Archive | November, 2014

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The Birth of Birmingham’s Wine Scene

Birmingham’s wine-scene is at last well and truly established. For years there was only a handful of people seriously selling, buying, tasting and presenting wine. For a time it seemed that there was actually only Connolly’s and me: them selling, me presenting. Both Chris Connolly and I have been in the business all our working lives, […]

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Nickolls & Perks

We regularly recommend Nickolls & Perks as great merchants when we host tastings and it’s about time we did so again to BYWine readers.   Here’s why: The range is large and eclectic. The prices are keen, and even sharper when they have offers on. They deliver and they are reliable. They are a well-established, trust-worthy family firm. […]