Eastbourne Food & Wine School (Argentinean Supper)

Another extremely successful night run by the Eastbourne Food & Wine School at The Culinary Arts Facility, Brighton University.
As a culmination of the first set of 5 evenings, an Argentinean Gourmet Supper was held. Steve Dennis, our resident chef prepared in front of all, a wonderful 3 course Argentinean supper. Wines to match from The [...]

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Fiano of Italy

One of the main reasons that we love Italian wines so much is that their production is mainly geared around indigenous grape varieties. Not only indigenous to Italy but many are local to specific regions.
For instance Corvina, Molinara & Rondinella are unique to Veneto in the production of Amarone and Valpolicella. Cortese is unique to [...]

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Wines of Italy (Lewes Wine Event)

So our first Lewesian wine tasting event went down extremely well with a great group of people and some fantastic wines to boot!
Present at our new unit in Lewes we decided to show some great examples of different Italian wines. Kicking us off was the superb Prosecco Rustico Valdobbiadene NV from Nino Franco. This wine [...]

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The South of England Show

Wow! What a show. Spread over the three days, June 5th, 6th & 7th set in rural Ardingly, West Sussex. A mecca for all things countryside, UK produce, farming equipment, great foods, great produce and great wines on tasting.
We were situated in the English Wine & Food Pavilion and displayed a whole host of great [...]

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