Brexit seems like a long time ago when so much is going on in the world, but it is really starting to have an effect on the wine trade and in what we are going to get to drink on the domestic market. Foreign travel…
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Are there any indigenous grapes in the New World?
Have you ever wondered, in the middle of night as you stare at the ceiling and try to ignore the cat scratching at your bedroom door, why all the grapes from Chile, Argentina, Australia and the USA are the same as the ones…
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Tickled Pink. Rose in the sun and snow.
click for video Weirdly, making Rose Prosecco was illegal for the last few years. The "Prosecco" regulator thought it caused consumer confusion (and to be honest, we are easily confused). It is back now, since 2020, with a bang (or is that pop?). Rose Champagne…
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Za Za Zoom: Wine Tasting in the Covid Age
Za Za Zoom……Wine in the Covid Age What a difference a year makes. This time last year we as an independent wine merchant had a programme of tastings booked in for the year, mostly for 30 folk in a room with a theme or guest-hosted…
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Finish the Fino and Pass the Port
Festive Fancies I think I’m going to have to drink more Port and Sherry this year than in previous years. Not necessarily because I want to, but because I feel obliged as they are such good sharing drinks and I’m going to pretend to share….…
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“Please visit the warehouse” video
Click to see a wee video of Richard welcoming you to the warehouse
More detailsPrivate Zoom Wine Tastings Fees and Costs Private events are charged at £150 inc vat flat rate for a host for the evening.This is charged per event and is not dependent on number of participants. No maximum number of participantsThe wines are charged at retail…
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Brexit Panic Buying? Apparently Felixtowe is the busiest container port in Britain. There are currently a few weeks delay in ships docking and some boats have been sent to Holland to unload rather than face the wait. Their containers can then be unloaded onto trucks…
More detailsChristmas Looms www.greatgrog.co.ukrichard@greatgrog.co.uk Phone 0131 555 0222 17 East Cromwell Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HD Merry Christmas from Great Grog Christmas going on's We know things have been tough this year and all of us at Great Grog want to help you out and bring…
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Ther I think a few myths need to be exploded here so we can all move on First of all, to have a single grape variety on the label within the EU it only has to contain 85% of that one variety (another thing we’ll…
More details“The Past, Present & Probably the Future of the Wine Trade” 1823
I don’t know how I happened across a publication with this title, but I did. It is a thick volume by James Warre (of Port fame) of over 500 pages published originally in the early 19th century. It is a comprehensive review of the drinking…
More detailsBiodynamic, Organic & sustainable agriculture reds from the Village of Vinsobres in the Southern Rhone.The "Cotes du Rhone" is lightly lighter and like "Beaujolias with knobs on" and more "easy-drinking" than the straight "Vinsobres village" wine. The reason being is that some of their…
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