Jun 12, 2012
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...
Dec 22, 2009
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...
Dec 7, 2009
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....
Nov 18, 2009
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...
Oct 5, 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,...
