Wine, food, cooking and accessories

We have managed to secure bankrupt stock for the range of glassware from Ravenscroft crystal. This allows us to offer up to 50% off this range of stunning glasses – including the Grand Cru Bordeaux glass. All glasses and boxes are in perfect, unused condition. The new prices will appear live on the website Thursday [...]

After some hard negotiating with the manufacturer we finally managed to get a price reduction on the stunning Precision range of glasses by Raymond Blanc. There is now over £4.00 saving per box on the Bordeaux and Burgundy glasses and over £3.00 per box saving on the rest of the range. Every little helps to [...]

The home of the corkscrew is without doubt Laguiole from the village of Thiers, France. Several specialist manufacture Laguiole corkscrews but the crown-king is Forge Laguiole. The level of craftsmanship which goes into each corkscrew is phenomenal. There is no wonder why these have achieved cult status amongst aficionados the world over. The main quality [...]

Most wine glasses are chosen for their appearance. For Raymond Blanc the most important factor is performance. Developed by a team of wine experts working alongside Spiegelau’s top designers, the Raymond Blanc Precision range has been created to provide the ideal wine glass – matching performance with beauty. During the glass manufacturing process the liquid [...]

Following the very heavy rain in June and July we have seen a huge uptake on our wine cellar monitoring equipment, particularly our digital stations. It has become very obvious a lot of people with underground storage are keen to ensure conditions remain stable and within acceptable tolerances. Increases in moisture can lead to increased [...]

Storing your wines can be fraught with danger. Keeping your precious bottles at the correct temperature is vital to ensure they mature correctly and drink at their very best. If bottles are stored too cold or too warm the wine can precipitate and separate leaving a cloudy liquid and lots of sediment. Not nice. With [...]

Extreme care should be taken when cleaning your delicate and precious wine glasses. Hand-washing is the best option to prevent machine scratching and breakages. Always wash a single glass at a time ensuring nothing else (such as cutlery) are in the washing bowl. Dishwashers are best avoided as residues from previous wash cycles can become [...]

Measuring Wine Ageing Potential The unique and exceptional Clef du Vin is essentially a measuring instrument that will immediately tell you if your wines are suitable for laying down. Thus revealing their ageing potential. In a controlled way, it will gradually modify the organoleptic qualities of the wine (taste, smell, flavours and bouquet). It will [...]

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new wine accessorieswebsite at www.winecare.co.uk This has been set up to better serve the requirements for wine lovers inthe UK. All our existing range of wine related items plus lots of newarrivals are now listed all together in the one location. As well as thefantastic range [...]

For your everyday wines that is to say, those wines which you will probably drink as a matter of course with some or all of your meals – it is not necessary to go through the ritual of decanting over a candle. Use a decanter that is perfectly clear and white, i.e. colourless, and pour [...]