Pocket Vintages - wine guide, wine recommendations, wine reviews

Planet of the Grapes Special Offers April 08

I received this from the POTG team today:

Two cracking white wine offers today - one from the new world, one from the old...

Dog Point - Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2006 - SAVE £30 per case!

The Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc has been one of our best selling white wines over the last few years and we have managed to negotiate a great price for a 50 case parcel of the wine direct from New Zealand. This means that we can knock a massive £30 off the price of a case of 12 bottles, from £162.00 (£13.50 per bottle) down to just £132.00, (£11 per bottle). This brilliant estate is run by two guys who used to work for Cloudy Bay before it was sold to LVMH. The fruit is of the highest quality and has all the pungeant aromas you would expect from a Kiwi Sauvignon with a lovely crisp elegant palate. At the normal price it is a great wine but at the offer price it is a steal!

Adegas Galegas - Bouza Grande, O Candado 2005 - save £36 per case!

Our old world offering comes from Galicia in the far Northwest corner of Spain. This cool climate region is famed for its fantastic seafood and the rather delicious local grape, Albarino, that goes so well with gambas etc...The Bouza Grande from Adegas Galegas is a blend of grapes with small amounts of the indigenous varieties Loureiro and Treixadura being added to the Albarino, giving the wine lovely weight and texture to go with the pineapple and grapefruit flavours. The finish is dry and minerally and is crying out for those shripms to be thrown on the barbie! The new vintage has arrived in the country so we have managed to get a deal on the last of the 2005 - the price comes down from £12 per bottle to just £9 per bottle i.e. £108 per case, and we have just 10 cases available.

Planet of the Grapes Bin End Sale

Planet of the Grapes, the young and fun wine merchant in Holborn, has a bin-end rose sale - pick up a case of 12 bottles for just £72 that would normally cost £90. There are only 10 cases available so get in quick to avoid disappointment!

They also have also just added a number of tastings to the site - Champagne, Bordeaux & Winter Warmers as well as the Paul Cluver wine evening on the 11th October. just follow the link below for more info...

http://www.planetofthegrapes.co.uk/shop.php?cPath=34

Majestic Autumn Offers

Majestic has just announced its range of Autumn offers.  Initial glance indicates nothing magical.  20% off wines from Spain, France, Argentina, Portugal and South Africa with up to 50% off selected Champagnes.

Check out all the offers here.

Rose wine bargains

The fact that this summer has been a total wash out must be bad news for wine buyers at all the major supermarkets and wine merchants.

Rose wine, which is traditionnally quaffed during the summer months, will be sitting in stores by the wine mountain full, clogging up vital space and generally gathering dust.  I mean, who wants to drink Rose wine when it is raining cats and dogs outside?

Anyway, the good news is that the weather seems to be improving and there is plenty of rose wine on special offer, so risk it and stock up now!

Tesco has an absolute bargain if you want cheap and cheerful - Kumala Rose at only £3.80 a bottle when you buy 6.

It isn't anything super special, but chill it down and open it up at a BBQ and you will enjoy a good tipple at an excellent price.  It's a Merlot/Shiraz blend, making it fruity and easy drinking, with the Shiraz adding a touch of spice.

Buy it from Tesco Online here.

Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

This is one of my 'house' wines - I always have a bottle or two handy because it is delicious when you're in the mood for a big, fruity, velvety New World Cab Sauv.

Wolf Blass has done amazingly well in the UK in recent years and this yellow label is a big seller across the country.  Majestic are offering it for only £4.89p a bottle (usual price £7.99p) so fill your boots!

You can order it online from Majestic here.

Pocket Vintages to be available through Amazon & Waterstones

From next week (Aug 1st) you will be able to buy Pocket Vintages Old World Edition 2007 online via your favourite retailers.

Both Amazon and Waterstones websites are listing PV with WHSmith expected to come online shortly.

Or you can buy it directly from us via this website and PayPal.  You don't need a PayPal account to do this, just a credit or debit card and your order is protected by the usual PayPal rules.  Once payment has been received we will dispatch your Pocket Vintage edition by Royal Mail first class post.

Once you start using it you really will wonder how you ever ordered wine without it!

More Majestic Offers

Majestic Wine has added to and improved upon their special offers for this wonderful 'summer' that we are having.

The pick of the bunch is their Southbank Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2006.

Buy two more more and you'll get them at the bargain price of only £4.99 a bottle.  Pick up a case and keep at least a bottle in your fridge at all times!  This is a deliciously young and yesty wine from an on form producer and this crisp, light wine is perfect to drink chilled on its own or with fish and seafood dishes.

Majestic Fine Wine Reduction

Majestic has reduced the price of a large number of fine wines as part of a bin end clearance sale. Many are in very limited distribution, with each Majestic store holding a different range.

Click here to visit the Majestic Wine website.

Summer Rose Drinking from Majestic

Crack open an extra bottle or two of Rose to celebrate the wonderful summer (?) weather we are having at the moment.

Majestic has 20% discount off their entire range of Rose wines until the end of July.

You can view the offers here.

Tesco Wine Discount

Tesco has just announced that it has 30% off its entire range of wines until July 8th.

Some of their champagne has up to 50% off - check it out here.