If you are the kind of person who loves food, wine, great dining and beautiful books, we have a treat for you. We are incredibly chuffed to have 4 copies of the fabulous new book ‘The Pig: Tales and Recipes from the Kitchen Garden and Beyond’ (Octopus Publishing, HB £30) by Robin Hutson, Gill Morgan, […]
Over the last couple of weeks we have spoken to Olly and Susy about Chile and they have kindly divulged all that they love about the country. They have also given us top tips of what to look out for at our super-duper Love Wine, Love Chile event in September. Now we turn to our […]
With the weeks flying by, we are gearing up for our spectacular Love Wine, Love Chile event in September. If you have missed it, Love Wine, Love Chile is a fantastic one-off evening with Oz Clarke, Susy Atkins and Olly Smith and some of Chile’s finest wine producers, a rare opportunity and a real treat […]
Its official, we are starting to get very excited about Love Wine, Love Chile in September! It is not every day that you get to taste so many wines from the same amazing country in the same room. Those talented Chilean winemakers have continued to produce wines at great prices that delight our taste buds […]
Ah summer. The sound of bird song in the garden, warm evenings, the sound of a cricket match on the green, abundant soft fruit and Wimbledon. It seems that our summers are also not complete without some pink wine. We seem to love our rosé at present. You only have to look at the shelves […]
Those of you who came to Let’s Get Fizzical last month will have tasted some super fizz from South Africa. Here we look a bit closer at what makes these Cap Classique wines so special. Word on the street is that South Africa is creating Champagne quality bubbly, at Prosecco prices. Gasp! How can it […]
In September The Wine & Spirit Education Trust is marking its 50th anniversary with its first ever international celebration of wine education, and a Guinness World Record attempt. Wine Education Week will kick off with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for wine lovers to help break a Guinness World Record – for the largest ever recorded sommelierie […]
‘What’s even better than a session of tasting, talking and learning all about wine at a Three Wine Men event? A session which involves A Splash of Gin too, that’s what! There can’t be many wine events which boast a ‘support act’ of premium gins and their producers too. But that’s what Three Wine […]
Our very own Wine Man Tim Atkin MW, along with his team of fellow experts, swirled and sipped their way through hundreds of Spanish wines to arrive at the ultimate list of ‘Wines from Spain Award Winners 2018’. We have five mixed cases of delicious award-winning Spanish wine to give away to five lucky ticket holders. All […]
In this sizzling scorcher of a summer there are lots of fun ways to cool down, but one of the best is undoubtedly with a cooling long drink with plenty of ice and of course a splash of gin. We have asked all the distillers who are joining us at A Splash of Gin on […]
