In-store tastings…
UK supermarket Waitrose, a keen proponent of English and Welsh wines, will be starting its summer campaign during English and Welsh Wine Week. At in-store wine bars, the retailer will be matching English wine with cheese as well as conducting tastings of their English and Welsh wines. Waitrose has its own English sparkler, Leckford Estate, which is made with assistance from Sussex winery Ridgeview.
Department store Fortnum & Mason will also be shining the spotlight on its English fizz including its own-label made by Cornwall’s Camel Valley, West Sussex’s Nyetimber and organic and biodynamic Hampshire Laverstoke Park.
Meanwhile, Yorkshire wine merchant House of Townend will be showcasing the entire range of Little Wold Vineyard at its shop on 25 May.
Booths is celebrating English Wine Week by holding dedicated tastings in selected stores, while Bon Coeur Fine Wines will be highlighting the likes of Hambledon, Bolney, Nyetimber and Lyme Bay. Specialist English wine merchants Hawkins Bros while be featuring a different producer on each day, including Black Chalk, Litmus, Greyfriars and Bluebell vineyard.
Bath’s Novel Wines are giving customers a 10% discount on English sparklers including Bolney, Furleigh, Raimes and Cottonworth.
For more in-store events at retailers in your area, take a look at WineGB’s dedicated English Wine Week events page or contact the retailer directly.
