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Il Merlonero Quotidiano 2010 – Everyday Italian

December 1, 2011
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Oddbins has been resurrected. The late and much lamented high street chain of wine shops began as a shop full of quirky, interesting, good and best of all good value wines. Oddbins was the place to go if you were an adventurous wine drinker. Sadly, over the years, mismanagement and the inability to keep up [...]

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SPAR Butterfly Dreaming Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre

October 17, 2011
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It’s not often I have the distinct pleasure of shopping for my wine in SPAR, and I say that without a trace of irony. As far as smaller supermarket retailers go, my sporadic visits over the years have found SPAR to be a surprisingly viable wine-buying destination – especially the relatively rare larger model known, [...]

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Pure Noir – the UK’s Only New Zealand Pinot Noir Wine Club: 20% Off Your first Order

May 16, 2011
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It’s a Pinot Noir lover’s dream come true. Pure Noir is a specialist wine club bringing UK wine-lovers the best-of-the-best of New Zealand Pinot Noir – therefore, some of the best Pinot Noir in the world, and, by extension, some of the best wine in the world. In fact, they’re “the UK’s only wine club [...]

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Villa Wolf Pinot Noir, from Vineyards of Sherborne

April 18, 2011
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It’s Pinot Noir, it’s German, and – for some reason – it’s not called Blauburgunder or Spätburgunder as I’ve been lead to expect. Is this a nod to the world market – the label is so simple one could hardly believe it German, regardless of the words – or merely an indication of a geographical proximity [...]

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La Campagne Récolte Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 from Wareham Wine/s

February 7, 2011
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The Saxon Walled Town of Wareham™ is just a hop skip and a jump from my relatively-fresh, idyllic seaside location in Poole, and unlike Poole its town centre boasts its own wine shop, of sorts. It’s called Wareham Wine, or Wareham Wines, depending on wether you believe the sign above the window or the one [...]

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The Wine Society

June 2, 2010
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White wine lovers who want to benefit from the best wines at the best prices might want to consider buying a share in The Wine Society. The long-standing co-operative organisation was named 2009′s Large Independent Merchant of the year by the prestigious International Wine Challenge and sells only to its own members. Founded in 1874, [...]

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Virgin Wines

March 1, 2010
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Brief History Choose your wine from one of the UK’s largest online wine retailers with in excess of 500 wines available, safe in the knowledge that you will receive excellent value for money, combined with some fantastic offers. You can buy a pre-selected wine case, mix your own or buy a 12 bottle case of [...]

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Sunday Times Wine Club

February 10, 2010
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The Sunday Times Wine Club is a wine lover’s treasure trove that has been offering customers the chance to share in the enjoyment of exceptional wines for over 35 years. This club offers 1000s of wines supplied by Direct Wines Ltd, ranging from classical favourites to the latest declassified discoveries and new finds. Great tips [...]

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Oddbins

September 21, 2009
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Oddbins began in 1963 when entrepreneur Ahmed Pochee begin delivering bin ends and oddments of wine to restaurants and clubs in the West End. During the seventies, Oddbins was bought by Dennis Ing and Nick Baile and continued to expand. By the eighties it was owned by Seagram and operated through 100 stores, thus becoming [...]

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Majestic Wine

June 19, 2009
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Founded in 1981, Majestic Wine has grown to become the UK’s leading mixed case wine specialist with 147 stores nationwide and winners of the overall Merchant of the Year award at the International Wine Challenge as well as being the proud recipients of the Decanter High Street Chain of the Year. Majestic Wine offers its [...]

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Wine Direct

June 16, 2009
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Wine Direct are a wine merchant specialising in premium wines from across the world. Wine Direct was established back in 1994 and is based in East Sussex, it serves both the UK and international markets. The main focus of the company is finding wines that have been internationally critiqued by top wine critics and independently [...]

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