Wine, food, cooking and accessories

The 2009 harvest at Glyndwr Vineyards in Wales was left very late in the hope to increase sugar levels and reduce acidity for a more balanced wine. Harvesting took place on 26th & 27th October with some 10 tons of grapes retrieved. This should be enough for around 10,000 bottles which is a significant improvement [...]

Matt Thompson (Retail Sales manager) and Mark Price (National Accounts Manager) were in Bolton on Tuesday supporting wholesalers to promote our wines through their own outlets. With over 120 trade accounts visiting the event this was a great opportunity to showcase our exclusive agency wines to a wider audience.

Having won the Innovation category at the Drinks Retailing Awards for the past 2 years we are hoping to make it an unprecedented 3 in a row with our Bottle Scrappage scheme aimed at encouraging glass bottle recycling using financial incentives and providing facilities at the point of purchase. The winners are announced on Tuesday [...]

Many thanks to Neo Photography for their candid pictures at the Sporting Chefs event last week. As well as the candid a limited edition signed print of the celebrity chefs is being produced and will be available for sale with all profits going to BBC Children in Need. Our 2010 Sporting Chefs calendar is currently [...]

As featured in Beautiful Kitchens November 2009. “Based in Derbyshire, most of Coghlans’ relaxed and informal one-day courses are run by the co-founder Janet Coghlan. In this expert environment, on the very freshest ingredients are used and the high-level tuition is aimed at cooks of all abilities. What’s more, there’s also a fully stocked fine [...]

Coghlans chef Russell Housley has made it to the final 4 of the David Lyell Scholarship competition for his excellent patisserie creations in chocolate. The list of finalists are: Christopher Brown, Oloroso Jaillin Argent, The Harrow at Little BedwynCamilla Dignan, Sheffield City CollegeRussell Housley, Coghlans Cookery School The final takes place at Westminster Kingsway College [...]

Barrels & Bottles are finalists in the Derbyshire Times Business Awards in the Environment category. We were nominated for our Bottle Scrappage scheme which encourages the recycling of wine bottles at the point of purchase with financial incentives. Andrew Coghlan gave a 5 minute presentation to the judges and being short-listed for the finals. The [...]

Don’t forget when recycling empty wine bottles to ensure the bottles are fully cleaned and any tops or corks removed. For further details on recycling see the official Recycle Now website.

Andrew Coghlan, MD of Barrels and Bottles was asked to judge the Eggleston Agricultural show last weekend in Barnard Castle. The show which attracts over 4000 visitors showcases the best of produce from the Durham Dales and North Yorkshire Moors. In the 5 categories there were plenty of entries for both dry and sweeter styles [...]

Coghlans cookery school recently hosted Jean Christophe Novelli for a Carlsberg event entitled Probably the best barbecue. JCN breezed in to the Chesterfield venue with cookery school assistant Steven Kitchen to teach and assess 20 of Carlsberg’s top landlords and chefs, with the winner of the cookery competition receiving Jean Christophe Novelli to cook on [...]