🍷Weekday Wine 🍷 We’ve shouted about this steal from @chateau_de_ruth a number of times but this time it’s @decanter’s turn. Château de Ruth Côtes du Rhône Villages Sainte Cécile 2108 is available @coopuk, £10. It’s the perfect red for weekdays and any other day, to be honest! 🍷🍷 And oh my... that label @amphoradesign 💙💙💙 #redwine #coop #cotesdurhonevillages #frenchwine #wine #rhone #winereview #weekdaywine #decanter 
Any excuse to shout about this wine, and all the wines, from @abadiadeacon: it’s TEMPRANILLO DAY!! 🍷 Abadía de Acón is a family run winery located in the heart of the D.O Ribera del Duero, in Castillo de la Vega, Burgos. The original cellar, hewn out of rocky clay, is one of the deepest and largest in Castrillo de la Vega and was elaborated by Norberto Carrasco. Today Noberto’s grandson Jose Antonio Carrasco is in charge of the wines from this space-age looking bodega that emerges from the hillside, half of it buried underground and half of it visible. You can see it’s silhouette stylised to the left of the ‘A’ for Acon on the label. Jose’s wines are robust, mouth-wateringly intense and made from Tempranillo (with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon going into the Reserva). Get your corkscrews and enjoy! 🍷Happy Tempranillo day!!🍷 #tempranilloday #spain #spanishwines #riberadelduero #abadíadeacón #wine #wineimporter 
We can’t wait for this: chief winemaker Camilo Viani of @sutilwines will be live in the vineyard in Colchagua Valley next Tuesday presenting a selection of his Limited Release Viña Sutil wines. Focusing on varietal differences, vintage variation and the importance of growing in the right valleys Camilo will be tasting through: 🍷 Viña Sutil Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, Maipo Valley 🍷 Viña Sutil Limited Release Carménère 2017, Colchagua Valley 🍷 Viña Sutil Limited Release Cinsault 2018, Itata Valley 🍷 Viña Sutil Limited Release Syrah 2018, Limarí Valley Sounds good doesn’t it!! #virtualtasting #wineimporter #chile #chileanwine #itata #maipo #colchagua #limarí #cabernetsauvignon #cinsault #syrah #carménère #limitedrelease #viñasutil 
We are as grateful as ever for the ongoing understanding, support and empathy shown by our suppliers and never more so than now as we approach week 2 of our second national lockdown. Today we want to say a HUGE thank you to @sietefincas who are our partners for this months promotion. We were first introduced to @sietefincas by our other Argentine winery @bodegavalledelapuerta, proving the value of great relationships run deep, even before COVID-19. It’s not only us that love @sietefincas Malbec 2019 from Mendoza because it has also been awarded silver medals at the @theiwsc and @decanterawards this year, too. Get in touch for full details of the promotion and to see if you qualify 🍷🍷 #support #workingtogether #wine #wineimporter #winepromotion #argentina #argentinewine #malbec #awardwinningwines 
🥧 “Don’t pie-nic and carry on” 🥧 ....is as pertinent now as it was all those years ago, the spirit of which has been nailed perfectly by our friends @kingsarmshamptoncourt who are finding new ways to carry on during lockdown 2.0. They are delivering their restaurant grade chef-made pie and mash with cooking instructions your door so you can serve an indulgent, wintery treat to your loved ones without having to do any more than turn on the oven. Reach out to @katemacwhirter or contact @kingsarmshamptoncourt for details of the full menu. (You can blame the pie-nic word play on @castelnaujesse 😉) 📸: @hindhead_vintner #pieandmash #pies #workingtogether #supportsmallbusiness #homedelivery #freshpies #treat #datenightideas 
🍷Lockdown 2.0: a message to all our customers from Keith Isaac M.W.🍷 When we put out a short statement in March about how we were open for business and here to help, none of us could really have foreseen having to write a similar note in early November. It is as the joke goes like déjà vu all over again. We can at least see an end in sight, at least we hope we can in the first days of December when the public will be so tired of restrictions and less scared than in the spring that they will go out and celebrate. As in the early part of the year, we are here to help. We still have plenty of stock in LCB, indeed have taken on some new lines to fill gaps in the portfolio, so can supply at any level of the market. The office is open and manned, and the sales team are working remotely and so able to assist with any queries; and we have webinars with a few of our producers if you are looking for any fresh ideas. The world will get back to normal even if at times it is hard to see when that might be. In the meantime, do keep safe, and please get in touch if we can help. Keith Isaac M.W. #wineimporter #covid #lockdown2 #wine #workingtogether 
There won’t be many actual fireworks tomorrow night but sparks of a different kind will be flying at 8pm when @thetastinghouse host a virtual tasting of @logan_wines with maverick Ozzie winemaker Peter Logan. 8 wines from our eclectic NSW range are being delivered to wine lovers in and around Reading all interested in discovering these gems from the cool climate regions of Mudgee and Orange, Australia. ⚡️ Remember, remember, the fifth of November ⚡️ It’s the 8pm tasting slot ⚡️ I see no reason why this tasting season ⚡️ Should ever be forgot.... (sorry for the poem...!) #supportsmallbusiness #virtualtasting #masterclass #winetasting #wineshop #reading #australianwine #logan #mudgee #orange #NSW 
🍷..New to our portfolio..🍷 We are thrilled to announce the extension of our Italian range with the addition of Scrimaglio wines from Piedmont to our portfolio! The @scrimaglio1920 winery in Nizza Monferrato, Piedmont, was established in 1920 and celebrates it's centenary this year. The Scrimaglio family’s roots in Piedmont date back to the 17th Century. Their historical importance in the region is so great that an entire area of Monferrato is still known as Regione Scrimaglio. Renowned for the quality of their Barbera d’Asti, and acknowledged as leaders of the grape's rebirth at the turn of the century, Scrimaglio are credited for the work that has led to the classification of the region's sub-appellation Nizza DOCG which was officially recognised in 2014. The winery was owned and run by the Scrimaglio family until 2017, when the brand was acquired by Terre da Vino, one of Piedmont’s most important regional cooperatives. The winemaking, under Terre da Vino’s chief winemaker Bruno Cordero, has unequivocally brought the wines back to their former glory and sees them released into the UK for the first time in stylishly understated and elegant new packaging. #new #italianwines #piedmont #gavidigavi #barberadasti #barolo #wine #italy #wineimporter 
Stunning new visuals from @champagnecastelnau have just reached us. A different design has been created for each individual cuvée to visually express the wines’ origins, character or style. The design for the Brut Réserve uses the emblematic blue of the cuvée to paint the vineyards and hillsides of the region. #winedesign #champagne #anotherway #castelnau #wineimporter #castelnau #contemporary 
🎃 Halloween is going to be different this year but your customers may still be wanting a treat 🎃 We’ve teamed up with @hahnwines to offer the new look #Boneshaker #Zindandel (just arrived in the UK) this Halloween with a free Boneshaker witches hat bottle stopper.... 🧙♀️🍷 👻 perfect for your spooky window displays and online offers. Boneshaker is a quintessential Lodi Zinfandel, it’s unapologetically big and attractively approachable. Sourced from gnarled 50+ year old vines that produce few clusters and smaller berries, the concentrated flavour and character delivers an impressive wine. #bewitchinglybold #halloween #wine #californiawine #winestoppers #pos 
We’re all in it together and even while our wineries are facing their own challenges we are so grateful for the support and empathy they have shown to us and our customers through their generous backing of the monthly promotions we introduced back in March. This month we want to say a big thank you to @tikiwines, a New Zealand treasure. We’ve been the UK importer for Tiki wines for the best part of a decade and it’s these long term relationships, mutual understanding and respect for each others businesses and markets that make tough times like now just that little bit easier. #support #bekind #workingtogether #begrateful #empathy #wine #wineimporter #winepromotion #NewZealand #newzealandwine 
Food, wine, fashion, friends. What more could you want from a Saturday night?! 10th October 2020, 17.00-18.00 BST: @californiawines_uk have pulled this one out of the bag! Food from @jamesmartinchef, wine recommendations from @oz.clarke, fashion tips from @doesmybumlook40 and cake from @violetcakeslondon. Register for this free virtual event via @californiawines_uk and drink California wine this weekend by showing some love to a wine growing region going thru so much right now. ##californiacalling #wine #food #fashion #cake #friends #virtualevent #winetasting #californiawine 
A masterclass in socially distanced food and wine pairing from @hindhead_vintner and @thenoisylobster this weekend ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ If you look closely you’ll see the super smart @thenoisylobster face masks as modelled by front of house team Maddie & Tom and a mouthwatering menu. All paired brilliantly with a superb lineup from @hahnwines #wining #wineandfoodpairing #customersandsuppliers #workingtogether #wefindawaytomakeitwork #wine #wineimporter #Hahn #californiawine 
Given the circumstances that 2020 threw at the organisers of the Tour de France this year, the sheer probability of it even going ahead must have felt like an Hors Catégorie climb in itself! But they did it and they have a new winner, the youngest in 100 years: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia. We raise a socially distanced glass of our own Hors Catégorie, the iconic wine from @champagnecastelnau, to toast this iconic race and everyone that took part. Named in honour of the infamously difficult Hors Catégorie climbs of the worlds most famous cycling race it seems fitting that in the same week as the TdF completed (arguably) the most challenging race of a generation that Castenlau’s Hors Catégorie C.C.F 2067 was recognised for it’s own height of excellence with a 95/100 score from @wineenthusiast 🥂🏆🍾 #tourdefrance #winescores #achievments #againstalltheodds #champagneanotherway #champagne 
After a string of very hot weeks the UK breathes a sigh of relief as temperatures start to drop. This pic from @patriarchepereetfils shows us that temperatures in France (this thermometer is is Burgundy) are still bonkers.... As a result we have predictions from winegrowers in Maconnais and Beaujolais who are estimating that yields could be down by as much as 30-40% this harvest. More news over the coming weeks. #burgundy #2020harvest #2020vintage #wine #france #frenchwine #globalwarmingawareness 
Next week will be another week that we can all *Eat Out to Help Out*. Have you booked a table anywhere yet? To find all the participants in your local area check out the government website where you can search by postcode: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/eat-out-to-help-out/find-a-restaurant/ Very handy. With thanks to #TheWhiteHart in #chobham for this beautiful photo @brunningandprice #eatouttohelpout #eatlocal #supportlocal #august2020 
Huge thanks to @malat.weingut.hotel who sent the whole @castelnauuk team a #crazycreatures face mask all the way from Austria. Keeping us all safe with a crazy mask for these crazy times. Now where’s that bottle of GrunerV? #staysafe #winemask #austrianwine #wine #grünerveltliner #crazycreatures #style 
🍷NEW WINE ALERT🍷 * Trail 3150 Proprietary Red Blend 2016 * It's finally arrived, one of the most anticipated wines added to our portfolio for some time has docked and is now in the warehouse! Why are we so excited about it? Producing just one wine Trail 3150 is the very definition of a micro winery. It's an 8-acre single vineyard in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. 3150 Silverado Trail is the address of the property, hence the name. The wine itself is a rich and sumptuous blend of Cabernet, Merlot and Malbec with lashings of ripe black and blue fruit, spicy oak and velvety tannins. Still fresh on the palate, full, rounded, long and memorable. Extremely limited availability, only 200 cases produced! #wine #napavalley #california #californiawine #wineimporter #cabernet #merlot #malbec #monochrome 
The market research has started for our new rosé Prosecco. We’ve been asking questions about the colour, the price, the bottle shape and the all important taste. With a new category like this it’s an exciting time in the development of the wine. If all goes to plan some Rosé Prosecco could be in the UK as early as November. All Rosé Prosecco will be a blend of Glera (the white Prosecco grape) and Pinot Noir for colour. It will require a minimum fermentation period of 60 days and must be made from a single vintage. The first vintage to be released will be 2019. The initial samples we’ve tried from @casa_vinicola_caldirola are pretty good and this consumer group thought so too! #rosé #Prosecco #newwine #comingsoon #marketresearch #wine #productdevelopment 
Who knew we could get so excited about chairs?! @thenoisylobster are getting ready for their reopening this weekend with brand new upper-deck terrace fit for 60 people. The sun will be out and the bubbles will be flowing. If ever there was a reason to embrace the staycation this is it! And wow, that view!! #champagne #wine #staycation #terrace #christchurch #chairs