Come along for an hour and a half(-ish) worth of relaxation, expert chat and speed tasting through 10 selected wines from our range. No previous experience in wine tasting required. You will merely be asked to taste some delicious wines and listen a bit to us talk about them, nothing onerous. We will offer a £10 or 10% (whichever is greater) discount on any mixed case orders of ANY of our wines on the night. A great value night out if nothing else.
South America wine tasting £20
Thu 3rd February 2022 7:00 pm at royal scots club
at the Royal Scots Club (Hepburn Suite) A tasting tour aroung Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. We will have Lee Evans from specialist importer “Condor Wines” here to help us chat you through 10 wines (5 reds and 5 whites). A fantastic spread of styles and varieties from this vast continent. Book for illustration purposes only!
Facebook live One wine every week. All you have to do is buy the wine, taste along and listen to our live chat! Get free delivery as part of a wine order over £89. Live questions/comments very welcome during th to cheer up your mid-week.
Facebook/Instagram Live: St Paul Marsanne Viognier 2021
Wed 2nd February 2022 7:00 pm
The new vintage of this delicious, fullsome white has just come in from France so we'll be opening a bottle to see just how tasty it is. Just buy a bottle and taste along
Facebook/Instagram Live: Edalise Provence Rose (Just buy the wine)
Wed 9th February 2022 7:00 pm
With cliched tongue firmly in cliched cheek we'll be opening a very sexy bottle of delightfully pale Provence rose to get your romantic juices flowing. Just buy a bottle and taste along
Facebook/Instagram Live: International Syrah Day (just buy the wine)
Wed 16th February 2022 7:00 pm
Angus will be celebrating World Syrah Day by opening a bottle of the unbelievably keenly priced False Bay 'Old School' Syrah. Come and find out some more about this dark skinned, spicy, seductive grape. Just buy a bottle and taste along on Facebook or Instagram…
Facebook/Instagram Live: Catherine Marshall Amatra Merlot (just buy the wine)
Wed 23rd February 2022 7:00 pm
Come and find out a bit about one of our all time favourite wine makers - Catherine Marshall - and what makes this mellow grape so popular. Just buy the wine and taste along on Facebook or Instagram
Facebook/Instagram Live: Cremant de Limoux Rose NV (just buy the wine)
Wed 2nd March 2022 7:00 pm
JP will be getting you ready for the coming spring with the delightfully fruity Cremant de Limoux Rose. From the oldest fizz producing region in the world this delicious rose fizz has bags of fresh strawberry and raspberry fruit and a delicate sea spray of…
We will be doing tastings every Friday and Saturday between 2pm-6pm on some of our favourite wine, beer and gin. Please call the shop 0131 667 2855 if you need more info.
Friday 4th February, 2-7pm. Wines of South America
Lynn (our lovely French intern) will have some tasty South American open so come along to the shop and she can tell you all about them.
Fees and Costs- Private events are charged at £150 inc vat flat rate for a Host-Tutor for the evening. This is charged per event and is not dependent on number of participants. No maximum number of participants.Wines are charged at retail cost in addition. A good number of wines to try is 8-10 (12 is often beyond the capacity of mere mortals)
Snacks- If you would like a food vs wine element to the evening we can do snacks (Olives, Smoked Almonds etc) at the same time as the wines
Tasting Themes- can be along "Country" themes, but could be by "Grape Variety, Organic, Regional" etc. The choices are almost limitless. We are happy to suggest wines along your chosen theme.
Venues- We can suggest venues that can host wine tastings if you don't have a space in mind.
What we bring- We will bring the wines, glassware, tasting sheets, spitoons (often under-used) and considerable expertise and entertainment..
