With the myriad of price increases we’ve all experienced since the beginning of the recession, one increase which  has been hard to get to grips with, is the price of wine. This is because the industry has been hit from all sides at once.
Obviously there is the string of excise duty increases put into place [...]

Simply Wines Direct – well I couldn’t believe my eyes when I stumbled across this new internet ‘wine retailer’ . Just as the public have tightened their belts and refused to be ripped off any more, this ‘company’ has established a website with the sole purpose of fleecing the unsuspecting wine lover!
Like Everywine.co.uk, Simply Wines [...]

Sulphite free wine, which is also organic and biodynamic, is now available in the UK through the UK’s leading specialist low sulphite wine merchant, www.goodwineonline.co.uk.
Firstly, just to explain the technical definitions, ’sulphite free wine’ is a layman’s term, which should be more accurately called ‘no added sulphur wine’ or ‘no added preservative wine’, purely because tiny amounts of bound sulphur [...]

Organic wine, sulphite free wine, preservative free wine, biodynamic wine, low sulphur wine, no added preservative wine – is it any wonder that people are confused!? Perhaps the biggest misunderstanding is that people (wrongly) assume that organic wine is low in sulphites – it is not. Sulphites are a natural compound of sulphur and oxygen, [...]

Organic and biodynamic wines are experiencing a comeback as more and more people are looking to cut out additives in food, and in life in general. When organic wines first hit the headlines in the late 1990’s they had an image of being made in a shed by a man with a beard, woolly socks [...]

NAP or No Added Preservative wines, and low sulphite wines are a hot topic at the moment. Unfortunately the more they’re discussed the more confusion seems to be created. Off License News has just published an article on the subject of sulphites in wine and it’s clear that whoever wrote it doesn’t understand the first thing [...]

We all love a glass of good wine but I also enjoy a decent beer from time to time. Not the mass produced, highly preserved artificial stuff, but good traditional beer made in a brewery by a man, not just machines. Hard work, sweat and toil to craft a delicious cooling foamy brew that gets [...]

Following on from my comments about the number of websites who blatantly dishonestly claim to have the cheapest prices, I’m amazed at the ‘misleading’ (to be polite) text on many wine retail websites claiming to be scouring the vineyards to bring you the best wines!
Ok, some of the big ones like Laithwaites really do travel [...]

Being an honest, truthful person I’m frankly amazed at the incredulous claims many retailers are making on their websites to attract customers. Or more to the point I’m amazed that they’re actually ALLOWED to make these claims. We all know about the completely fake ‘half price deals’ from the supermarkets. But now there are many [...]

At last good South African wines are available in the UK! In my opinion South African red wine is right up there with the best from the rest of the world. In fact so are many South African white wines too.
We’ve all had a Chenin Blanc of course but they also produce some stunning Chardonnays - and Sauvignon Blancs to [...]