Saturday Kitchen’s Peter Richards recommended one of our wines on Saturday 30th: La Posta Malbec 2008, Pizzella Family Vineyard, Uco Valley was paired with the Heaven dish of Beef fillet with red cabbage and straw fries. La Posta Malbec 2008, Pizzella Family Vineyard, Uco Valley £9.99 Buy 2 bottles save £4 = £7.99 Estate owners [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Autumn offers end 3pm Monday
Saturday 30 October 2010 – 10:35
Our Autumn offers end on Monday (3pm online, end of day in-store), so get your orders in swiftly to take advantage of 25% off Spain, 20% off South Africa, and 20% off Portugal (often overlooked, but seriously, yummmm). We’ve had quite a packed schedule this Autumn and I’m not sure we’ve given enough coverage to the [...]
Squids In
Wednesday 27 October 2010 – 23:31
An early morning wake up call, a few hardy souls and I were heading out at the crack of dawn to go squid fishing in McLaren Vale. To be honest, I never thought I would be leaving the comfort of my warm bed at 5.30am of my own free will to go and sit in [...]
Victorious Vineyards
Tuesday 26 October 2010 – 14:18
Our first day in McLaren Vale we headed to The Blessed Cheese for a flat white, which we are all slowly becoming addicted to, from there we were met by Mike Brown of Gem Tree who gave up an hour of his morning to give us an overview of the region. A warm climate means [...]
The Best Laid Plans…
Sunday 24 October 2010 – 21:36
The beginning of our second week in Australia. We said goodbye Victoria, hello South Australia, slightly hopeful that the weather would be warmer here. Our bus driver Wayne breathed a sigh of relief as we were back in his home territory. Our plans for today were to leave Dunkeld, get a couple of hours driving [...]
Last day in Victoria
Sunday 24 October 2010 – 5:15
Best’s Winery in Great Western, a sub region of the Grampians GI was founded in 1866 by Henry Best. Amidst Gold Rush territory, the winery remained in the Best family until Henry’s death in the 1920′s, at which point it was bought by the Thomson family. Now in the hands of 4th generation Viv and [...]
Yabby Lake and Bindi
Saturday 23 October 2010 – 7:55
Yabby Lake winery was our next stop on the trip. We were in Heathcote to meet Tom Carson, winemaker. Though the fruit comes from the Mornington Peninsula, where we were at the beginning of the trip, the wine is actually made in Heathcote. Trying to make wines that are not complicated by wine making, wines [...]
Discovering the Douro
Friday 22 October 2010 – 18:26
by Emma Raper, Majestic Marketing Manager – Customer Initiatives When I found out that I was going on a study trip to Portugal in mid October, two thoughts crossed my mind. Will they still be picking grapes? And will it be hot and sunny? It was a YES to both! After completing the WSET Diploma [...]
Chocolate anyone…?
Wednesday 20 October 2010 – 22:18
Day four of the trip, first stop was Giant Steps Winery. This is based in Healseville, a small town in the Yarra Valley. Modern, with lots of stainless steel and huge, initially the building seemed somewhat out of place in what had come across as a rather sleepy town. Once you walk in the building, [...]
