If you missed the last flash sale from Waitrose Cellar, here’s another opportunity to purchase wines online and benefit from a 25% discount. This current promotion finishes on Tuesday 9th June. Rather than bombard you with a long list, we suggest you start by taking a look at the fine wine section as […]
Bordeaux is all about red wine. Claret. Médoc. St. Emillion. Expensive Crus Classés. But actually there is so much more to Bordeaux than that. 88% is indeed red wine but that means that 12% is not. There’s a titchy bit of rosé made and some of the best sweet white wines in the world come from […]
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that we at BYWine are fans of Bordeaux wine so when we see a good selection well-priced with a discount then we are keen to share it. The Central England Co-operative currently has 15% off when you buy four bottles – promoted as We Like Wine – and the following […]
There are around 90 members of the Association of Wine Educators, working all over the UK, providing training and tastings, education and entertainment both to the trade and to consumers. They are selecting and buying wines for these events. It struck me that I would be interested to know what wines my colleagues are choosing and why, […]
Just to let you know that a new Wine Cellar promotion starts at Lidl today, Thursday May 28th. There is a lot of good stuff which, if past experience is anything to go by, sells out very quickly. Look out particularly for the Portuguese wines! Full accompanying brochure should be in with the weekend papers. […]
Coravin is a device that enables wine lovers and restaurateurs to serve wine from the same bottle over a period of up to 12 months, using Argon gas to release wine under pressure and to keep the wine fresh after each serve. It uses a needle to penetrate the cork, so neither capsule or cork […]
Having joined the annual En Primeur tastings in Bordeaux at the beginning of April, here are a few musings: – 2014 is a very good vintage on the left bank and a good vintage on the right bank. Cabernets tended to do well, so the right bank properties with higher % of Cabernet Franc […]
Last month I had a little gripe about how most wine-drinkers walk swiftly past those gorgeous Rieslings which the wine trade love to love. The situation is very much reversed when it comes to Pinotage. Consumers have no hang-ups whatever about buying wines from this grape variety whereas the trade on the other hand gets […]
Yesterday it was cheap and cheerful from Tesco, today it’s good stuff from Waitrose. Really good stuff. Fingers, credit card and cellar are currently flexing themselves for a pretty hefty order. We urge you to take a look here at the 254 wines with 25% off for one week only until 7th […]
Tesco has 25% off any 6 bottles from now until 21st April. We like this style of promotion because it is a chance to buy your favourites at competitive prices and, of course, ‘every little helps’. But actually Tesco’s assistance is even grander and more obliging than usual. Wines already promoted and reduced, and this […]