Wine
The wines we are drinking!
The Classic Case
Botter Prosecco Spumante, Italy Refreshing and fruity, with apple and pear notes. Sinson Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, Loire Dry and crisp, with notes of freshly cut grass and gooseberry. Great with smoked salmon. Spinyback Riesling, New Zealand A zingy, aromatic and refreshing Riesling. The Den Chenin Blanc, South Africa Smooth and creamy, packed with tropical notes. Ideal white for the Christmas roast. L’Espinose Muscadet Sevre et Maine, Loire Lean and minerally, with green fruit notes. Match with seafood. Vieux Clocher Ventoux Rouge, Rhone. Generous fruits of the forest, dark cherries, with a herbaceous background. Palacio Fuente Verde Reserva, Spain Full bodied red,...
Read MoreThe Essential Six
Botter Prosecco Spumante, Italy Refreshing and fruity, with apple and pear notes. Sinson Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, Loire Dry and crisp, with notes of freshly cut grass and gooseberry. Great with smoked salmon. The Den Chenin Blanc, South Africa Smooth and creamy, packed with tropical notes. Ideal white for the Christmas roast. Vieux Clocher Ventoux Rouge, Rhone. Generous fruits of the forest, dark cherries, with a herbaceous background. Palacio Fuente Verde Reserva, Spain Full bodied red, with dark fruit, vanilla and smoky oak. Perfect with red meat. Quinta Santa Eufemia Ruby Port. Full bodied, packed with notes of plums, blackberry, sweet spice and...
Read MoreWe’re Recruiting!
We are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly wine lover to join our team. Could that be you? We are looking for the following: - Good knowledge of wine (essential) and beer knowledge an advantage. - Excellent customer service and communication skills. - Comfortable with a physically demanding role - Good basic computer skills and numeracy. The role will be full time, so approximately 40 hours per week. It will involve the sole running of the shop for each shift, so helping our lovely customers select their wine and beers, merchandising, cash handling, and lifting lots of...
Read MoreSummer Holidays!
It gets very quiet for us at the start of August, and so we take this opportunity to have a wee summer holiday. The shops will therefor be closed from Sunday 2nd August until Thursday 6th of August. We will re-open again as normal at noon on Friday 7th.
Read MoreWine vs. Beer Round 2
As I sit here destroying my taste buds with some ridiculously hot salsa, it seems a perfect time, really, to do a little writing on flavour matches. Last month I was called back to Appellation in order to make a case and defend a title gained back in 2013 in a Wine vs. Beer food pairing which Ash and I led with the Scottish Funding Council. For the past year this has been a constant point of discussion within the shop, the reminiscences nearly always culminating in my hands being raised in a variety of celebratory exposés, while Ash would always shake his head, assuring me that the next time would be different. The run-up to this year’s event proved to be even more of...
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