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Useful Wine Links

General

JancisRobinson.com - from one of the most well-respected experts in the wine profession - a prolific website with free access & members pages. Completely independent source of news, views and opinion on wine with a bit of food and travel thrown in.

Tom Cannavan Wine Pages - One of the most comprehensive UK wine websites around.

thewinedoctor.com - Chris Kissack - a medic with a passion for wine - especially French!

Accommodation

The Spires Serviced Suites : These newly built luxury serviced apartments offer you the ultimate accommodation experience. Recognised by Marketing Birmingham as ‘gold standard’ due to its excellent customer service and first class accommodation and recently awarded the "Very Quiet" award from Venere.com, The Spires Birmingham offers you all the service you’d expect from a 4* hotel…….all the space you wouldn’t.

Very useful for our Saturday and weekend events...

Gourmet Society

Enjoy 2 for 1 meals at hundreds of Birmingham restaurants with the Gourmet Society Dining Card.

Wine Games

Eagles Grapevine has produced a blind wine tasting game that's good fun to play.

Wine Merchants

Oddbins.com - one of the best independent high street chains - helpful and knowledgeable staff.

Majestic Online - top by the case online wine warehouse.

The Wine Society - I think one of the best mail-order wine retailers in the UK. Fantastic range, quality, and price. Life membership £40 - bargain!

Countries & Regions

champagnes.com - official website for the Champagne wine industry. Masses of information, fantastic photo gallery - if only all wine regions had websites like this !

Wine Magazines 

Decanter is one of the best monthly magazines in the UK, full of useful and indepth information on wines, regions, with all the latest news. This link takes you through to their web site.

• First tasting of ‘lost grapes’ in southwest France
  The first tastings of several rare grape varieties are taking place this week at the Grape Conservatory in Saint Mont, southwest France.
• One third of Italian vines should be grubbed up: Antinori
  One third of Italy’s vines should be replanted or pulled out because they are making unmarketable wines, Marchese Piero Antinori says.
• Georgian Archbishop takes top Masi prize
  A Georgian archbishop has been awarded the Masi International Wine Prize for his services to the country's wine industry.
• Rain finally falls on Bordeaux (includes Mouton video interview)
  Much-needed rain arrived in Bordeaux this week, although winemakers played down its importance to the 2010 harvest.
• Kanonkop releases world's most expensive Pinotage - again
  The second vintage of the world's most expensive Pinotage has been launched this week.
• Bisol ready to pick first grapes from Venetian island
  Prosecco producer Bisol will pick the first commercial vintage at its property in the Venetian lagoon this week.
• Rare Lafite library collection in Sotheby's Hong Kong auction
  A massive collection of Chateau Lafite dating back to 1869 comes under the hammer at Sotheby’s Hong Kong next month.
• McGovern resigns as head of Wine Australia UK
  Lisa McGovern, the regional director of Wine Australia for the UK, Ireland and Europe, has resigned.
• Sherry bodegas fined: correction
  On 9 August we published an article entitled 'Nine sherry bodegas fined €7m for breaching competition rules'. We would like to correct certain misleading statements in the story.
• Thierry Manoncourt of Chateau Figeac: obituary
  Over 1000 mourners attended the funeral of Thierry Manoncourt of Chateau Figeac, who has died aged 92.