertile river plains inland, South Africa is one of the world’s most exciting wine producing countries. Offering an impressive range of gra...

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Wine Bottles on Shelf

Most Popular Wines of 2019 Announced

Tom King (Fine Wine Manager at Great Western Wine) | 24 Jan 2020

We are delighted to announce our top ten red, white and sparkling wines of 2019. It’s especially exciting that not all of these are ‘obvious’ choices, and that plenty of people hav...

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Say hello to some top notch Low and No

Say hello to some top notch Low and No

Eleanor Field | 13 Jan 2020

With over a fifth of adults in Great Britain, including a third of those under the age of 25, choosing not to drink alcohol at all, we think it’s safe to say that low and no alcohol options have...

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