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Wine52 Case Review: Vin de France
Wine52s latest case embarks on a wine journey aiming to show you the world of wine away from boundaries and stodgy tradition. This case showcases Vin de France, an arguably simple wine category without geographical indication or clear provenance. This would once have been something to avoid in the wine world, and indeed many drinkers still associate Vin de France with cheap and cheerful. But in recent years VdF has undergone a remarkable transformation. As experimentation trends in the wine…
Hidden Gems at Waitrose Cellar: Best Underrated Wines
Waitrose Cellar is the supermarket you’ll often find us touting at WinesDirect, not only for its excellent quality and championing of independent wineries over the mass brands, but also for its exceptional exclusives and exciting gems from lesser-known regions. Find yourself a hidden gem, and you are truly paying for the wine alone rather than a premium on branding or regional perception. With Master of Wine Xenia Ruscombe-King hand selecting their range, you can be sure that there is real…
The Naked Wines Rose Edit: Best Bottles This Summer
Rose and Summer is a bit of a cliché, but much like American fighter pilots' synonymity with wearing aviators and leather jackets, these cliches exist for a reason – they’re natural fits. Summer has had a bumpy start so far, with searing heat matched only by a period of endless rain, but the sun is coming back and you’ll want to make sure you have the right drinks on hand! But why does rose go so well with Summer? It’s meant to be served chilled – perfect for refreshing yourself. It’s extremely…
The best from Master of Malt this Father's Day
We all know that Dads are hard to buy for and they probably don't need yet another pair of socks. Luckily, Master of Malt are primed for you to find the perfect gift for Father’s Day! They have a huge range of gifts, tasting sets and every spirit imaginable. We have gone through and selected our top gifts to help you choose the best present for Dad. Find your inspiration among our top picks and offers to celebrate this special day. Make sure that you don't miss their Daily Deals either. Each day…
The Mount Gay Distillery Tour!
In 2022, my Covid lifted restrictions holiday was to Barbados where I wrote on here about my distillery tour of St Nicholas Abbey. This is the more boutique distillery of the island, alongside Foursquare who also make small batch premium rums. Perhaps I’ll have to get there next time. So, if you find yourself heading to Barbados any time soon, I’d certainly recommend having a read of my St Nicholas Abbey tour, and this Mount Gay one of course. There’s nothing to stop you from going to both –…
The Naked Wines Tasting Tour - What To Expect
Prepare yourself for one of the best wine events, coming to a city near you! The Naked Wines Tasting Tour is back for Summer 2026, sweeping from Belfast on 11th June, across to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and then working it’s way down to Brighton before finishing in London on 20th June. They have just 11 days to visit 10 cities and reach as many of their members and curious newcomers as possible, to meet the winemakers, sample wines and buy on the spot, and even be in with a chance of creating a…
Whisky52 Review: Glenmorangie
Whisky52 has been an excellent addition to the Wine52 and Beer52 family, uncovering new whisky regions and distilleries each month, from some big names. Often with whisky clubs, you’ll end up receiving a few months’ worth of full-sized bottles and become overloaded with whisky you don’t have the time to drink before the next bottle arrives. That’s when you feel you have to cancel. But, with Whisky52, they keep costs and consumption down by sending 35cl bottles each month. This means you have…
Wine52 Case Review: Armenia
Keeping up the spirit of exploration, the latest Wine52 case goes to the very origins of wine production in Armenia. Armenia is the home of the oldest known dedicated winery in the world, dating back to 4100 BC! Between 2007-2010, excavations uncovered wine jars, grape presses and grape seeds in a cave complex indicating quite how sophisticated production was even back then. Some of the seeds found were the exact same species as one of the grapes you’ll try in this case – Areni Noir. Despite…
Champagne Tour: By Bike, Mercier Visit and Final Tastings - Part 6
The finale, part 6, combines two days in one where we had an amazing but extremely ambitious self-guided bike tour throughout various crus, our final official tour at Mercier and then last-minute tasting stops before returning on the Eurostar. There are of course quite a few routes that you can manage by bike around Champagne, but as we were based in Epernay, the route along the Marne was an obvious choice. There are a number of bike rentals in Epernay - We went for Facile-e-bike located at the…
Waitrose Easter Wine And Food Pairing Guide 2026!
The first long weekend of the year is finally upon us, and it’s one of the best. An excuse for roasts, an excuse for chocolate, and most importantly, a very good excuse to open a bottle of something good! Waitrose Cellar has a wonderful mix of premium, unique, quality wines and an exquisite fizz selection that is well worth checking out. They excel in English wine in particular if you’re feeling like some patriotic celebration. And, of course, there’s plenty of old favourites in there too. I’ve…
Why You Need The Naked Wines Easter Case This Year
There are a few good reasons to stock up with wines for Easter: it’s an extra long weekend, you’re hosting friends and family, and, of course, you need something worthy of going with your Easter lunch! But, take that one step further with Naked. If you haven’t shopped with them before, you can grab their Easter case for just £79.99 and get a FREE Magnum, all for £80 OFF! That’s only £6.66 a bottle for wines crafted by genuinely passionate winemakers. Why are they genuinely passionate you say?…
The Latest Warehouse Wines Case Review
With changing seasons, new wines in the range and the desire to impress us, Warehouse Wines kindly sent me a selection of wines from their latest intro case to cast my opinion on. If you don’t know what sets them apart, it is their ability to leverage exceptional value through direct sourcing straight from the winemakers. Their key goal is to get their customers high-quality wines below £10. Yes, there are plenty of £10 and under wines on the market, but most are pretty awful examples of the…
Rex Mundi Wines: World ending or world changing?
Rex Mundi are wines as striking as their label. The flagship is a blend of Shiraz and Grenache from the Languedoc-Roussillon, where the Mediterranean climate is extremely favourable for wine production. Rex Mundi is not, as you might expect, yet another Hollywood celebrity, but Latin for ‘King of the World’. This stems from the Cathar religion, which began in this region of France during the 12th and 14th centuries. This fabled King was in fact some form of Satan who created all matter, thus…
Wine52 Case Review: Classic Italy
This month, Wine52 are returning to an old favourite, Italy. We have seen a few Italian cases from Wine52 over the past year, exploring Sicily, Puglia, Campania and more. And there is good reason for this. The beauty of Italy is that there is so much to explore, so many regions, so many indigenous grape varieties and so many regional specialties. You can keep returning to Italian wines for years and never get through them all. And no, I don’t mean your average Chianti or Barolo, but rather these…
The Best Non Alcoholic & Low Alcohol Wines At Naked
Growing interest in the alcohol-free and low-alcohol sector has been a well-known phenomenon for quite some time now. Each year you’ll see headlines marvelling at how their market share keeps growing, but at some point, this incredulity has got to be toned down. It’s really not much of a surprise anymore. This clamour is led chiefly by beer and spirits, but wine has had a surge as the technology becomes more affordable and the market grows. The real surprise is quite how bad the communication…
Waitrose Valentine's Wines
Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, presenting the perfect opportunity to impress your date/loved one or have a very happy Galentine’s. Food is of course a prime concern, but you’d be missing a way to elevate it if you didn’t get yourself the ultimate wine pairing. Hopefully, this blog will help you find that perfect match, in more ways than one. It might even inspire some fancy meal ideas! Waitrose Cellar have 25% off a great selection of Valentine’s ready wines as well as 25% off their No.1…
Wine52 Case Review: The Winemaker's Way
Wine is often considered mystical, with many drinkers just enjoying the taste and using it in its traditional social lubricant role. However, this Wine52 case can begin to change all that for you. The reality is, that whilst there are a plethora of winemaking techniques that can seem daunting, they are actually very easy to understand. If you just put a few minutes of googling into use before diving into your glass, it will really open up your understanding and appreciation of what it is that…
January 2026 Clearance Sales!
January is increasingly the time that people give dry January a go and usually give up around about now. Good effort though! The fact is a dry month isn’t the secret to a healthier lifestyle, what you really need is a concerted effort to lower your overall consumption throughout the week (I include myself). For, as with dieting, there are no quick fixes (maybe Ozempic) nor cheat codes to healthier living, it has to be a permanent lifestyle change. I am not at all advocating for (un)Godly…
Champagne Tour: Bollinger and Hautvillers - Part 5
Part 5 returns after the holiday rush, making now an ideal time to revisit my Champagne trip from last May. If you’re planning a summer getaway, I recommend this trip — check out my earlier blogs to get an idea of various other houses I visited as well as some general tips on Reims and Epernay. Continuing the tour, this was to be our very first day where we only visited one Champagne house (terrible I know), before having a bit more free time to explore the region around Epernay. However, it was…
Wine52 Case Review: Food & Wine of Italy
This month, in celebration of all things Christmas, Wine52 are giving away a FREE case of wine to all new customers, themed around Italian wine and food pairings. This is an intrinsic part of Italian culture with each region, each city and each tiny mountain town having their very own dish, and of course wine, that are matches made in heaven. There’s a reason that pairing food with wine from the same place works so well. The historical growth of both food and wine have grown culturally together…
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