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Wine Tasting Evening in Antibes, 13th April 2012

Wine Tasting evening. 13th April 2012 We got to taste some truly scrumptious wines on Friday evening at the wine tasting event we held at La Forge Restaurant in Antibes. As a welcoming drink on arrival we enjoyed some rather splendid bubbles. A champagne from Vilmart...

Bubbly in India

During a recent holiday in India and after many dodgy cocktails, mixers (with no ice!) and bottles of local beer, I decided to branch out and try the local ‘sparkling wine’ that I had seen and dismissed on the drinks menu at our little hotel many times before. Having...

Roman Holiday

On a recent weekend away in Rome, after a busy day touring the streets and seeing the usual sights, the time came for the decision to be made where and when and what should we have for dinner? (My favourite decision to make on any holiday!) Obviously, in Rome your...

Website wonderment – the joys and stresses of a revamp!

We at FWW have been SO very proud of our website since its conception and birth, that we have gazed at it like blinkered & besotted parents. It is, of course, fully FOUR years old since we launched our company and came up with the graphics, the colour ways, the clever...

Crew Wine List

Yesterday afternoon Jeannie and I took on the task of compiling the crew wine list. Nothing I enjoy more than looking at, talking about and drinking wine but alas there was not going to be much drinking going on but it was with definite pleasure to help choose the...

Treasure Trove August 2011

AUGUST 2011 Wines with *** will be available from 10th August 2011 � Chateau / Domaine Appellation Region/ Country Vintage Price HT Batailley Pauillac Bordeaux, France 2000 79.00 € D'Armailhac Pauillac Bordeaux, France 1996 70.00 €...

Yacht Gourmet Croatia – a new alliance!

Your Wine Supply & Provisioning needs in Croatia solved!!! We are delighted to announce that we will be working alongside Yacht Gourmet Croatia (www.yachtgourmetcroatia.com) this season to ensure that you get the best advice, service and, most importantly, WINE...

Masters of Malt

Just last week we were given a marvellous opportunity to taste 3 miniature samples of fabulous Malt Whiskies from a mail order company specialising in the “water of life” in all its various forms, www.masterofmalt.com and their new “Drinks by the Dram” concept. This...

Introducing our “Treasure Trove”

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...

Love the Loire

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...

Cheers to a New Year – and RESULTS!

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...

“Snow Business like the Wine Business!”

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...

“Valking in a Vilmart Vonderland”

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....

Advance! Advanced!! – Our 1st Advanced!!!

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...

NEW Wine Course Training Dates for 2010

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...