I kindly received some samples of the latest 2015 Compass Box Whisky Limited Editions from Herman Van Broekhuizen, the Brand Ambassador for Compass Box Whisky. These were the 15th Anniversary Flaming Heart and the surreal-ly named, with a nod of the head to Magritte, This Is Not A Luxury Whisky. I have been selling Compass […]
Matching Wine with Pork Pie
Who doesn’t love pork pies? They are little parcels of porky, pastry loveliness and some of the best around are made by local pork pie specialist Jake’s Artisan Foods. I first managed to get my hands on some of Jake’s Pork Pies at the 2014 Vineyards of Hampshire Festival at Jenkyn Place near Bentley. This […]
Twisted Nose Extra Dry Vermouth
Paul Bowler at Winchester Distillery has been busy recently with the addition of Twisted Nose Wasabi Vodka, a Twisted Nose Barrel Aged Gin and now Twisted Nose Extra Dry Vermouth to their portfolio of handcrafted small-batch spirits. Edit 04/06/18: as far as I am aware Twisted Nose Vermouth has now been discontinued. Twisted Nose Extra […]
Twisted Nose Wasabi Vodka
Following the success of Twisted Nose Gin, it had to happen didn’t it? The Twisted Nose range of spirits has now grown to include a Barrel Aged Gin, a Wasabi Vodka and a Vermouth made with wine from Danebury Vineyards. Twisted Nose Wasabi Vodka Buy online and in store at Fareham Wine Cellar. This small […]
Domaine Ferret Pouilly Fuisse
Domaine J A Ferret is located in the heart of the village of Fuissé in the Maconnais wine-growing subregion of southern Burgundy. Fuisse is located approximately 6km to the south west of the town of Macon. Domaine Ferret is located at Le Plan, see map below. I was luck enough to visit the winery a […]
Craft Whisky Tasting
Featuring Teeling Irish Whiskey, Millstone Dutch Whisky & Mackmyra Swedish Whisky Whisky Tasting With Scott Paine from Marussia Beverages A tutored whisky tasting of fabulous whiskies from small producers and from countries that one might perhaps might not immediately think of when it comes to whisky production! Craft Whisky Tasting Tuesday 26th May 2015 @ […]
Pussers Spiced Rum Launched
Pussers Spiced Rum now available in the UK Last week, I was lucky enough to meet George Freegard, the International Brand Manager for Sales and Procurement, and Gary Rogalski, President and CEO of Pussers Rum. They were on a whistle stop tour of the UK visiting various suppliers, retailers and bars that distribute Pussers rum. […]
Hambledon Vineyard Disgorging, Dosage, Labelling
Hambledon Vineyard Seminar and Wine Tasting Evening 8th November, 2013, 6 – 9pm @ Hambledon Vineyard Tasting Room and Winery Edit: Since this article was written, the first Hambledon release, the Mill Down is no longer available. The 2010 Mill Down was a “test run”, the first commercially available wine. Their permanent range now included […]
Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 2
Continued from Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 1. Hambledon Vineyard Winery Visit Hambledon Vineyard made national newspaper headlines earlier this year when HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the £2.5 million, 100% gravity fed state-of-the-art winery. It was rather fitting that the Duchess of Cornwall was chosen to open the winery as she is the […]
New Wine Course In Hampshire
World of Wines Wine Course in Fareham, Hampshire Daria Kenefeck who works, mainly in the office, at Fareham Wine Cellar has taught wine appreciation courses in the local area for a number of years. 2014 sees a change of venue for Daria’s wine class to Lysses House Hotel at 51 High Street in Fareham – […]
Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 1
I was lucky enough to visit Hambledon Vineyard on a very windy, and rainy, day in late October 2013. So, I don’t really have any great pictures of the vineyards and grapes etc. to share, but I do have some really interesting photographs of their brand new winery – currently, and I imagine for some […]
Today in Fareham, it is raining very hard.
The view from Fareham Wine Cellar! I just tried to capture the latest deluge and hail storm in Fareham High Street. And another rainy Fareham High Street photograph Funnily enough there are not many customers out buying wine in this! I haven’t seen rain like this for a long time. I am not looking forward […]
UK Independents Day, 4th July 2011
Independents Day 2011 – your high street needs you! What is Independents Day? Skillsmart Retail and the National Skills Academy for Retail are teaming up with local retailers across the country on 4th July to celebrate Independents Day. The public will be encouraged to buy at least one item from a local independent retailer and celebrate […]
