20th Sep 2022
Mark this date in your diary!Beaujolais Nouveau day is Thursday 17th November. Not long to wait to getting your hands on some young, juicy, French red wine. Only made from the Gamay grape, expect…
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9th Sep 2022
I've tasted some pretty amazing wines over the years, some expected to be great, others which were a surprise, but only a few have that magical "hit-the-spot" effect!I can vividly recall a mature Trim…
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3rd Aug 2022
Having just heard the rain clattering off our tin roof, the sun is shining once again and temperatures are heading up towards the high twenties in Solihull. Pity those in the south of France where…
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14th Jul 2022
UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~Down to the last few sale bottles, so we've added the Australian Pitmaster red Shiraz/Viognier blend and the white Pitmaster Viognier to…
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4th Jul 2022
Age before beauty? A very well used phrase. When applied to wines, drinking your choice for the weekend means picking a bottle that is at its peak of development. You'll experience all the wine can of…
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26th May 2022
If you believed that all you needed to go travelling was a passport and a credit card... think again! The wild, in the middle of nowhere, parts of south-west France are so far from large centres…
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10th May 2022
A fine bunch of Pinot Grigio. Even though it's a white grape variety, it really does look like this when ripe. [Photo Credit: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons] Pinot Gr…
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5th May 2022
The town of Laguardia - Surrounded by vineyards & the Sierra Cantabria - The home of Artadi [Photo attribution (above) Mikel Arrazola, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons]…
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21st Apr 2022
Portugal's a much loved tourist destination for the British. It's the most westerly, European nation with a long, north-south border facing the Atlantic ocean. In the south, it could be the beaches…
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13th Apr 2022
The peak of Sancerre's hill seen from the vineyard of the village of Chavignol [Photo attribution Cjp24, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons] If…
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4th Mar 2022
Coming up in April, a real "live" tasting event with a difference! We are delighted to be collaborating with Sarah Jane Rose and Kenilworth Books to bring you this unique "Wine &…
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5th Jan 2022
Bargains, bargains!It's the time of year when we do a bit of early "spring cleaning" of the wine range.Some are odd bottles, some are wines that sold well in 2020, but didn't grab customers' attention…
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