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Friday Live Tasting: Kaapzicht Skraalhans Pinotage
JP will be live online to chat about this delightfully light and juicy Pinotage and how winemaker, Danie Steytler, created such a…

Friday Live Tasting: Sepp Moser Zweigelt
The Moser family have been an integral part of quality wines in Austria for decades and Clare will be opening a bottle…

Friday Live Tasting: Esporao Reserve Branco
The new vintage of Esporao, one of Simon’s favourite wines, with it’s lovely new label is here so he’ll be cracking open…

Terrific Terre di Valter wines
Terre Di Valter (land of Walter) wines from Camapnia in Southern Italy. Gorgeous wines getting some well deserved acclaim. https://www.greatgrog.co.uk/product/terre-di-valter-taurasi-docg-2016-new/ https://www.greatgrog.co.uk/product/fiano-di-avellino/ https://www.greatgrog.co.uk/product/terre-di-valter-greco-do-tufo-2020/…

The Geography of Wine Tutored Tasting £20
It’s back to school time! Richard is off watching the Rugby World Cup so Clare will be hosting. Even though she didn’t…

Friday Live Tasting: Trentham Nebbiolo
JP is up for this Friday’s Live tasting and will be tasting and talking one his current favourites, Trentham Nebbiolo. After a…

Friday Live Tasting: Off the beaten track
Clare & Richard will be tuning in a bit early this Friday, just before they host an in person tasting for the…

Brand New and Antique Ghost Shop signs
We are keeping the antique ghost sign from the 19th century as a nod to the fact that there has been a…

Friday Live Tasting: Cape Heights Viognier
Richard is out for dinner this Friday and will be doing a quick wee Live Tasting of Cape Heights Viognier from the…

Friday Live Tasting: Vinho Verde Amarelo
Simon will be live online for this Friday’s Tasting to try and explain the new duty rates and taste a lovely example…

Friday Live Tasting. Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Cinsault
This week Clare will be live online chatting about her recent trip to Lebanon and open a bottle of her favourite wine…

Friday Live Tasting: Pecorino Archivio
Kick start your weekend by tuning in and tasting along with Richard. This week he’ll be opening a bottle of the utterly…

Live Tasting: Tesela Albillo by Clunia
JP will be cracking open a bottle of this high altitude wine made from the indengenous and fairly rare variety, albillo ….

Facebook Friday Tasting – Richard
I’m going to be tucking into Vila Nova Alvarinho from Portugal and you can share in my enjoyment if you click and…
Duty Rise on Wine 1st August 2023
Never good news when tax rises on wine. However, the UK government has decided to overhaul the alcohol duty system quite radically….

Vertical Tasting of Cru Classe Bordeaux Wines £100
A vertical tasting of some iconic Bordeaux Cru Classe wines from the Medoc. Spaces are extremely limited and this is a rare…