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The UK wine merchant that puts passion before profit, with free next-day delivery and a range of 1,500+ wines. 🍷 🏆 IWC Online Retailer of the Year 2023
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To celebrate the imminent release of our latest whisky, we're giving YOU the chance to win one of the bottles! Like and comment below 👇 by Fri 20th Oct at 4pm to be in with a chance of winning! 🥃
T&Cs: ➡️
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After 145 years of writing tasting notes, we have decided a rebrand is long overdue. Interpretive Dance will now be used to convey wines' aromas and flavours instead. We hope you find this development inspiring and that you enjoy the new note for our California Old-Vine Zinfandel
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Christmas is around the corner! ✨🎄 To be in with a chance of winning £200 credit to your Wine Society account:
🎁 Like this post
🎁 Tell us in the comments which bottle you'd like to find under your Christmas tree
*T&Cs apply. UK 18+ and members only.
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On a crazy news day, what the world needs is a little joy . We therefore present Charlotte, Ewan & Martin in the 2nd Annual Society Winophone Christmas Carol
#JoyToTheWorld
#MerryChristmas
#InsatiablyChristmas
🎄🎊🎄🎊🎄
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Update: a message from chairman, Sarah Evans.
We'll continue to keep you updated. Thank you all for your support - and take care.
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When you bring a special bottle to drink at a dinner party but your host doesn't open it
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A note on the Government's recent wine duty proposal.
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We're absolutely delighted to have been awarded Best Large Online Retailer in the Decanter Retailer Awards 2020! We're so proud of our fantastic team and our wonderful members. 🎉🥂🍾
Thank you
@Decanter
!
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We're proud to announce that our buyers Freddy Bulmer and Jo Locke MW have been voted into
@DrinksRetailing
's 100 Most Influential People in UK Drinks Retailing 2022 list! 👏
Congratulations Freddy and Jo! 🥂
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MINUTE STEAK 🥩 Meat-eaters, there's nothing not to like about this glorious summer recipe by
@ChefJoshKatz
, also featured in our latest 1874 magazine - we're firing up the BBQ already 😍
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We're delighted to have won Online Retailer of the Year at tonight’s
@winechallenge
2023! 🏆
Thank you to our amazing team and wonderful members for all their support! Congratulations to all the other nominees and winners and big thanks to the IWC! 🎉
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Farewell to our amazing Tastings & Events Co-ordinator Anna, as she starts an exciting new adventure in Southern Rhône! Your contributions to our wine community have been invaluable, and you will be deeply missed. Thank you for everything and all the best on your new journey ♥️
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We're delighted to have been awarded Outstanding Wine Retailer, Best Virtual Wine Experience, Best Large Online Retailer and Best Specialist for Portugal, Austria and South & Regional France in the 2021
@DecanterAwards
! 🏆 Huge thanks to our Members and our brilliant team. 👏🍷
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An important update from our CEO Steve Finlan. Thank you all for your ongoing support - and take care.
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
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For the 6th time in 7 years we're delighted to be named
@decanter
Retailer of the Year
#chuffed
#DecanterRetailerAwards
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Some happy news this morning - we're thrilled to have won Wine Club of the Year at the
@WineChallenge
2022 awards, plus Buying Team of the Year and IWC Specialist Merchant of the Year for Regional France, Portugal and Austria! 👏 We're very proud of our team and our members 🥂
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Delighed to announce that we have won the big one! We are the overall IWC Wine Merchant of the Year!
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OUT NOW: Our largest ever Italian offering! 🇮🇹 Take a tour of Italy with us, as we feature:
🍇 The north-west
🍇 The north-east
🍇 Central
🍇 Chianti
🍇 South & islands
Which is your favourite Italian region? 😃
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The football's in full swing⚽, but we want to know who would win our clash of the wine titans🍷 – and why?
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Are you still serving Champagne in flutes? 🥂 Many believe it’s best served in a standard wine glass to maximise the aromas. How do you serve yours? 🤔
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@StopFundingHate
Hi there. We don’t advertise in any print media. Thanks for thinking of us.
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WIN: a copy of
@ninacaplan
's brilliant new book The Wandering Vine plus three bottles of wines which inspired it. Simply RT to enter by midnight on 27/05!
T&Cs and more ways to enter:
#giveaway
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MONKFISH KEBABS 🐟 Zesty chermoula + lightly spiced fish + caper mayonnaise = 😍
This delightful summer recipe by
@ChefJoshKatz
is also featured in our latest 1874 magazine - let us know if you give it a try:
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For the 7th time in 8 years we have been voted Outstanding Wine Retailer of the Year
@DecanterAwards
Thank you so much to our members for the support you give us that allows us to do what we do!
#chuffed
#decanterawards
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Here's some good news for your Saturday - we're now taking orders!
Please visit our FAQs page for the most up-to-date info:
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Thrilled to have won Merchant of the Year 2021 at the
@WineChallenge
, along with Wine Club of the Year, Dynamic Merchant of the Year & Specialist Merchant for Austria, Portugal & Regional France!🥂Thank you, as always, to our fantastic members for your continued support.
#IWC2021
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Delighted to announce that we are the International
@WineChallenge
#iwc2018
Wine Club, Portugal Specialist and Regional France Specialist of the Year!
#chuffed
#threeawards
#passionbeforeprofit
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Cheers to Shiraz day! 🎉 If it's a face-off between France and Australia, which wine would you choose? 🇫🇷 🇦🇺 Or do you have a different country in mind? 🍷
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It's raining outside, and we're pouring a lovely bottle of Carrascal Mendoza 2018 to celebrate the launch of our autumn List 🍷🍂 What's your top wine choice for colder evenings?
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Food lovers, we have a question for you! What would be your choice? 🍷 🍴
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Inspired by the launch of The Pick, we're calling all wine experts! 🌍
We’ve picked six iconic wine locations from around the world – you just need to tell us in which region you’ll find them, plus you’ll get bonus points if you name the winery! 🍷
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The ice cream van has just visited and it got us thinking if we should give our Wine Society vans an exciting tune! 😆 Music suggestions?
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Our Christmas List is out now!
#HowDoYouReadYours
?
As it's
#NationalPoetryDay
, here's a limerick ...
When buying wine from our new List
What’s the best way to make a good fist
Of browsing the range?
Is it normal or strange
To peruse it when doing the twist?
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How do you feel about bag-in-box wines? Would you like to see fine wines packaged this way? 🍷 🧐
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Here's an update on progress in our warehouse. Thank you all for your patience, and stay safe.
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The award for Wine Club of the Year goes to the ever-impressive Wine Society. They are as dynamic now as when they were founded in 1874.
@TheWineSociety
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Interim CEO Liz Cerroti and Head of Buying Pierre Mansour with four
@DecanterAwards
tonight including, for the 7th time in 8 years, Outstanding Wine Retailer of the Year!!
#runnerupspainspecialist
#bestregionalfrancespecialist
#bestonlineretailer
#outstandingwineretailer
#chuffed
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Kickstart your Monday with our predictive text game! Type 'I drink chilled rosé with lunch because' into your phone and let predictive text finish your sentence... Let us know your answers below! 👇
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'There's so much to explore, and that's the amazing thing about wine.' Being
#insatiablycurious
since 1874 has helped us to champion some of the world's great wine stories. Here's a perfect example, with a little help from
@3choirsnewent
!
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🌟 Big News Alert! 🌟 Fiona Hayes and Harriet Kininmonth are joining us soon as buyers! With 17 years of combined expertise, they're ready to embark on an exciting journey at The Wine Society! Join us in welcoming Fiona and Harriet! 🍷✨
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NEW: Bin
#012
has arrived, and it's our very first rosé of the series! The Mandó Rosado 2021 is full of energy and extremely refreshing, with its floral and red fruit flavours ideal for summer - get yours now:
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We are delighted to have been named 'Best Importer for France' at the inaugural French Champion Awards 2023! Here’s our buyer for Bordeaux and Beaujolais, Tim Sykes, collecting the trophy on behalf of the team. Thank you to the judges and our members for your continued support
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We are THRILLED to hear our buyer for Italy, North America, Champagne and spirits,
@SarahKnowles
, has won
@londonwinefair
's Rising Star Wine Buyer for 2020! 🏆
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We are THRILLED to be joined by the one and only
@ozclarke
for his first Instagram Live on Tuesday! Don't miss it:
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It’s time to pop the cork and celebrate: our new warehouse is officially open! 🍾 Can you believe the first picture was taken just 12 months ago?! 😱 How time flies!
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We are taking the opportunity of COP26 to announce an ambitious project to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across our business AND supply chain by 2040, as part of our mission to be the most ethical and responsible wine retailer in the world:
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Duty & VAT makes up much of a cheaper wine’s price. Here’s our graphic showing how much actual wine you’re getting for your money. As a co-operative our margins are set lower than elsewhere, for the benefit of members, so you get even more ‘bang for your buck’ with The Society.
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A ground-breaking moment for The Wine Society - Warehouse 5 construction has begun!
📸 Our CEO Steve Finlan and COO Karen Coates getting stuck in.
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We're thrilled to announce our first Desert Island Wines event of 2021 and so excited to welcome the brilliant Fiona Beckett as our castaway! Join us on Instagram at 6pm on 12th Jan to hear
@winematcher
's wine choices and wine trend predictions for 2021
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If only all our hampers were as adorable as this one 😍🐶 Big thanks to
@JaneyGodley
for capturing this lovely moment, and a heartfelt thank you to all our amazing members for sharing their beautiful photos with us in 2023!
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There's been some discussion over the last couple of days about 1 in 3 people not being willing to spend more than £5 on a bottle of wine. Here's our take on value-for-money in wine.
#valueformoney
#proudtobeacoop
#passionbeforeprofit
#wine
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Hands up, fellow
#riesling
lovesr! 🙋
If you still need a bit of convincing, we've got some brilliant advice from our buyer Matthew Horsley, as he explains where to start and what to look for when exploring this great (but sometimes misunderstood!) white grape variety. 👌
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We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We give thanks for her remarkable service as our Head of State and we offer our condolences to The Royal Family.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022
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We're thrilled to celebrate Matthew's incredible achievement of passing both the theory and practical portions of the masters of wine exams on his first try! 🎉 It's not an easy task, but he nailed it. We're proud to be a part of his journey!
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Steve and Shaun have been working at The Wine Society for a combined 84 years! 🙌 An amazing duo! What bottle should they crack open to celebrate? 🍾
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Our latest List has some delicious wine and food pairings. Can you crack the puzzle? 👩🏫
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Happy surprises are something we've come to expect in our 2017 Wine Champions case, but this is a new one! 😂
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Here are our founding objectives, set out 145 years ago in 1874. We stand by them to this day.
#watchthisspace
on Monday - we'll be launching something which embodies the second objective perfectly...
#hithertounknown
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Summer is on its way! Portugal is the feature of our next issue of 1874 magazine and we're exploring the country from top to bottom. 🇵🇹 What's your favourite
#PortugueseWine
?
Launching next week. 👀
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The team here is split between two major autumnal favourite dishes! Which one would you go for - casserole and Cabernet, or shepherd's pie with Shiraz? 🍂 🍲🥧 Thanks
@winedinevegan
on Instagram for the lovely pic!
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We think we could all do with a reason to smile at the end of a long week - so it's time for this year's Christmas wine glass song! We've got our
#ChristmasJumperDay
kit on - enjoy Good King Wineceslas (and keep watching for the outtakes!)
Happy Christmas, everyone. 🎄
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Many congratulations to Society member
@thomasmpreston
and his wife Hiliary on the safe arrival of their daughter Maeve - we're loving her taste in babygrows 😍😍😍
#newarrivals
#lifegoals
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Delving into archives, we uncovered bottles revealing wine's resilience despite import restrictions. 🍷 The 1943 Claret note intrigued us with its mention of pricing limits and authorised sale under His Majesty's Government. Any wine history buffs who can assist us?
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The Wine Society believes these proposals are unworkable, unfair and represent a bad deal for wine drinkers.
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🎉 Drumroll, please! 🍷 Our very own Matthew Horsley has won Online Wine Buyer of the Year 2023 at the Wine Buyers Awards
#LWF23
! 🥇🎉 Let's raise a glass to his wine selections that keep us sipping and smiling. 🥂
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Did you know the traditional way to pour Sherry is with a venencia? Fermina Hidalgo demonstrates it brilliantly in this video - find out more about venencias and sherry here:
#SherryWeek
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Shedding light on our carbon emissions! 🍷🌍♻️ Did you know that glass is a major culprit? Despite being infinitely recyclable, glass production is energy-intensive and transportation-heavy.
Find out how we're reducing emissions here:
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Have you seen our new alternative packaging? 📦🍷 We'd love to hear what you think of them! We have a feeling that our bag-in-box option is quite popular as we only have our claret and English white left in stock! 😄
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What bottle of wine would you be delighted to find in your stocking this year?🤔🎅
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@BarrySheerman
Hi Barry, as a non-essential service we’re following government advice to keep our employees home - protecting their health, reducing the risk of infection and doing our bit to protect the NHS and save lives. We hope this helps explain - we believe this is the right thing to do.
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⭐ GIVEAWAY ⭐ Would you like to win a mixed case of French wine worth £57? To enter, simply reply below and let us know what made you fall in love with French wine! Good luck. 🍷
Closes 6th June, T&Cs apply:
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Here's to more wins! 🥂 Thrilled to share that we've been named Best Online Retailer, Best Wine Buying Team, and Outstanding Wine Retailer of the Year by
@DecanterAwards
. We owe this to our incredible staff and wonderful supporters. Thank you for being part of our journey! 🙌
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Huffed to be, once again, the UK’s Regional France Specialist of the Year at the
@DecanterAwards
tonight.
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We're OVER THE MOON to announce our next Desert Island Wines guest - it's the amazing
@EdGambleComedy
! We can't wait to find out Ed's three wine choices - he'll be sharing them on our Instagram Live next Wednesday 13th October at 6pm. 🏝️🍷
Don't miss it!
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Rate from 1-5 how adventurous are your taste buds? 🌍
Say hello to our delicious South African Chakalaka recipe made by our staff member Katiso and inspired by the delicious wines from our Expanded Horizons range 🇿🇦 🍷 Don't forget to save this recipe to try at home!📍
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When a leading wine communicator extols the virtues of both a £50 wine and a £6.25 wine of the week from our range, adding the question "I assume you're a member [of The Wine Society]: if not why not?" then we're happy bunnies. Thanks,
@joannasimon
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Our latest issue of 1874 is here, bringing you the best seasonal bottles to try 🍂 What's the quintessential autumn wine for you and why?
Discover the wines and recipes here
👉
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You're making us blush! ☺️
This is our best-selling wine (and it's under £10!):
Hello... this is a little ripper, great value for money.
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Wow - and we’ve also got the
@WineChallenge
Specialist Merchant Award for Regional France. Well done to buyers
@owmarcel
,
@timsykes2
and Jo Locke MW - prize collected again by
@pierremansour
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With New Year's Eve fast approaching, we have one important question to ask...
Cava or Prosecco?🥂 Which would you pick?
🔁 Retweet for The Society's Cava Reserva Brut NV
❤️ Like for The Society's Prosecco
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We postponed this yesterday - but it's TONIGHT at 6pm! Join us:
We are THRILLED to be joined by the one and only
@ozclarke
for his first Instagram Live on Tuesday! Don't miss it:
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What was the most-recommended bottle on our members' Community in 2018? A claret? A Rhône red? Nope! It was a Greek
#Rapsani
made by Apostolos Thymiopoulos. Buyer Sebastian Payne MW reports back from a recent visit in
#TravelsinWine
:
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Falstaff: "... a man cannot make him laugh – but that’s no marvel; he drinks no wine." As You Like It: Act 3, Scene 5
#ShakespeareSunday
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Wishing all of our members and followers a very happy new year! 🍾 We'll be revealing the wines to watch (and enjoy!) in 2021 very soon - here's to another year of wine discoveries. 🥂
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Prices are going up all around us, but we do things differently. Watch CEO Steve Finlan's big announcement on the prices of your favourite wines.
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Delighted to announce that our very own
@pierremansour
, head of buying and buyer for Spain, has been invested into the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino for services to Spanish wine in the UK. Fab dinner
@TheDorchester
to celebrate with other Caballeros!
#congratulations
🍾🎉🍾🎉
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Fighting for women's equality, promoting fair trade and making some of Argentina's most stunning wines – it's all in a day's work for wine legend Susana Balbo ✊ Rosie Allen caught up with her on her most recent visit
@sbalbowines
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It's International Furmint Day! 🍇 What better way to celebrate this Hungarian grape than with a glass of something delicious? Would you go sweet or dry?
🔁 Retweet for Royal Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2017
❤️ Like for Tokaji Dry Furmint, Pajzos 2021
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We’ve been shortlisted by the
#IWC2018
for their upcoming Merchant Awards - in the online merchant, wine club and several specialist merchant categories. We find out the results on 10th July. Good luck to all fellow (tagged) shortlisters!
#fingerscrossed
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Isn't this photo of
@Nyetimber
vineyards wonderful?! They've just started their 2019 harvest.
#harvest2019
#wine
Harvest is the focal point of our viticultural year, and we’re thrilled to announce that picking will begin throughout the
#Nyetimber
vineyards tomorrow.
#PerfectlyBritish
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"You have to be a member to buy from The Wine Society but the one-off joining fee of £40 is well worth a lifetime of great wines at better than reasonable prices, as we frequently repeat on this site."
Julia Harding MW, , 11th October 2019
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Pioneer Aimé Guibert of
@MasDaumasGassac
died last night aged 91. Our sincere condolences to
@DaumasGassac
& family
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Did you know it's Open That Bottle Night today? 🍾 It's dedicated to making sure that those bottles that have been put away for a ‘special occasion’, are finally opened and enjoyed. What hidden gems do you have waiting in your collection? ✨
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