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| The following collection of mainly wine-related links to other
sites we consider to be of particular interest are provided for information
purposes only. We have no control over these sites, their content, or their
URL, which may change without notice. If you find any of them become broken,
please send us an email and we will try to fix them. If you would like to
suggest additions, please let me know. If you would like to reciprocate
links to your own site, again please contact us. We also include a Bibliography
of printed and on-line wine resources. |
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| General Wine Information Sites |
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Andy's Scribblings
- UK news, offers, competitions and more. For the novice and expert alike.
Also a newsletter if you wish to subscribe.
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The Winedoctor
- Good all-round site with masses of information and opinion, tasting notes,
recommendations, and a particularly good section on wine/food combinations.
Highly objective and independent of any merchant.
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Tom
Cannavan's Wine Pages - One of the world's most popular and
longest-established wine sites, established in 1995. Tom Cannavan is a freelance
wine journalist and a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, but says that
this site is his biggest passion. A wealth of information, and well worth
a look.
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The
Wine Detective - Sarah Ahmed is an award-winning freelance
wine writer, blogger, educator and judge, with a particular interest in
the wines of Australia, the Loire, Portugal and South Africa. Her Wine
Detective website is packed with information about these specialist
areas, and much, much more. Sarah also offers corporate tastings and various
other bespoke wine events.
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| jancisrobinson.com
- Learn more about wine, guided by Jancis Robinson, an internationally
known wine writer particularly respected for her independence. |
ASDW
- The Association of Small Winemerchants. A small trade association whose
membership is comprised of small independent imprters/retailerts who offer
wines of character and charm, principally from small producers. |
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| Other Wine Specialists |
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Big Red Wine Company - direct importers of specialist, award-winning
red, white and rosé wines from France, Italy and Spain with a reputation
as one of the UK's leading importers of wines from the Rhône Valley. |
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Devigne Wines &
Confit Direct- Specialists in Gaillac Reds (wide range of
vintages, some older), Rosés and Non-Champagne Fizz from various
regions of France. Also a good online source of preserved duck products
- confit and foie gras direct from producers in the Gers in S.W. France.
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Wine for Spice
- Specialists in wines to accompany curries and spicy food - and the combination
seems to work quite well. The wines are all naturally semi-sparkling,
with the first three sourced from Northern Spain. As Wine for Spice say,
"If you don't drink warm, flat beer with a curry, why drink warm flat
wine with it?" |
Leon Stolarski Fine
Wines - Mail-order specialist in wines from small producers
in the Minervois, Languedoc, and Southern Rhône. |
Bat & Bottle
- Purveyors of fine Italian wines and Cricket Bats. |
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Decanter Wines
- Spanish mail-order specialist; good quality, value for money wine
from small producers all over Spain, whose focus is on quality rather
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| Champers Ltd. specialise in champagne, particularly
personalised label champagne for corporate brands and social events. Their
range of proprietory branded champagne includes Champagne du Mont Hauban,
and Joseph Perrier. They also supply a good range of reasonably priced
champagne half bottles for regular drinking. |
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Ultimate Wine Company - specialist in unusual grape varieties
& small producers, offering tutored tastings to both paying guests and
also for private groups . |
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| Beer |
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| www.beersofeurope.co.uk - Buy online a
wide range of beers from around the world and in particular Europe. |
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Café
Strudel is a new restaurant situated at 429 Upper Richmond
Road between Richmond Park and the Thames in South West London. In the
tradition of a Viennese Café, it offers an environment where one
can indulge in coffee and cakes at any time of the day but have a proper
meal at lunchtime or a full dinner in the evening if so desired. The proprietor,
Orly Ktitzman-Kadron, has assembled a menu that encompasses some of the
finest dishes the Wiener Küche has to offer, including traditional
family recipes, but lightened them where appropriate to suit modern tastes.
They are created with locally sourced ingredients as conscience dictates,
or with imported specialities when absolutely necessary, using small family
owned or organic suppliers whenever feasible. To complement this the wine
list encompasses probably the most extensive collection of Austrian wines
available in a restaurant anywhere in the UK, as well as some old favourites
from France. And of course no Viennese café would be complete without
a selection of fine fruit schnapps and Weinbrand, which you won't find
elsewhere here.
  
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| Travel-Related Sites |
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| The Gascony Secret - Suffolk-based Gascony
Secret offers self-catering gites, houses, villas and chateaux accommodation
in this rural area of Southwest France. Most of their houses are within
60/90 minutes drive of Toulouse or Pau airports (2 hours from Biarritz).
Cheaper flights and accommodation out of high season make Gascony an ideal
place for couples, families, or a group of friends to spend a few days re-charging
their batteries. In May, June, September and October the weather is usually
warm and sunny, the roads are deserted and you can explore the area at leisure.
Gascony boasts fantastic food, great wines, and of course Armagnac. |
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| www.costadelaluzapartment.com
- site for a privately owned first class apartment on the Costa de la Luz
in the bay of Zahara de los Atunes, Spain. In Atlanterra, 1km along the
beach from from Zahara is this three-bedroom apartment next to the beach,
complete with pool, sports facilities and gardens. Situated near the ancient
fishing village of Zahara de los Atunes, the apartment is ideally placed
for locally caught seafood, miles of golden beaches, golf, horse-riding
windsurfing and hiking. Reasonable rates. |
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| Non-Wine Related Links
- sites I like |
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| Lisbee
Stainton - Lisbee is a young singer/songwriter/guitarist.
She lives and gigs in London, UK, accompanied by cellist Jasmine Scott-Neale
and studies popular music at Goldsmiths University. Her debut single, 'RED'
(released Jan '09) was playlisted on BBC Radio 2 for an amazing 5 weeks.
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| Button
Generator - make superb buttons & menus for your website! |
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| Hampshire Rentals
- property to let in North Hampshire. |
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| Bibliography |
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'Touring Geneva Wine Country' by
Gail Mangold Vine
This book is in English, 176 pages, full colour, pocket format. It lists
all the Canton's wineries with a brief description of their production,
some of their prizewinners, etc. It is also meant to accompany travellers
around the Canton - where to stay, where to eat, farmers markets, culture
and history, and so on. The author, Gail Mangold Vine, is the editor of
a publication called 'Terrific Terroir: Geneva Wines & Farmers’
Markets' that appears annually.
The book sells for CHF 19 + postage & packing. ISBN 2-8321-0239-5. To
order, contact the publisher at www.cfscommunication.com
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The Ultimate Austrian Wine Guide 2008/2009
by Peter Moser
An English edition of Falstaff's German language wine guide, written by
author Peter Moser. Lists around 200 leading Austrian wineries, plus a wealth
of general information about wine and winemaking in Austria. Detailed tasting
notes and ratings of the most important wines of the last few vintages.
Primarily an export-oriented trade publication, seeking to represent those
makers looking for new or further representation abroad, but also an excellent
guide for the amateur enthusiast. No tourist information. 290 pages, colour.
Price in Europe: €19.90, worldwide: €22.90. May be ordered
from the Falstaff website by credit card.
ISBN 3-9501628-4-4
Falstaff Publishing Ltd. Inkustrasse 1-7, A-3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Tel.: 0043-2243-34798 Fax: 0043-2243-25840
redaktion@falstaff.at www.falstaff.at |
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| Last updated 17 January 2010 |
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