Interesting Wine Links
Below are some links we thought you might find useful, they are links to websites of companies that we have a deep respect for, and we believe their websites are very informative.
The Sunday Times Wine Club
Now that most of the pure 'dotcom wine sites' have closed down, established suppliers with a good track record in sourcing wine and delivering to the home have established themselves as the major force of 'wine on the web'. It will come as no surprise that the Sunday Times Wine Club is the foremost of these.
www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk
The Wine and Spirit Education Trust
Providing everything from food and wine pairing courses, to full, industry standard wine courses, the Wine Spirit Education Trust offers you the chance to expand your wine knowledge further. Enquire here to learn about WSET, it's aims, charitable status and comprehensive education programme.
www.wset.co.uk/
The Wine Education Service
The Wine Education Service has been established for ten years and is a leading provider of wine courses, workshops and tastings for consumers in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with several new locations in the planning stage. The unique programme covers Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced courses and in addition private and corporate tastings can be arranged to the client's specification.
www.wine-education-service.co.ukJancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson's site is a "must visit". It has an open viewing section with news, "wines of the week", a worldwide directory and Nick Lander's food and restaurant reviews. You can sign up for the newsletter and the "purple pages" which are an archive of Jancis' writings and tasting notes, the Oxford Companion to Wine, a reference section, "inside information" and "your turn" - a chance to contribute and ask questions. The tasting notes are excellent and interesting, and the information is of a very high grade.
www.jancisrobinson.comTom Cannavan's Wine Pages
This popular site is run by Tom Cannavan, wine critic and contributor to Harper's, Wine and Decanter. The world's best loved wine site includes a forum, wine features, wine tastings, quizzes, competitions and information on good value wines. The discussion forum has an excellent reputation, and well worth looking at or joining in on.
www.wine-pages.comWine - Encore
Wine-Encore.com is an independently run site offering wine lovers a weekly guide to the best wines on the market, with regular updates on the best offerings from supermarkets, merchants and mail order specialists. Wine-Encore are an Internet based wine company that monitors wine offers available from supermarkets and multiple retail outlets in the UK, offering reviews on tastings each week with comprehensive recommedations of the best buys.
www.wine-encore.com
Local Wine Events
A great content site that is packed with local wine information. This site is American based but offers world-wide coverage. If you are running any kind of wine event do submit it here. There is also a wealth of links to wine merchants, accessory suppliers and other wine related paraphernalia.
www.localwineevents.com
Robert Parker Wine Critic
The web site of world's most famous wine critic and author of 'The Wine Advocate' newsletter. The contents of 'The Advocate' are published here along with a database of Robert Parker's tasting notes. Invaluable, especially for the wine investor.
www.robertparker.com
Decanter Wine Magazine
Decanter features wine news and views, a wine auction price tracker, free wine news alerts and wine recommendations. If you wish to subscribe to the UK's foremost consumer wine magazine follow the link here.
www.magazinesubscriptionsipc.com
Nat Decants FREE Newsletter
Wine picks, articles and humour from Natalie MacLean, recently named the 'World's Best Drink Writer' at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. There are no adverts and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential.
www.nataliemaclean.com
