Wine Blog

On a sunny Saturday in June, we hosted a fabulous tasting here in the Stockbridge shop, along with Tim from Alpine Wines. We were showing four new additions to our range - all from countries or regions where the mountains feature. My particular favourite of the tasting was the 'Goldberg' Roter Veltliner from Wagram in Austria - a top-notch wine from a 'Ried' or...

We’ve recently added a new European country to our portfolio of wines – Romania! I was slightly sceptical at first – it’s been a while since I tasted anything Romanian (actually I don’t remember much about Romania from the wine-studying days over 10 years ago and from what I do remember, the wines were never very great – however this is apparently no longer...

Umbrele Pinot NoirI love Pinot Noir and this is a fresh and fruity, unoaked one, packed full of red fruit aromas that follow onto the palate. A bit of a hidden gem from Romania, which does produce good wine. Pinot Noir goes well with a range of dishes, including Roast Turkey.Pasquiers Grenache NoirGrenache Noir is widely planted around Southern France and Spain and is...