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Tom's Tasting Suggestions(Post)
The latest update of Tom's Tasting Suggestions - All available to try in the Great Western Wine shop in Bath this week. Pop your head in and try out some of our delicious wines whilst you look aroun ...
Greetings from Thelema(Post)You can cook for three guests (living or dead): who are they, and what would you cook them? Also give us a run-down of what you'll be drinking Peter Sellers, Nelson Mandela, Ricky Gervais. Steak an ...
An evening with wine writer and presenter Oz Clarke(Post)Oz Clarke, the nation’s best known, and favourite wine presenter and writer, braved the rain and the storms to visit Bath recently, popping in to Great Western Wine to see the new shop and sign a few ...
SOUTHERN ITALY(Post)Tristan explores the ancient indigenous sun-kissed vines of Southern Italy Whether you’re heading there on holiday, or just looking for some great alternative summer wines to add to your shopping lis ...
The Ides of Marche(Post)The Marche is a region of central Italy that was previously ignored in favour of neighbouring Abruzzo. The red Montepulciano of the aforementioned Abruzzo has long been the staple house wine of many ...
Annual Portfolio Tasting and Discovery Wine Winner!(Post)There was a full house at the Great Western Wine annual Portfolio Tasting last week. 450 tickets sold out a week beforehand, and eager tasters packed into Bath’s Assembly Rooms to taste some of the b ...
Bubbly...with personality(Post)Champagne is the world’s most famous sparkling wine, with Italy’s Prosecco hot on its heels. But France isn’t just about well known designer labels, designed for the well-heeled. There are plenty of ...
Glaetzer & Heartland - the Aussie boys are back in town(Post)It had been a whirlwind few days for the boys from Glaetzer and Heartland Wines. I caught up with them last Wednesday, on the 3rd leg of the day, of their whirlwind tour to Europe; they’d been in Lon ...
Côtes de Provence - The Essence of Summer(Post)Azure blue skies; sun-kissed landscape; glittering sea; the smell of lavender, rosemary, olive groves, and hot, baked earth; local market stalls groaning under the weight of a kaleidoscope of ripe s ...
Vinitaly(Post)A flying visit around the World’s largest wine show By Edward Mercer Just before Easter I was very fortunate to be included in a trip to Italy for the largest wine show in the world. This annual eve ...
Top 10 Wines for Christmas Parties(Post)The Ultimate Christmas Party is a hard occasion to get right. Food, decoration, music and of course drinks! Bubbles are a necessity at any celebration, but an easy drinking red and refreshing white a ...
10 Bottles of Bubbles to Pop Open this Festive Season(Post)Christmas is the perfect time to open a bottle of festive bubbles but that doesn’t always mean reaching for the Champagne. Whether it’s a sparkling created using the traditional method, by adding ice ...
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Bodegas Alonso presents a new “saca” (bottling) of part of their historic wine treasures from their cellar in the coastal town of Sanlucar de Barrameda. Only 150 half-bottles of each of... Read moreNV 22% ABV 37.5cl
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It's structured and balanced, with a beautiful garnet colour with a magenta rim and a deep intensity. The nose develops with medium, but pronounced intensity, showing pure ripe plum, maraschino... Read more2016 14.5% ABV 75cl
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Created as a tribute to Louise Pommery, Cuvée Louise is an absolutely pure wine which quintessentially conveys the wine-making expertise of the Pommery champagne house. Cuvée Louise originates in the... Read more2005 12.5% ABV 75cl
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2019 was a colder vintage than 2018, and this is reflected in the fresh vibrancy of the wine. It has fabulously precise, bright acidity and beautiful refinement of texture. It tastes less ready than... Read more2019 14% ABV 75cl
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Quntessential Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine of Château Latour is firm and structured, slow to evolve, yet gaining awe-inspiring, multi-dimensional complexity over the decades. An absolute... Read more1995 12.5% ABV 75cl
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Riesling gives the finesse and class to this wine, Sauvignon Blanc adds loads of aromatics, and the Marsanne and Roussanne provide complexity, weight and nuttiness to the palate. The resulting wine... Read more2021 12% ABV 75cl
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This is a fabulous treat, with honeyed botrytis character overlaid by Gewürztraminer's classic lychee, canteloupe and stem ginger personality. Even in this lusciously sweet wine, the deft hand of... Read more2018 14.5% ABV 37.5cl
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This late bottled Vintage shows brooding black cherry fruit with a huge cedary core. A straightforward wine with a fine dark colour, ripe and mouth filling and rounded off by sweet finish. Read more2017 20% ABV 75cl
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With an expressive and complex nose, this Syrah seduces with primary notes of crushed blackcurrants, blueberries alongside mature hints of leather and liquorice. The palate is concentrated with a... Read more2021 13% ABV 75cl
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Deep and alluring aromas of raspberry and ripe cherry are intermingled with accents of star anise, five spice and freshly steeped black tea. The entry is smooth with a combination of cassis and... Read more2022 15% ABV 75cl
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This is a great, intense Riesling Grand Cru with excellent ageing potential, from Alsace's most renowned producer of wines from this noble grape. Don't be fooled by its apparently easygoing first... Read more2018 14.5% ABV 75cl
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Aromas of black currant, black cherries and a touch of wood smoke with flavours of plums, dark berries, toasty oak and vanilla spice. On the palate, this wine has an elegant and restrained style with... Read more2020 13.5% ABV 75cl
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