4.8 / 5 ( 22 votes ) Majestic Wine has joined the fightback against dementia, after employees voted overwhelmingly in favour of Alzheimer’s Research UK becoming their next charity partner. There are currently 850,000 people in the UK living with dementia and without effective treatments, one in three children born today will die with this […]
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4.5 / 5 ( 10 votes ) Help! I normally buy estate-bottled wine. More and more I see in supermarkets and other outlets, wine brought in bulk from New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia and bottled in the UK. A contentious topic but in short – yes, bulk wine can be equal to estate-bottled wine. […]
5 / 5 ( 1 vote ) Very exciting news this week! We’ve just launched The Tasting Club, a personalised events programme, in all stores across the country. A suite of four events, The Tasting Club takes you on a journey to show what loving wine can do for you – the joy it can […]
2 / 5 ( 1 vote ) We’re thrilled to announce that we’re going to be showcasing our award-winning own-brand Definition range at Foodies Festival Alexandra Palace this coming Bank Holiday weekend. We’ll be giving you the opportunity to taste five different wines from the Definition range – completely free! We’re also selling glasses of […]
One thing we get asked for quite often is a wine that hasn’t been oaked in any way. Of course, we also get asked for wine that has been oaked, but Oak has many influences on the wine and can be used at many stages in the wine making process. Below is a basic summary of […]
One of the magical things about wine is that it is a living, breathing thing; once bottled, it doesn’t stay the same, but continues to change and evolve. Most wines are best drunk in their full flush of youth, when they still have all their exuberant fruit. Some, however, are made to improve as they […]
5 / 5 ( 1 vote ) Back in Spring, we revealed Naked Ladies… sorry I’ll start again… Back in Spring, we revealed that Naked Ladies had been voted in to the range by our Customer Beer Team. We’re delighted to let you know that this delicious golden ale from Twickenham Fine Ales has arrived – […]
Look for a definition of a premium New World wine region and New Zealand will be your answer. Viticulture there dates back to 1836, when Scottish-born oenologist (and father of Australian Wine) James Busby started planting vines on his estate in Waitangi, but it was in the early 1970s that Brancott Estate (then Montana) first […]
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