All wines, sparkling wines and brandies can be purchased here – whether as a gift or for yourself – and taken away. Alternatively, you can make your choice at home and we deliver. Our online shop is always open. We’ll gladly present our wines to groups of more than 12 people out...
GIFT 7 AWINECADDY Goes with RED WHITE A Champagne Stopper Champagne stoppers are excellent gifts for fans of sparkling wine. If you’ve uncorked your fair share of Sparkling Wine and Champagne bottles, you’ve probably noticed that it’s impossible to put the cork back in, as it expands as...
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m so busy all the time. There’s always something pressing that needs to be done and seemingly fewer and fewer people to get it all done. So, just as I’m about to have a Calgon-take-me-away moment, Larry says “wanna drink some w...
Daft is a particularly British, informal and only affectionately critical word meaning ‘silly’ or ‘foolish’ and perfectly describes the sort of phrases that have become so well worn as to be meaningless even if they were coined with good intentions. (I love the equally endearing British ...
And a really rich color. Exactly. Sort of a magenta tinge. Exactly. So in the south of France, it’s called côte, you know, where they’re known as almost black, inky wines. And some say Malbec, does it come from mal bouche, the French meaning not so much bad wine, but just...
Pinot Noir was light and airy believing this would be a good match for the meal. It was a good match but do think Sauvignon Blanc would have been a better choice. As the anonymous saying goes, “Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you”, so worth a little risk this ...
Caroline has a gift for establishing the successful components of wines. Robin Ridge Winery is a small family run estate winery. Caroline is co-owner and manager of Robin Ridge, the mother of four children, manager of the local Pharmasave, as well as a founding member and Chair of the ...
explains that just like wineries, cooperages have a house style – meaning that no two are ever exactly alike. "Each cooperage toasts their barrels in a different way. A medium-plus toast from one cooper is not the same as the cooper down the street," he says. The best route to consi...
The aim of the present study was to investigate the concept of elegance in wine as a function of (i) domain-specific expertise, and (ii) wine type, more specifically as applied to still wine and to sparkling wine. One hundred and fifty participants, classified into five categories depending...
to be able to call it right. Often as a critic, you're tasting wines that are so, so young, and you have to be experienced in tasting, in the case ofBordeauxen primeur wines when they're still in barrel and making a call on how great they are. There's a lot of money at stake...