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Virgin HQ Friday Wines
After a long week here at Virgin Wines HQ, we like to finish it all off with a little treat. This is where “Friday Wines” come in, or as they are commonly known around the office “Frines”. Our Wine Buyer … Continue reading
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Wines We Drink – Gavin Seymour
Name: Gavin Seymour Job title: Personal Wine Advisor Favourite grape type: Shiraz Favourite bottle of bubbly for celebrating: Dom Perignon 2003 Best wine and food combo: Lamb and Malbec Wine producing country you would most like to visit: USA – I … Continue reading
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Something For The Weekend: Cobber’s Dream Snack
Whipped up by Whitney the Sheila (Online Marketing) Our third recipe in our new series features something a little bit special from our resident Australian. A party dish designed to share with friends and family. A small snack that will have … Continue reading
Toasting April with a Tasting!
The month of April saw the Virgin Wines team pack their bags and bottles and head south in search of sun. We visited two gems of the south in Bristol and Southampton, giving our customers the chance to sample some … Continue reading
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Something for the weekend: A simple Thai green curry!
Whipped up by David W (Social Media, On-line Marketing Guy) We kicked off our new food series with a delightful light Italian supper. Now we continue with another simple dish, but with a little more kick and a little more heart to it. Every … Continue reading
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10 Best Answers To Our Twitter Competition!
First of all we just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who entered our competition on Twitter over the past 24 hours. We had over 100 entries and some amazing responses to our St George’s day tweet … Continue reading
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Matthew Jukes talks about the De Martino Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Widely respected wine guru Matthew Jukes gives us his take on the De Martino Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Wines We Drink – Sophie Lord
Name: Sophie Lord Job title: Senior Wine Advisor Favourite grape type: Shiraz
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Something for the weekend: A simple light Italian supper
Whipped up by Jason M (Online Marketing Extraterrestrial) We are very happy to introduce our first recipe in our new series: “Something for the weekend”. Every now and again we’ll pop together a delicious recipe, give you all the information … Continue reading
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Andrew Baker talks about the Three Blocks Sauvignon Blanc
Our wine buyer Andrew Baker talks about the Three Blocks Sauvignon Blanc by Nico Vermeulen. Nico puts together lovely grassy, citric wines, like this one. Find plenty of vibrant fruit, a touch of pea-pod, minerals on the palate and a … Continue reading
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Wines We Drink – Charlene Cumbers
Name: Charlene Cumbers Job title: Business Development Manager Favourite grape type: Sauvignon Blanc Favourite bottle of bubbly for celebrating: Laurent Perrier Rose – It’s pink and makes me appear younger when I call it LPR! Best wine and food combo: … Continue reading
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UK Wine Range to Grow
With more and more of you enjoying English wines in recent years, we’ve been keen to bring you wines from our home grown soils. Our Ridgeview range of wines from the South Downs seems to have slipped down nicely since … Continue reading
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Donald Russell – An Introduction
Wine has long been served as an accompaniment to food, but in recent years, interest in pairing wine and food has reached new heights. Whether you’re cooking for special guests, enjoying a mid-week dinner, complementing or contrasting flavours and tastes, … Continue reading
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When Things Hit The Fan
Or The day things went wrong! As senior developer here at Virgin Wines my life is usually relatively well planned out working on the enhancements and improvements we have in the pipeline for the site. All that went out of … Continue reading
Wines To Match With Your Easter Feast
Easter is just around the corner which means two things, a long weekend, and a lot of food to be consumed. If you are struggling with matching a wine to your Friday fish or your Sunday leg of lamb then … Continue reading
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