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Fine Wines Direct Finalised in Harpers Wine Awards
Finalist Best Wine Wholesaler of the Year
The team at Fine Wines Direct were thrilled to be finalised ...
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Ten top wines under £10 to enjoy with your BBQ
10 Great Wines to Serve at your BBQ under £10
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Wines to drink with fish
White Wines to drink with fish
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Ancre Hills Wines 2013 International Wine Awards
Ancre Hill Estates of Monmouth, Wales’ premier Vineyard & Wine Producer, has again scooped a hatful of medals in this year’s lea...
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Some Vintage Thoughts
Just what does the word vintage mean nowadays? Rather less than it used to some years ago. With improved techniques in the vineyards and more so...
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Chablis
Whilst I have visited Chablis on a number of occasions, it was only during the past week that I felt that I had managed to get under its skin. T...
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Minimum Priceing & Responsible Drinking
It seems as though the Government has abandoned its plans to have a minimum price per unit of alcohol. How does this decision leave me? – Absolu...
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What is actually in the bottle?
I am relieved that horse-meat now seems to have been abandoned by the head-line writers, not that I have any particular objection to eating it –...
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Michel Picard Blogette
Of all the family suppliers we have, perhaps the most remarkable is that of Michel Picard. Just over forty years ago they were a small company b...
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Pesquera has arrived !
Fine Wines Direct UK are proud to announce that our latest allocation of Pesquera wines have arrived. As well as the latest vintages of the Pesq...
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Allan Scott Cricket Trip
I write this from the beautiful New Zealand wine village of Martinborough, a centre for Pinot Noir production. Here the temperature is in the ei...
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Tribute to Benigo Diz Martinez
Successful restaurateur Benigo Diz Martinez has died aged 70. Benigo, described by friends as a "kind and modest man who never sought and recogn...
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Bodegas Julian Chivite
As I recently said, we pride ourselves on dealing with family companies and I do not think that there can be much doubt as to which is the longe...
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Mazilly, Burgundy
Fine Wines Direct Uk is proud of the relationships that it has with its suppliers overseas, the majority of which are family-owned companies. He...
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Marqués de Cáceres for Christmas Lunch
It was just before Christmas, more than thirty years ago, that I first tasted Marqués de Cáceres Rioja. At the time I was selling a range of Fr...
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Wine For Christmas
Last weekend, I had a guest appearance as Father Christmas for the local pre-school. One child who came was the young son of someone who works f...
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Wine for an Ark
We have been swabbing out this morning after two days of torrential rain; water has run off the fields behind us and flooded into the house. Loo...
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The Great British Cheese Festival 2012
Fine Wines Direct UK are once again at the Great British Cheese Festival in Cardiff Castle on Saturday 22/23 September. There will be two wine m...
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German Wines
I have just spent four days studying, and tasting, at the German Wine Academy, which, this year, took place at Freiburg at the heart of the vine...
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Viognier Blog
It is not so long ago that the Viognier was one of the rarest white grape varieties in the world. As recently as 1968, the French gr...
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Tips on Buying Fine Wine
A month or so ago, I spotted in a corner of a wine shop in France six bottles of 2008 vintage Burgundy at a ridiculously low price. I bought the...
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Cheese & Wine Tasting Evening at Y Talbot, Tregaron.
Friday 3rd August 8pm
Our latest wine tasting evening will be at Y Talbot Tregaron, Ceredigion
This event will showcase some of Mi...
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La Zerba Gavi Highest rated Gavi by Robert Parker
90 points awarded by Robert Parkers’ Wine Spectator
We are delighted with the news that La Zerba Gavi di Tassarolo ‘Terrarossa’ DOCG 201...
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Wine Tasting evening at Llandaff Rowing Club Cardiff
Fun with Wine Evening
Our latest wine tasting evening is Thursday 19th July 7.30pm -10pm at Llandaff Rowing Club, Cardiff
Hosted b...
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Chartogne-Taillet Champagne
I first met Philippe and Elisabeth Chartogne, of CHAMPAGNE CHARTOGNE-TAILLET, in Marrakech some thirty years ago. My wife and I were quietly hav...
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Casa Silva Wine Tasting
Fine Wines Direct will be hosting a special wine tasting evening on the 3rd of July from 7pm at Sosban, Llanelli
Johnny Bingham from Vina ...
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Virginia Vineyard Tour
When I am on holiday, my wife just allows me one vineyard visit. Last month we were in Virginia for a wedding and I had booked my one visit in a...
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Champagne Season
I have been fortunate enough to have been invited to two weddings on successive Saturdays during the past month. One was what might be described...
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Ancre Hill Estates Award Winning Wines
Ancre Hill Estates of Monmouth, Wales’ premier Vineyard & Wine Producer, has scooped a hatful of medals in this year’s leading International Win...
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Christopher's trip to Alderney
I spent the last weekend exposing myself to the elements playing cricket in the rain on Alderney, the third largest of the Channel Islands. Wine...
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A Weekend in West Wales
I have just spent a wet and windy weekend in West Wales. It was the first time I had been in Pembrokeshire since I had tramped across the Castle...
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Guide to Rioja
Located in Northern Spain, Rioja is the country’s most renowned wine region. With the mountains protecting it from heavy Atlantic rains and scor...
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What the wine lover should do in 2012
I think that I would not have made a very good prophet, but I think I can be sure about one or two things that 2012 will have in store for us wi...
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What to drink with your Christmas lunch?
Well, I read in an article that Fiona Beckett, who is something of an expert in food and wine matching suggests that Chardonnay is the best grap...
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How important is the vintage on a bottle of wine?
Sadly, I can give you no easy answer to that question, but as a generalisation one could say that the more expensive the bottle of wine, the mor...
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The Winners dinner with Graham Henry
All the ingredients were there, elegant guests, wonderful food cooked by two of the country's finest, Stephen Terry of The Hardwick near Abergav...
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A warm welcome from Uruguay
Welcome to our new web-site. I hope you now find it much easier to get a clear idea of the wonderful selection of wines that we have available –...
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Welcome to our brand new website
We have worked in conjunction with our suppliers and developers to produce an online wine purchasing experience that is second to none. The wine...
