Monthly Archives: May 2012
Cooking for Guests?
With the spate of cooking programs hitting our tele boxes and the incredible rise of innumerable celebrity chefs, I for one have become more adventurous in the kitchen. It’s not deciding what to cook that seems to have most of … Continue reading
Broaden Your Horizons
I’ve been working in the wine trade now for 13 years and I hope to do so for years yet! I became fascinated by wine whilst working in customer services (I won’t say who for) and was lucky enough to … Continue reading
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Top Scores for our Wines
Our friends at De Martino are in high spirits after learning that a selection of their wines have been awarded more than 90 points by leading wine critic Robert Parker. Both the De Martino Old Bush Vines Single Vineyard La … Continue reading
Wines We Love from VW Australia – Ravensthorpe Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz
It has come to my attention that you guys in the UK absolutely love Australian Shiraz – especially if it’s hand-crafted by Steve Grimley and his band of winemaking superstars down in South Australia. Testimony to this can be confirmed … Continue reading
Wines We Love – Tierra del Corazon Chardonnay Reserva 2011
A few months ago I was enjoying a bottle of my usual tipple in the form of a huge red wine known as The Black Pig when my friend mentioned that I never have any white wines in my collection. … Continue reading
Wine Reviews
We always like it when our wines get a shout out in the press – here’s a quick round up of those which have featured recently. Our Castell del Remei Blanc Planell Costers del Segre 2010 was reviewed by David … Continue reading
New Wine | The Black Pig Reserve GSM
With the launch of our 2010 Black Pig Reserve GSM last week I thought I’d follow it up with a quick blog post. In my opinion we have an advantage over our competitors when sourcing wines from Australia. The reason … Continue reading
Virgin Wines Tastings April 2012
The Virgin Wines tasting team hit the road in April to bring our fabulous boutique wines to Bristol and Bournemouth. Two packed out venues saw over 350 people attend the tastings as well as the winemakers from De Martino and … Continue reading
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iHave Tested
About once a month I’m approached by one of our call centre agents asking me if our website is tested on Macs. Invariably this question is sparked from a call where a customer on a Mac has had some kind … Continue reading
Simple pleasures
The language of food and wine has evolved so much over the past decade, it’s hard to know where to start with it all. I remember the days when, watching Loyd Grossman on Masterchef, I was intrigued by the use … Continue reading
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Pierre Chainier – Profile
My Dad is a man who lives and breathes the Loire Valley when it comes to wine and as a result I’m pretty well drilled on what this incredibly versatile region has to offer. A region world-famous for its whites … Continue reading
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Chenin Blanc – Is There Anything It Can’t Do?
Well, actually, yes. And that’s red wine. But when you consider just how flexible and adaptable this hardy little grape is, I think it’s only fair that we make allowances. As we continue our Loire themed month, in this post … Continue reading
