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Having had a couple of your standard pints in my old local with my father, we returned to my parents house and had a nice crisp dry bottle of Konig Pils, to settle our way onto the Christmas wines, we drank a steely Chardonnay from the Highfield Estate, followed by the lighter body of a [...]

Our wine tasting event on 28th November 2007 now features a vertical tasting of wines from Chateau Longueville and Chateau Pibran. Along with a Champagne reception and a 3 course meal this should be a fantastic event to kick start the festive season.

Mark Price (National Accounts Manager) recently visited the Champagne House Gosset in the village of Ay (next to Epernay) on a trip supported by the UK importers and Gosset’s Export Manager Patrick Ligeron. By Eurostar to Paris with a group of other Independent Merchants then onto Reims and its splendid Cathedral. A dinner on the [...]

We are pleased to announce a tasting of the Grande Cuvee Collection of champagnes from Canard Duchene on 14th November 2007. Master of Wine Mr. Andrew Barraclough will host the evening at our tasting rooms at Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. The tasting will include, amongst others their Blancs des Blancs and Charles VII Rose champagnes. At only [...]

We have announced 4 new wine tasting events at Barrels & Bottles, Chesterfield : Roederer Family Wines (26th September) :A tasting of Roederer Family wines with Guy Cliffe. Starting with Champagne Brut Premier and working through the family vineyards owned by Roederer. We will taste wines from Marques de Murietta in Spain, Pio Cesari in [...]

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) have announced a new bursary targeted towards disabled students and those that do not have English as their first language. This is open to UK students already studying or planning to start a new course. WSET has some 225 centres around the UK accredited to run the WSET [...]

After finally nailing down some of the wine-makers (not literally) we are pleased to annoce the first few wine tastings for the 2007 season. As well as tastings from Spain, Rhone and Burgundy we are featuring a Madeira Dinner showcasing some traditional local cuisine with speciality wines with each course. We have extended our WSET [...]

Traditionally, according to my brother and Mark Price, the Chatsworth Horse Trials has been one of the hottest days of the year. Of course there is not science behind this… just the fact they have come back from the show with sun-burn and not a drop of champagne! This year saw one of the heaviest [...]

Barrels & Bottles are proud to supply Sheffield United with our open-top London Bus for their victorious parade to celebrate promotion to the Premiership. The parade is scheduled for today (Wednesday 3rd May 2006) between 5.00pm and 7.00pm around the streets of Sheffield. Full details of the parade can be viewed on the BBC website [...]

The 26th of april saw the Champagne makers from Lallier Grand Cru (Ay) in town for a series of trade and customer tastings. Thibault Lelarge and Francis Tribault wowed customers with a great selection of rich and ripe Champagnes including the fabulous Blancs des Blancs, made from Chardonnay grown in Ay, unusual in so much [...]