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August 2009

Take me back to 1979

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 13:55 — Love that wine
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A Somerset pub takes wine lovers back to the year 1979 for the bank holiday weekend

A pub in Yeovil, Somerset, will be serving six wines that each have a connection with the year 1979 during a 20-day wine festival.

It was back in 1979 that pub operator J D Wetherspoon was founded and the festival at the William Dampier in Middle Street is being held to commemorate its 30-year anniversary.

The wines are being served in the pub for the first time and will be available from Friday, August 28, until Wednesday, September 16, inclusive.Read more

Got a glut of fruit and veg?

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 13:36 — Love that wine
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Wine buff Suzy Atkins matches home grown vegetables with wine

Renowned wine writer Suzy Atkins who writes for The Telegraph, has come up with some interesting ideas on how to match wine with home-grown fruit and vegetables.Read more

Guess the wine

Thu, 08/27/2009 - 13:33 — Love that wine
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Can you tell your Shiraz from your Merlot?

If you fancy yourself as a wine expert then test your skills at The Meat & Wine Company restaurant in Westfield shopping centre, London.

The steakhouse restaurant, with its extensive range of wines, will be asking diners to guess a selection of wines correctly on Tuesday 1 September 2009 and the winner will be entered into a prize draw to win a wine hamper.Read more

Hop on a bus for a taste of London

Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:59 — Love that wine
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Sip a glass of GH Mumm Champagne before sampling London’s best restaurants

The six-day London Restaurant Festival (8 – 13 October 2009) will give members of the public a chance to sample the top restaurants in London.

On Saturday 10 October, a fleet of Routemaster buses will take guests on a Gourmet Odyssey of London, in association with GH Mumm Champagne.Read more

Take a Grape Escape with wine expert Chris Scott

Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:39 — Love that wine
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Award-winning wine expert Chris Scott is to take part in an exclusive tour to the Champagne region in October.

Chris, who is head of the wine tasting company ThirtyFifty and the name behind the weekly wine podcast, The UK Wine Show, is one of the leading wine presenters in the UK.

He led a 19-strong team of wine tasters and last year was awarded the International Wine Challenge Wine educator of the Year for his podcasts, tastings and websites.Read more

Take a wine tour around the City of York

Tue, 08/25/2009 - 11:52 — Love that wine
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13th regional Food & Drink Festival to take place in September

The 10 day event from 18-27 September will take place in and around the city’s many historic sites.

Wine critic Charles Metcalfe will take wine lovers on a gastronomic and Spanish wine experience.

Other delights include a walk around the wine fair on Saturday 26 September and a plethora of tutored wine and food matching at a range of quality York restaurants.Read more

London hosts its first Argentinian wine show

Mon, 08/24/2009 - 10:59 — Love that wine
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The first-ever consumer show dedicated to Argentinian wine will come to the UK in September

Decanter wine magazine's Tastes of Argentina will take place in London on Saturday 12 September with more than 30 producers and 200 wines to taste.

A steak and Malbec masterclass run by the UK's leading Argentinian restaurant group Gaucho is included in the ticket price as well as tasting tours throughout the day and tango dancing.Read more

Lovefilm love Bordeaux

Mon, 08/24/2009 - 10:42 — Love that wine
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Enjoy the perfect night in with a great movie and bottle of top wine

Film and wine lovers are in for a treat this September when they shop for Bordeaux wines at UK supermarkets.

Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Co-Op, Asda and Somerfield stores nationwide are offering  exclusive free membership to the online film library, and Bordeaux wine gifts, for those collecting the special on-pack promotion.Read more

Waitrose goes round-the-world with wine

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:43 — Love that wine
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Supermarket launches its first ever World of Wine Showcase

Waitrose is taking its customers on a round-the-world trip in a bid to encourage wine lovers to be more adventurous.

From 2 September to 27 September the supermarket will launch its first ever World of Wine Showcase, where its wine team has chosen special parcels from the world’s best wine-making regions to encourage its customers to explore some of the more interesting grape varieties.Read more

Explore Germany’s legacy of wine

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:34 — Love that wine
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Tours offered along the Moselle, Rhine and Main to Germany’s capitals of wine

Forget visiting Berlin, Germany has so much more to offer. Why not explore the famous wine regions including some of the country’s beautiful historic cities along the river valleys of Moselle, Rhine and Main?

The 14 cities of the “Historic Highlights of Germany” network include some of the country’s major destinations for wine lovers such as Trier, Koblenz, Mainz and Würzburg. Here, vineyards, wine festivals and historic buildings wait to be discovered.Read more