Fine Wine Works Treasure Trove
Valid from 7th July 2010
Our Winefinder service procures wines absolutely to order from the best current sources in terms of Price and Provenance. We also take the opportunity to acquire small parcels of fine wines as we discover them throughout Europe – may we introduce our FWW Treasure Trove!

A selection of juicy and delicious tiny quantities of fine wines we have acquired recently:

All prices are HT (without tax). Call us or e-mail us if any of the wines are of interest to you.
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In the next few days you’ll start to see a few changes creep onto the FWW site, not least of which is a fully revamped wine list. After a few jaunts around the country earlier this year we find ourselves with an expanded portfolio of Distributorships and have been appointed agents for two French wineries to represent them in the Alpes – Martimes. There are a few old friends we’ll be sticking with – new vintages plus a few range extensions, but we are most proud to now be working closely with both Château des Chaberts in the Var and Domaine de Mourchon in the Southern Rhône village of Séguret.
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In between teaching on our WSET® Wine Courses this month, I’ve been busy dreaming up themes and ideas for our forthcoming programme of Gourmet Dinners and Food & Wine Matching events. I suppose being forced to open several bottles from each region with one’s students (we do spit, actually!!) constantly refreshes the memory as to what wonders there are out there to be sipped and studied. The region closest to home that has really made me sit up and be impressed, has been the amazingly diverse Loire valley here in France.
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Bonne Année to everyone from us, the dynamic duo that is Fine Wine Works! Firstly, a warning! Don’t take all this abstemious alcohol-free detoxing too seriously! I find if one is too strict about the dietary and non-drinking regime as one’s New Year’s Resolution then it’s all too easy to stumble. My advice (from a hardened “stumbler”) is to moderate one’s drinking habits after the endless feasting season and to drink less but BETTER stuff.
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We have just returned from a mad pre-Christmas Wine trip by car to the UK to visit the necessary “rellys” and friends, exchange pressies and deliver festive bottles of Vilmart champagne to all our
nearest and dearest. I suppose one of the teensy downsides of becoming the sole representative of a chic, exclusive artisan and award winning grower Champagne house, is that everyone expects to be given a bottle of the magic fizz at Christmas time! Not that we are complaining – we know how much pleasure a sip of sensational Coeur de Cuvée can bring!
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Oh, gosh is that a hideously, schmaltzy, yuck way of introducing what we are up to over the festive period with Christmas? Sorry, folks, that’s me!! Bit on a wave of excitement here at FineWineWorks with our recent activities with our very own Vilmart champagne. Firstly, we’ve brought in a supremely experienced “Marketing Marvel” in the form of John Burke – a trusted friend, a graduate of all 3 levels of our WSET® Wine Courses with FWW (so he’s really seen us in action with a corkscrew), and coincidentally an amazingly experienced Marketing Consultant with a background history of working with some of the real big guns in the industry.
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Phew! We’ve done it!! And I very much do mean “we” in this instance – our first WSET® Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits, with me as Tutor for the 5 Day course, and hubby Nigel, embarking onthe course as a Student. Well, its over now – the last run to the bottle bank under the cover of darkness, (with over 100 bottles opened over the 5 days, not even FWW can pretend this is normal
household consumption as we tip the glass into the recycling bin!).
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Always one step ahead of the game, Fine Wine Works have put together a programme for early 2010 covering all 3 Levels of the WSET accredited Wine Courses – check the Training Dates link under the Tab for Training! Although we work very closely with the Yachting industry, our courses are very much open to everyone. If your work schedule doesn’t fit in with any of these NEW dates, please do contact us to discuss your specific requirements. We do have a remit from the WSET to travel outside the Riviera, particularly to the shipyards of Europe to New Build Superyachts so don’t worry if you are not planning on being in the Mediterranean anytime soon.
Helen Brotherton – 21st October 2009

The sun shone, the Red Arrows flew, the Super yachts gleamed and we poured and poured!!! Four hectic days manning the Riviera Times stand at the Monaco Yacht Show, offering glass after glass of our Vilmart Grand Cellier champagne to ours and their clients, colleagues, prospective customers and yacht crew. In exchange for the champagne plus some sexy Vilmart prizes for their readers, we were able to
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Dates 5th to 8th JUNE (3 nights)

795€ per person (mid Season)

Places are limited to EIGHT (plus your Guides and Hosts, Helen & Nigel)

What’s included?

Travel in an air-conditioned Mini Bus (pick up and drop off)
Accommodation in a luxury “The Winemaker’s House” Gîte with Pool on a Wine Estate.
Accommodation includes all linen, towels, heating, Wi-Fi, TV etc. 5 x Bedrooms – 3 x Large Double and 2 x Twin. 3 x Bathrooms (one with bath, two with shower)
FWW will provide all Tea, Coffee, Water & Soft Drinks during the stay at the Gîte
http://www.domainedemourchon.com (for pictures and more info on the estate)
All meals (including Continental Breakfast each day) and wines (except where specified)
In order to fit all 8 guests comfortably, we will be taking a car as well as the Mini Bus – this should leave space for some wine purchases along the way!
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