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Bring a bottle

by winechap on February 17, 2012

After a miserable month of supposed abstinence and detoxing, people are skulking back in to London’s restaurants, or drinks cabinets, replenished after the festive drinks party and inviting friends round to sample dishes plucked from one of their Christmas present cookbooks. Click on, dear reader…

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Matching your wedding wines

February 14, 2012 Vintellect

Your wedding day is meant to be one of the happiest and romantic of your life, and yet the months/weeks/days and hours leading up to “I do” can be amongst the most hair wrenching, buttock clenchingly stressful you are ever likely to know.

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WineChap Tastings in the News

February 6, 2012 Aftermath

Write-ups of two of our latest Tasting series have featured recently; ‘Toast the Oyster’ and ‘Grape vs Grain’.

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Not your usual glass of Chardonnay

February 2, 2012 Notes from the bottom of a bottle...

by GINNY GILMORE Would I like to go to a dinner and in-depth Chablis tasting? Of course I would! So I set off for Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick to meet the team from The Vinter and their Chablis gurus La Chablisienne.

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Negotiating The Wine List with Thierry Tomasin

January 27, 2012 Vintellect

Angelus has long been one of WineChap’s favourite London restaurants, and Thierry Tomasin and his team have reciprocally been staunch supporters of ours: – Always sending updated winelists and letting us host dinners in their charming private dining room, so we are delighted to promote their initiatives whenever possible (Other establishments – please note how [...]

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Billecart-Salmon, a very special offer

January 18, 2012 Vintellect

Following the success of their promotion last year, the incredibly generous peeps at Billecart-Salmon are helping to make Valentine’s day sparkle with a very special, bubbly offer. Purchase a bottle of BILLECART-SALMON Brut Rosé non-vintage or Vintage Extra-Brut 2004 from participating restaurants* and at the end of your meal you will receive a complimentary half [...]

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Colombo’s Cornas

January 17, 2012 Notes from the bottom of a bottle...

The previous post on wine trends for 2012 posited the notion that Northern Rhone reds would start to crowd out expensive lesser appellation Burgundies. Its not really based on any serious market research but more disenchantment with escalating prices and the inability to get more than a fistful of entry level Bourgognes at under £20. [...]

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2012 – Wishful Thinking

January 11, 2012 Vintellect

There has been lots of Crystal Ball Gazing plus more astute analysis of trends in the wine world. Below are some plausible possibilities WineChap would like to see realised in 2012 (note no mention of affordable DRC, or reduction of taxes on fine wines)

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Top Wines of 2011 – Part Two & Best of the Rest

December 29, 2011 Vintellect

Below are my second 6 of 12 most memorable wine experiences of the year (again not quite one each month as December is always too much of a blur to recall with any clarity or warmth until the new year). Again it was tough narrowing the shortlist but I have still concentrated on those which [...]

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