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Sources for wine news and unbiased wine recommendations
Wine courses and regular tasting events
Bespoke tasting events and Corporate Entertainment
Wine Clubs
Wine Tours
Cellar Management
Cellar Management Software
Wine Blogs
Food and Wine Matching
Wine and fine dining accessories
Where to buy wine
Wine investment
Recommended construction companies
Recommended kitchen suppliers and installers
Wine Insurance Services
Sources for wine news and unbiased wine recommendations
www.decanter.com
The industry's leading wine magazine - Decanter
www.finewinemag.com
The World of Fine Wine Magazine
www.harpers.co.uk
Website for the wine trade publication Harpers Wine and Spirit.
www.jancisrobinson.com
Learn more about wine, guided by Jancis Robinson, an internationally known wine writer particularly respected for her independence.
www.wine-pages.com
An online wine magazine that has been published by wine writer Tom Cannavan since 1995, making it one of the world's pioneering wine sites.
www.wineanorak.com/index.htm
One of the most interesting and comprehensive wine resources on the web. If you are relatively new to wine, don't be intimidated by some of the seriously geeky bits: the site is designed to appeal to novices as well as long-term wine nuts
www.thewinedoctor.com
Written by Chris Kissack - a very interesting independent opinion on wine.
www.thewinegang.com
The Wine Gang has been formed by five of the UK's most respected wine critics. Olly Smith of BBC1's Saturday Kitchen, Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com, Ant Rose of the Independent, Jo Simon of the Sunday Times and Tim Atkin MW of the Observer. Their idea is simple: every week they attend a host of tastings restricted to the press and wine trade. But they're frustrated. Why? Because with the limited coverage wine receives in the media, so much valuable information never reaches the consumer. Now, their independent assessment of at least 200 wines per month empowers you to buy smarter and drink better.
www.erobertparker.com
The website of Robert Parker - the world's number one wine critic
www.nataliemaclean.com
Wine and food matching website
www.allaboutwine.com
The World of Wine Online "A large catalogue of wine websites covering a wide range of topics and interests."
www.vinovixenz.com
Wine reviews and learn more about tasting wine
Wine Courses and Regular Tasting Events
'ThirtyFifty offer wine tastings for private parties and corporate entertainment in a range of formats tailored to suit the occasion. Our corporate wine tastings let you have fun with colleagues and entertain clients while learning about wine. Our private parties are a great excuse to get friends together or celebrate a special occasion. We hope you'll enjoy exploring our website for wine tasting ideas and inspiration!'
www.thetastingsessions.com
The Tasting Sessions brings a contemporary approach to the old school wine club. Working with London's newest and edgiest venues, they hold monthly events sampling tasty treats from producers all over the world.
www.wineunearthed.co.uk
Wine Unearthed specialise in one day wine tasting workshops, wine courses, wine dinners, private and corporate wine events...basically anything involving sharing and talking about wine!
The Vinopolis self-guided wine tour offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about, explore and sample the wines and spirits of the world all in one place.
www.vinoteca.co.uk
Based in Farringdon, Vinoteca opened in September 2005, and has since been recognised as one of the best wine bars in London. Our award-winning Wine Bar serves over 25 wines by the glass, changing every week, and over 280 wines by the bottle from around the world at great value prices.
www.christieseducation.com/london_winecourses.html
A five week course introduces you to wines from all over the world using the wines of France as the benchmark.
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/wine-tasting/session-2008-2009/wine-tasting.html
'Wine is vital to French culture, as we hope to show during these exclusive wine tasting sessions. Our Regular Sessions are conceived as an introduction to an area, such as Bordeaux, Burgundy or the South of France, while Special Tastings are more specialised and focus on cépages and types of wine.'
www.wine-education-service.co.uk
'We run wine courses to suit all levels of knowledge and experience in London (City, Hampstead, Holborn and South Kensington), Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Sussex. We also offer a whisky course, an extensive programme of tutored wine tastings and 1-day wine workshops as well as occasional wine holidays.'
http://www.rawlings-and-wine.com
Wine events and education within the convenient working location at Canary Wharf Docklands, London.
'Directed by Michael Palij MW, one of only 277 Masters of Wine in the world, WineMatters has been running passionate and informative wine tuition courses since 1994. Over 500 enthusiastic individuals have already enjoyed learning more about wine with WineMatters in a friendly and informal environment. We offer Introductory, Advanced and Diploma level wine appreciation courses, and Masterclasses on specific topics of interest to wine connoisseurs.'
Private & Corporate Tuition - Wine Tastings, Cookery Classes, Corporate Events & Entertaining, Wine Tours and Trips Abroad, Office & Function Catering
WSET organises wine education courses, spirits courses and wine tastings for professionals and enthusiasts in 47 countries worldwide.
Wine courses, wine and food courses and wine tastings for everyone from the absolute beginner learning purely for pleasure, to those with a more serious perhaps career-based interest.
Champagne Tuesdays is based in London, but work throughout the UK and Europe. We are an independent organisation specialising in the presentation, tutoring, tasting and above all enjoyment of wine (by the way, we also do whisky, rum, gin and brandy tastings). It's not just Champagne, nor just on Tuesdays, and we only use experienced, qualified wine professionals for our events. We specialise in unique and unforgettable wine tasting events. Any size of group, anywhere in the world; flexibility is what we do best.
www.freewinecourse.com
Online wine course
Bespoke tasting events and Corporate Entertainment
www.winfieldwines.co.uk
Winfield Wine Events have a wealth of experience in organizing and presenting wine tastings. Come and enjoy the wine tasting experience with us! Sample a menu of wine tastings which combine fine wines, information, competition, and humour into interactive events which everyone will enjoy!
www.harrisontate.co.uk
We provide wine-based entertainment to groups of fifteen to over a hundred in the London area. We always make sure that your guests have a great time, and learn as much as they want to!
www.vintellect.co.uk/Wine-Tasting-Events.aspx
All of our events and courses are tailor-made to your requirements, so do call us - even if it's just to pick our brains to help you with some ideas.
www.winefoodacademy.com
Private & Corporate Tuition - Wine Tastings, Cookery Classes, Corporate Events & Entertaining, Wine Tours and Trips Abroad, Office & Function Catering
www.champagnetuesdays.com
Champagne Tuesdays is based in London, but work throughout the UK and Europe. We are an independent organisation specialising in the presentation, tutoring, tasting and above all enjoyment of wine (by the way, we also do whisky, rum, gin and brandy tastings). It's not just Champagne, nor just on Tuesdays, and we only use experienced, qualified wine professionals for our events. We specialise in unique and unforgettable wine tasting events. Any size of group, anywhere in the world; flexibility is what we do best.
www.onceuponavine.co.uk
Wine tutor and consultant – specialising in wine training,tutored wine tastings and corporate hospitality events
Wine Clubs
www.quintessentiallywine.com/uk
'Our aim is simple. To provide you with a hand-crafted, personally-tailored service that gives you access to some of the world's finest, most covetable wines that I have personally selected and that are exclusive to Quintessentially Wine customers.' Matthew Jukes
Wine Tours
www.ArblasterandClarke.com
Traveling with Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours, you'll have private tastings at famous chateaux in France, enjoy special cellar tours at cutting-edge wineries, be invited into top growers' cellars in Spain and discover great wines in Italy. With our 22 years of wine touring experience, we offer you the the widest range of wine tours available.
http://www.BxWinex.com
The Bordeaux Wine Experience, the leading Bordeaux Wine Tour Company
http://www.lebaccanti.com
Luxury Food & Wine Tours and Vacations in Italy
www.wineacademyroma.com
The International Wine Academy of Roma opened in Rome, Italy, in October 2002 in the prestigious setting of Il Palazzetto, overlooking the Spanish Steps in the very heart of the eternal city. The Academy is located on the ground floor of the Palazzetto, a beautiful 19th century four story building that also houses its own restaurant, wine bar, and hotel rooms.
www.bnb-bordeaux-aromas.com
Surrounded by vineyards and forest, our 18th century farmhouse in its own grounds is just 10 minutes from the tiny hillside village of Sauternes and only 30 minutes from the elegant splendour of the city of Bordeaux. On one of our relaxed bed and breakfast breaks, there are options that let you simply soak up the sun by the pool, wander the gentle local countryside by bike, on foot - or even on horseback or discover the rich and pleasurable world of Bordeaux's wines.
www.rhonewineholidays.com
If you already love Rhone wines, a stay at La Madelène makes for the perfect holiday. If the area and its wines are new to you, we will introduce you to the wonderful wines of this region while you stay with us, or tour with us in the beautiful Provencal countryside.
www.valenciancellars.com
Our tours offer the visitor to Valencia an opportunity to visit the vineyards & wineries, explore the historic towns of interest and sample the best traditional Valencian cuisine & wines.
Cellar Management
Cellar Management Software
www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/software.html
www.winebanq.com/Wine-Cellar-Software/WineBanq/Cellar-Software.aspx
www.cellartracker.com/intro.asp
www.vinfolio.com/services-learn-about-vincellar.jsp - completely free
Wine Blogs
http://www.bbrblog.com
Berry Brothers blog site
http://www.robertjoseph-onwine.com
For the irreverent jottings of an unusually widely-travelled professional wino - Robert Joseph
http://www.waitrosewine.com/155_Waitrose+Wine+Blog/Content.aspx
Waitrose own web blog
http://www.spittoon.biz
Blog site written by Andrew Barrow, a member of the UK based Circle of Wine Writers and WSET Diploma holder.
http://www.blog.majestic.co.uk
Majestic Wine Warehouse's blog site
http://www.cluelessaboutwine.co.uk
Wine blog written byCharlie.
www.wineanorak.com/blog/
Wine journalist Jamie Goode's wine blog
www.wine90.blogspot.com
A non commerical review site for Italian wines.
http://www.wineroll.com
Aggregates and organizes wine blog posts by topic, providing a convenient source of information for industry professionals & enthusiasts
www.finewinediary.com
Richard Bailey and Toby Bailey share their tasting notes
www.wineloverspage.com
We give you objective consumer-oriented tips on wines of good value, and make you a part of our international online community of wine lovers who enjoy intelligent talk about good things to eat and drink.
Food and wine matching
http://www.wineanorak.com
Website from wine journalist Jamie Goode
http://www.nataliemaclean.com
Natalie Maclean's food and wine matching website
www.matchingfoodandwine.com
Everything you need to know about matching food, wine and other drinks from award-winning writer Fiona Beckett.
http://www.wineloverspage.com/foodwine
With the Food and Wine Matching Engine as your guide, you can make a good wine match with just about any food. Find the food of your choice in the index
Wine and fine dining accessories
http://www.wineware.co.uk
www.fine-wine-accessories.co.uk
http://www.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=149
http://www.forevercrystal.co.uk/
Where to buy wine
http://www.Winesearcher.com
A brilliant resource that allows you to search for a particular wine through the lists of thousands of merchants worldwide. There's a pay version that's worth the small premium.
http://www.quaffersoffers.co.uk
A site that serves bargain-hunting Brits.
http://cellarandkitchen.adnams.co.uk
An award winning wine merchant based at the famous Adnams Brewery, Southwold. The store supplies an expertly selected range of wine varieties from many countries. Highlights include the fine wines and en primeur to be purchased by the bottle or by the case.
Wine investment
www.premiercru.com
Europe's leading fine wine investment house
www.liv-ex.com
"Liv-ex... offers an electronic marketplace for merchants trading fine wine. They therefore have excellent access to financial information about the wine market and can offer non-professionals various packages of information". Jancis Robinson
www.vintagewinefund.com
An off shore fund investing in fine wines for capital growth.
www.fwe.co.uk
Fine Wine Exchange offers private wine collectors and enthusiasts a dedicated disposal facility for those wines which are excess to drinking requirements or have been purchased purely for investment and eventual re-sale.
Recommended Construction companies
http://www.osullivancivils.co.uk
O'Sullivan Civil Engineering Ltd operates as a contractor throughout London and the South East of England. Our main services are in Groundwork, basement construction, Mini-piling and Formwork.
Recommended Kitchen Suppliers and Installers
www.crabtreekitchens.co.uk
Showroom in Barnes, South West London
http://www.finewoodinteriors.co.uk
Showrooms in Weybridge - Surrey, Farnham - Surrey and Bentley- Hampshire
http://www.abitalia.co.uk
Showroom in Cheltenham
