Events

Jeremy Borg is back! Showing his great Painted Wolf wines.

Claudio Martins from Mingorra Winery located in Alantejo. We will taste 7 wines and Claudio will be ably supported by his importer Marta Mateus Bowers.

Arguably one of best wine regions of the today, South African wine is at a stellar moment. Adam Renwick is the man to tell us why.

Sustainability is becoming a key concern for any self respecting winery, Greig Wilson explores how this is being done via a tasting of wines from the winemakers who are prioritising this approach.

Steve Day of Liberty wines is both an expert and an enthusiast for the glorious wines of North West Spain.

The 2022 'Reboot' Wine Fair at Wylam Brewery Great Hall in Exhibition Park. You can taste 100 wines across 10 tables the Fair starts at 2pm and finishes at 5.30pm.

A fabulous night with Craig Mitchell the UK and European representative of Chateau St Michelle. Featuring 7 of their great wines with a few nibbles thrown in.

We host tastings and masterclasses for other tipples too: Our gin events are a regular hit: you can try a variety of gins, usually between 5 and 7. Tonics are matched to get a great combination of flavours. Gin making has a lively history and we tell you all about it and then you infuse your own gin to take away and finish with our signature cocktail.

Katie has an amazing back story and we first met her in 2018 and were as impressed with her wines as we were with her. Katie’s Languedoc ‘adventure’ was revealed by Jancis Robinson who was hugely impressed at her conviction to establish her own independent vineyard with her husband against local antipathy. Now she is coming to do a full blown tasting with 20 of our lucky customers. She has a lot of new kit so is bringing her own film and slide show and we will get taste and learn about 7 wines in her range. Carignan Gris, Macabeo, Grenache Gris, Grenache Gris , Carignan, and Along Came Jones new superstar wines.

Our longest running collaboration has been with the fantastic Feathers Inn. And a least once a year we take a charabanc (mini bus to you) up to their multi award winning Gastro Pub. We pair our wines with Rhians fabulous food. This year our theme is Sicily and we have a mouth-watering six course dinner accompanied by six of the great wines of Sicily

Natural wine is the drink du jour and has grown massively in popularity over the last five years. Only a proportion of our wines are natural but 99% are organic, biodynamic, vegetarian or vegan. However we have recently grown our range and the natural wines which we do stock are good. But along with Laura Bennet we thought it was the ideal time to introduce this type of wine to a whole new audience. Laura has been in the wine trade for 20 year and currently works with the major importer Enotria and we could not think of a better person to cover this ground. Natural wines are produced without adding or removing anything during winemaking both in growing the grapes and making grapes into wine. They are different to the terms organic and biodynamic but many natural wine producers follow as a minimum biodynamic in the vineyards and farm organically. But do not worry this is not heavy duty we get to taste delicious Fizz and 5 table wines.