Taylors 1966 Very Old Single Harvest Port is the third release in a series of limited edition Tawny Ports released by Taylors when they are 50 years old. Taylor’s Port is arguably one of the most famous Port Houses and they have one of the largest holdings of very old cask aged Ports in the […]
Stelvin Screwcap Christmas Tree
Stelvin Screwcap Christmas Tree After my little bit of fun with The Stelvin Snowman last year and, with a little bit of time on my hands in early November 2013, before the Christmas rush, I came up with the idea The Stelvin Screwcap Christmas Tree. So armed with a lot of saved up screwcaps (I […]
Wallington Village Wine Tasting October 2013
Wallington Village Wine Tasting Wines for Christmas Presented by Fareham Wine Cellar At Wallington Village Hall Satruday 12th October 2013 7.30pm Start Tickets £12.00 We will be showing a selection of wines (maybe a Port as well) with a focus on wines that will be great for Christmas. There will also be a short wine-based […]
Thackrey Pleiades XXII
Sean Thackrey Pleiades XXII Sean Thackrey, I think, can rightly be described as a bit of a maverick, an unconventional winemaker that came to the wine world from the art world. Thackrey studied art history at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, sold antique books and was the director of an art gallery before wine came calling. […]
Austrian Wine
Austrian Wine Austrian wine production mainly consists of dry white wines and some sweet white wines, however, red wine production is becoming more important and now makes up approximately 30% of the total of Austrian wine produced. There is archaeological evidence of cultivation of grapes in Austria from 4000 years ago and the wine industry […]
Domaine Jones Newsletter – Keep Up with the Jones
New Newsletter from Domaine Jones Read the latest newsletter from Katie Jones at Domaine Jones – Keep Up with the Jones. News of Domaine Jones Wine Tours and vineyard visits, a visit from wine journalist Suzy Atkins and Katie’s Fitou 2011 winning a Silver Medal at this year’s International Wine Challenge. There is also a […]
Champagne Barons de Rothschild
Champagne Barons de Rothschild Champagne Barons de Rothschild is new(ish) Champagne House which brings together three branches of the world famous Rothschild family under the name Maisons Barons de Rothschild. The Rothschild name is synonymous with excellence and quality in the wine world and the Rothschild family produce some of the most prestigious, and desirable, […]
Niepoort 2011 Vintage Port
Niepoort 2011 Vintage Port Reflections of the Niepoort and Ramos Pinto Vintage Port Masterclass at the Big Fortified Tasting 2013 at the Glazier’s Hall, London. A short film from Niepoort with from Jancis Robinson MW, Julia Harding MW, Charles Metcalfe, Richard Mayson and others.
Fladgate Partnership 2011 Vintage Port
Fladgate Partnership 2011 Vintage Port This morning I was lucky enough to try three of the 2011 vintages Ports on offer from the Fladgate Partnership – the Croft 2011, Fonseca 2011 and Taylor 2011. The general view is that the 2011 vintage Ports will turn out to be very good, classic Ports and it is […]
Sine Qua Non Wines
New Wines from Sine Qua Non We have just received this year’s allocation of new wines from Sine Qua Non – a massive three bottles each of the Shooter Syrah 2010 and Five Shooter 2010. I don’t know much about the wines yet but though I would share the labels with you because they are […]
Mixed Case of Wine – Fareham Wine Cellar Selection
Mixed Case of Wine @ Fareham Wine Cellar A mixed case of wine makes a great birthday or Christmas present, especially if you are stuck trying to find a wine gift for a wine lover. Or perhaps you need a corporate wine gift and know the recipient is a bit of wine buff. Mixed wine […]
Trapiche Malbec Special Offer
Trapiche Malbec Special Offer Offer whilst stocks last – prices correct as of 25/04/13 Some of you may know that Malbec World Day was last week on April 17th (the same day as the big funeral) and didn’t get as much publicity as perhaps is could have done. It wasn’t a great day for publicising […]
Cahors Wine – Black Wine of Southern France
Cahors Wine Cahors is a red wine produced in and near the French town of Cahors which is located in the South Western department of Lot. Winemaking in this area has a long history and there are records of vines planted in Roman times. Wine from the region was served at the marriage of Eleanor […]
Wickham Vineyard
Wickham Vineyard – Rises from the Flames! I expect some of you have been following the story of Wickham Vineyard and how it fell into administration in December 2012. Wickham Vineyard has always been one of the better known English vineyards and certainly the best known local vineyards to Fareham Wine Cellar. The good news […]
Domaine Jones Vandalised
Very sad news indeed.All that hard work, literally down the drain “In the latest case of wine vandalism, the taps on two vats of 2012 white wine at Katie Jones’ Domaine Jones were opened while she was attending Prowein, thus destroying the entire vintage of 2012 Jones Blanc made from 80-year-old Grenache Gris near Maury […]
Champagne Krug ID Number
Champagne Krug ID Feature Champagne Krug needs little introduction, quite simply it is one of the best luxury cuvée Champagnes. Whilst browsing through Krug’s website the other day I came across a little feature called Krug ID. Here is a screencap from their website – So it seems that every bottle of Champagne Krug Grande […]
London SITT Tasting 2013
London SITT Tasting 2013 @ The Royal Horticultural Halls 27th February 2013 I had a very rare day off and we closed Fareham Wine Cellar to visit the London SITT Tasting at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London. The SITT tasting is the The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting and has gone from strength to strength in […]
Motorhead Shiraz shifts 300,000 bottles in Sweden!
News arrives that Motorhead have shifted over 300,000 bottles of their Motorhead Shiraz in Sweden since it debuted in 2010. Okay, not really mega-interesting but I really wanted to pass on this cool photo of Lemmy with a bottle of Motorhead Shiraz. Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer, bass player and founder of the band, puts it: […]
Portfolio Wine Tasting
Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Wine Tasting For all of those coming to the Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Wine Tasting on Wednesday 24th October you can now download the full PDF tasting booklet from the link below, Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio 2012 Booklet So now you can browse the booklet in advance and plan […]
Best's Great Western Cabernet Franc
Today’s lunchtime tipple. We thought we had better re-acquaint ourselves with this as we have a few bottles left and it has got some good age to it now. Best’s Wines is a relatively small, family owned winery located in Great Western (over the road from Seppelt) and has been in the Thomson family since […]
Vinem by Bodegas Esteban Martin
New Wines from Carinena DO Carinena Location and History Carinena DO, created in 1932, is one of the oldest protected wine growing areas in Europe and is located 56km southwest of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous regions of Aragon on northern Spain. Lying just to the west of Carinena is the Calatayud DO. Carinena DO […]
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 […]
Matthew Jukes mentions Meonhill Wines
Starting to take notice of Meonhill Wines! Seven English wines to make us all proud – with full stockist list! A nice mention for Meonhill Reserve Brut NV from top English wine-writer Matthew Jukes in this article picking 7 of the best English sparkling wines. Contrary to what the article says, at this point, they […]
Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Wine Tasting
Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Tasting @ Lysses House Hotel 2012 is Fareham Wine Cellar’s 21st Anniversary year, and it just so happens to coincide with our biennial Portfolio Wine Tasting. Please fine details of the tasting below. I will add more details as we finalise them. There will be over 150 wines available for […]
Meonhill Wines – A New English Winery in Hampshire
Now available at the Fareham Wine Cellar. Edit 06/06/15 Please note, since this article was written the ownership of Meonhill Wines has changed. The Chaplin family are no longer involved and it is now a joint venture, since 2014, between founder Didier Pierson and Ian Kellett but separate from Hambledon Vineyard Plc., where he remains […]
Christmas Wine Tastings 2011 @ Fareham Wine Cellar
Christmas is fast approaching and we have finalised some dates for our annual Christmas wine tastings at Fareham Wine Cellar. Please find more information about the wines, and a couple of special offers that will be available on the day, further down. As usual, these are informal tastings at the Fareham Wine Cellar, however, I […]
Great Patatas Bravas Recipe
Patatas Bravas Recipe Spanish Roasted Potatoes with Tomato Sauce Recipe http://ow.ly/6Kl8v Nice Patatas Bravas recipe tapas potato.
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 […]
Purple Angel 2006 by Montes
Purple Angel 2006 by Montes DO Valle de Conchagua 92% Carménère and 8% Petit Verdot, 18 months in new French and American oak barrels I don’t know much about Montes wines, obviously they are famous for Montes Alpha M and the Montes Alpha range of wines, but the only wine of theirs I have previously tried […]
