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ENGLISH WINE WEEK(Post)
Celebrating Local With Lyme Bay Winery By Angela Mount There’s nothing like celebrating local, or even national success in the world of wine, and what better time to do this, than in English Wine Wee ...
Tried & Tested: Steak Night with Janasse Côtes du Rhône(Post)Last Friday I invited my carnivorous twitter-loving friend @baconchop around for dinner. His steak eating prowess is legendary, beating fellow tweeter and award winning food blogger @hollowlegs in a ...
Bertani: A Tradition of Innovation(Post)Bertani has an illustrious heritage with more than a century and a half of winemaking, and still proudly produces some of the finest wines of the Veneto, including esteemed estate Valpolicella Classi ...
Chianti unravelled - What do the labels mean?(Post)Chianti, Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Riserva, Supertuscan, Tuscan Vino di Tavola… What is the difference? What do they mean? Due to the intricacies of Italian labeling legislation, there is a ...
Who Runs the World?(Post)International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day are fantastic occasions to celebrate the inspiring women in our lives, but they are not enough. So, we’ve decided to celebrate the brilliant female entrepre ...
B Corp Spirits(Post)Have you noticed B Corp popping up all over the place? Good, because March is B-Corp Month and we’re raising a toast to the drinks brands who are part of it!For those who don’t know - B Corp is a cer ...
Dry January - Beyond Just Not Drinking(Post)Let’s start with a moment of honesty - we’re not big fans of Dry January. That’s hardly surprising, a specialist retailer that loves the spirits it sells is never going to be. Our own agenda aside ...
Australian Wine - A World of Variation(Post)By Angela Mount It’s never easy knowing how much, or how little information wine drinkers want to know about the wines they’re buying; it can be confusing for many. The incredible success of Austral ...
A closer look at Tarquin’s Gin & Southwestern Distillery(Post)The story of Southwestern Distillery begins in 2012, when a then 23 year-old Tarquin Leadbetter realises London life is at odds to what really makes him tick and so, supported by the business acume ...
Clase Azul now available on Spirits Kiosk(Post)We’re pleased to announce that we have added three expressions from Clase Azul to our Tequila collection! Many will recognise the iconic bottles, some will have even had a sip or two of the liqui ...
Tasting with Trimbach(Post)Great Western Wine recently hosted a sell-out evening with Julien Trimbach at the Allium restaurant. Angela Mount went along to report... A tasting of Trimbach wines is not a bad way to spend ...
300 Year-Old Vines? Tasting with Sebastian De Martino(Post)When Pietro De Martino arrived at Isla de Maipo in 1934, he recognised the exciting potential for wine production of this cooler part of the Maipo Valley, with its deep, free-draining gravel so ...