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It really is a tough life being a wine merchant. Today the office is filled with various Christmas cakes, biscuits and chocolates which all need testing to see which will make it into our Christmas wine and food hampers.
This sounds like a dream task and everyone in the office was too excited about the prospect of eating Christmas cake on a Thursday in September. The amateurs soon fell by the wayside leaving only the dedicated gluttons and the buyers left in the running. Dominic Field was the surprise combatant managing to try every cake on display. A stunning performance.
Everyone can rest assured we have selected some fabulously tasty cakes and chocolates for this years wine hampers.
This sounds like a dream task and everyone in the office was too excited about the prospect of eating Christmas cake on a Thursday in September. The amateurs soon fell by the wayside leaving only the dedicated gluttons and the buyers left in the running. Dominic Field was the surprise combatant managing to try every cake on display. A stunning performance.
Everyone can rest assured we have selected some fabulously tasty cakes and chocolates for this years wine hampers.
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 Fleurie La Chapelle des Bois.
After a rest from food and drink we finished the meal with the Gartelmann Ambrosia from the Hunter Valley, for me this stood up beautifully to the pudding, toasts of marmalade and apricots made it a sumptuous drink for me, but a bit too much for the rest of the family!
Mark Price is National Accounts Manager for Barrels & Bottles
After a rest from food and drink we finished the meal with the Gartelmann Ambrosia from the Hunter Valley, for me this stood up beautifully to the pudding, toasts of marmalade and apricots made it a sumptuous drink for me, but a bit too much for the rest of the family!
Mark Price is National Accounts Manager for Barrels & Bottles
Labels: beaujolais, christmas, highfield, wine
Another great Christmas was enjoyed this year. Traditional Turkey with all the trimmings was served Christmas Day along with the Kuhling Gillott's Scheurebe Kabinett... thankfully renamed from mouth-filling Bodenheimer Heitersbrunnchen Scheurebe Kabinett... making from an easier time around the table! The last remaining bottles from a case of 1998 Savigny les Beaunes 1er Cru, Burgundy, were enjoyed by all. The fruity bite from Pinot Noir offering a great balance with the meat.
Boxing Day saw an evening meal of Beef served with all the usual trimmings (including some very tasty sausages wrapped in bacon). The old faithful Highfield Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand provided the fruity tang along with Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon from California - the red stood up very well against the beef and gravy and put all into a good party mood.
The bottle of Ramos Pinto Collector Port was kept out of the hoards way... to be enjoyed at a quieter moment with the remaining mine pies.
Boxing Day saw an evening meal of Beef served with all the usual trimmings (including some very tasty sausages wrapped in bacon). The old faithful Highfield Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand provided the fruity tang along with Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon from California - the red stood up very well against the beef and gravy and put all into a good party mood.
The bottle of Ramos Pinto Collector Port was kept out of the hoards way... to be enjoyed at a quieter moment with the remaining mine pies.
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Due to time constraints we are unfortunately unable to accept any further orders for personalised bottles until the New Year.
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Please ensure any orders required for Christmas are placed before noon on Monday 17th December 2007... sooner is preferable
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If you are looking for a last minute gift for Christmas we have just the thing with our slash-priced Classical Italian 2 bottle wine pack - now only £8.50 including VAT.
The decorative box contains a bottle of Gaudio Montepulciano (red) and Orvietto Classico (white) along with a message card.
With postage and packaging at only £4.95 to most of Mainland UK there is not reason to forget the distant relatives or old school friends this Christmas.
The decorative box contains a bottle of Gaudio Montepulciano (red) and Orvietto Classico (white) along with a message card.
With postage and packaging at only £4.95 to most of Mainland UK there is not reason to forget the distant relatives or old school friends this Christmas.
Labels: christmas
Christmas Day this year was spent with a magnum of Champagne Taittinger (soft and creamy) for the preamble to dinner.
Served with the full Christmas dinner was Highfield Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand (fruity and zesty) and Ross Hill Mick's Lot Shiraz from Australia (full-bodied with tangy blackcurrant fruits)
This is about the 3rd year running where the Highfield Sauvignon has featured over the festive period. For the money and the style of wine needed to suit a range of drinkers and the type of food there is nothing which comes close.
Served with the full Christmas dinner was Highfield Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand (fruity and zesty) and Ross Hill Mick's Lot Shiraz from Australia (full-bodied with tangy blackcurrant fruits)
This is about the 3rd year running where the Highfield Sauvignon has featured over the festive period. For the money and the style of wine needed to suit a range of drinkers and the type of food there is nothing which comes close.
John Higgins
Barrels and Bottles
Unit 5b Broom Business Park, Bridge Way, Sheepbridge
Chesterfield
,
Derbyshire
,
S41 9QG
England
01246 453399
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