German and Austrian Wine Event
Monday 24th September 2018
We are introducing an exciting new range of wines German and Austrian discovered over the summer. Winemaking has been a tradition in these two countries for hundreds of years. With warmer summers, the success of the combination of traditional viticulture and improvements in vinification very high quality wines are being produced.
You will be able to discover these new wines at the shop during October and you will be pleasantly surprised by their quality!
50 wines to try before you die! - Our Thirty Nineth Wine - Chardonnay, Meerlust, Stellenbosch 2015
Friday 25th November 2016
Our regular readers will remember that our second wine was Meerlust's Rubicon which used Bordeaux varietals. The elegance of this chardonnay bridges Stellenbosch and Burgundy too but at a fraction of the price of the old world wine.
50 wines to try before you die! - Our Twenty Second wine - Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile, Trimbach 2009
Saturday 11th June 2016
Definitely a keeper, the 2009 is already showing very well. This wine is delicious with fish, poultry, veal and sea scallops, though in Alsace it is traditionally served with the local goose, pork and meat dishes. A versatile and wonderful wine, intense and yet delicate and fresh.
50 wines to try before you die! - Our Thirty First wine - Sauvignon Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, Vignerons de Valencay 2015
Tuesday 6th September 2016
Its epithet as our 'Mini Sancerre' is well deserved because it compares so well to many of its grand vin peers in the mouth but without the hit to the pocket. Part of the reason is its delicious minerality which comes from the same type of flinty soil that makes many of the Loire's finest wines.
