Bordeaux’s “Fête de la Fleur” (Flower Festival) will be held on the 20th June at Chateau Lagrange in Saint Julien. The Fête de la Fleur has traditionally been a movable feast, sometimes hosted by a chateau or in the city of Bordeaux. This year Lagrange has been chosen to host the Flower Festival in celebration of the 30th anniversary … Read more
We have two great offers for you to celebrate Spring! The Spring Claret Case Our Spring Claret Case contains four super Clarets. At 20% OFF the normal price of £107 you can have these great wines delivered to your door for £86.00 (that’s only £7.17 a bottle). The Spring Claret Case contains 3 of each of the … Read more
Bordeaux has its very own experimental testing ground but unlike Area 51 in the USA, Bodeaux’s Parcelle 52 doesn’t attract any conspiracy theories about aliens or little green men. Parcelle 52 is an acre of land that has been planted with 52 grape varieties from around the world, in Gradignan, south of Bordeaux. It’s run by l’Institut des Sciences de la … Read more
A cracking case of Bank Holiday wines – Clarets and Classic Reds for £83.00 including delivery to your door. That’s £6.91 a bottle! (Our normal price for this case is over £100). Last orders must be Midnight on Tuesday 20th August to ensure you receive your wines in time for the Bank Holiday. This case … Read more
Bernard Farges has been elected the new president of CIVB (Bordeaux Wine Bureau), succeeding Georges Haushalter, for a term of 3 years. The CIVB is the body that represents the Bordeaux wine industry: viticulture, trading and brokerage. With a budget of 40 million euros in 2013, the CIVB represents 7055 wine, 300 trading houses, 95 … Read more
A few years ago I wrote about, amongst other things, the oldest grape vine in the world and it still draws some argument. Officially (according to Guinness World Records) the oldest red grape vine in the world is in Slovenia in the town of Maribor. It is over 400 years old, still bears grapes which … Read more
In celebration of the birth of our future King, Prince George of Cambridge, we have put together a Royal Case of Clarets to help you raise a glass to his arrival.We offer this case at a magnificent 20% discount off our normal prices at £95.62 which is a mere £7.97 a bottle! Each case will contain 3 … Read more
Most Bordeaux chateaux use a blend of grape varieties to make their wines and its fairly unusual to find a wine made from a single grape variety. The permitted red grape varieties allowed in a Bordeaux blend are commonly Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carménère are also permitted but are … Read more
Chateau Latour’s owner, François Pinault has purchased the 65 hectare Araujo Estate in Napa. Araujo lies in the north east Napa Valley, just east of Calistoga and dates back to 1884. It had been owned by the Araujo family since 1990 and Michel Rolland was their consultant oenologist. According to The Drinks Business the jewel in the … Read more
Summer is here and if you are looking for a superb day out this Sunday 14th July is Family Day at Stratford Racecourse. Families can gather together and picnic or BBQ in the centre of the course, making use of the free admission for under 18′s along with the free children’s entertainment on afternoon weekend meetings … Read more
