Monthly Archives: August 2012
Virgin Wines on the Road
After a short Summer break our wine tasting events are back with a bang in September. This is a great chance for everyone to come down and meet a selection of our winemakers, say hello to the Virgin Wines staff … Continue reading
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Virgin Wines Fabulous Launches New Website
We are really pleased to let you know about the launch of our brand new Virgin Wines Fabulous website www.virginwinesfabulous.co.uk. For those of you who don’t know much about Fabulous, it is our fantastic party plan style venture that we … Continue reading
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Has Wine Become One Dimensional?
I think this is a really important question and quite a scary one from a wine buyer’s perspective. In the wine trade we’re using a term when buying more and more frequently – commercial – will this wine be accepted … Continue reading
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Wines We Love – Tierra Del Corazon Pinot Noir
Hi, my name is Vincent and I have chosen to write a blog for you lovely people about one of my favourite wine types and also about my favourite wine making country. Before starting to work at Virgin Wines I … Continue reading
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Introducing 3 New Wines
Over the past few weeks we have a had some wines that have made it off the boat and onto the Virgin Wines website. Here are three of the latest additions to our range which includes a brilliant new bottle … Continue reading
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Summer, Summer, Summer Whine
As an Australian living in the lovely, moist country of England, I often find myself reminiscing about a childhood back home, where Summer still existed. Now, during the months of June, July and August I’ve learnt to remind myself that … Continue reading
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Introducing the Virtual Winery – The Rioja Experience!
For those of you who enjoy wine, have a special interest in it or would love to have your name stamped on a bottle, let us introduce you to the Virgin Wines Virtual Winery – The Rioja Experience. Some of … Continue reading
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Virgin Wines London Wine Tasting 2012
If you haven’t been to one of our wine tastings yet, then you’re missing out! Although I am biased as my job here at Virgin Wines is to organise all our events across the UK. As you would expect from … Continue reading
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My Lands End to John O’Groats Charity Cycle Ride
So I am back, having completed 1000 miles from one end of the country to the other. I am still going out on my bike every week, pre-season football has started and I am also attending kettle ball lessons – … Continue reading
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Storing Wine
One of the most consistently asked question we get at Virgin Wines is ‘how do I store my wine?’ Today we’re going to look at wine storage and the options available to us all. There are a few things you … Continue reading
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A Whole New World
I travel around the world and witness all manner of wine production methodologies in practice, supported by a vast panoply of attitude and thinking. This is what makes wine so gloriously diverse and holds us to it. But there’s a … Continue reading
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Win a Case of Wine
Do you fancy winning a case of our award winning wines? We are currently giving one lucky person the chance to win 12 bottles which includes the outstanding Perez Cruz Winemakers Selection. To enter simply head over to our Facebook … Continue reading
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To blind taste, or not to blind taste? That is the question
It would have been an interesting experience (to say the very least!) to have blindfolded the 80-odd intrepid tasters who lent their palates and opinions to our London Wine Awards – but taste the wines blind is what we did … Continue reading
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