Yearly Archives: 2009

In case you haven’t come across them before, The Bunch is an informal gathering of UK wine merchants, who get together once or twice a year to persuade wine hacks that the independent sector is still alive and kicking. The official line is that the number of members is dictated […]

First Taste – A Luvverly Bunch

October 19, 2009 by Simon

Home-grown wine from an unlikely source. Good luck to Chris and Gillian Spakouskas with this new venture – certainly makes a change from their daily milk round. For more details on Yorkshire Heart Vineyard, phone +44 1423 330716 or take a look here.

Yorkshire Heart Vineyard – God’s own country, God’s own wine…?

October 19, 2009 by Simon

I expect some readers will probably have seen this before, but it’s a new one to me. Who would have believed that the star of Under Siege, Exit Wounds, Belly of the Beast and most recently Machete would be such a wine expert? Chuck Norris, maybe, but Seagal….? PS The […]

Wine Tasting with Steven Seagal

October 15, 2009 by Simon

The Manchester Food & Drink Festival kicks off this week and runs until October 12th. For the first time, there’s going to be a special event for wine lovers in the form of the MFDF Independent and Local Wine Festival. This Friday and Saturday will see several of the North […]

Calling All Manchester Wine Lovers

September 30, 2009 by Simon

If you’re female, live in or around London and are remotely interested in wine, Women of Wine is organising an event next week at Whole Foods Market in Kensington looking at Georgian and Lebanese wines. As well as the chance to try several wines, there will be three speakers (all […]