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Domain Montrose Prestige Rosé

Domain Montrose Prestige Rosé This is their second vintage of this new Cuvée Rosé and although it might not at first appear cheap, this wine really over delivers, not just in its stylish glass stopper designed bottle, but the fruit is from older vines, better concentration and very small proportion has seen a few months […]

Shakespeare needs celebrating!

Shakespeare needs celebrating! This weekend… don’t forget to celebrate! It is of course Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary We have wonderful beers from the local Shakespeare Brewery: Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello (£3.25 each) and also locally, from the Shakespeare Distillery – Stratford Gin (£35) Please don’t forget to try our Australian Sauvignon Hollick ‘The Bard’ now £10.95 (nrp £11.95)

20% off all wine. Madness!

Vin Neuf Canapés Yes, 20% off all wine confirms we’ve gone mad. It’s quite simple: add madmarch as a code at the online checkout and hey presto, March is certainly not lacking some bonkers behaviour on our behalf. Race like a hare… this runs until Wednesday 23rd March. SHOP NOW…    

Vote… Independent!

Vote… Independent! We’d like your help! We’d really appreciate a vote for the second annual Stratford on Avon Independent Shop Awards, run by Nadhim Zahawi MP. As they say on the MP’s website “This is a great opportunity to show your support for some of the excellent small businesses we are lucky to have, and to recognise […]

Passion… has red lips

Passion… has red lips No better time to be thinking of Passion Has Red Lips: rich mouthfuls of lip-smacking, sensuously structured McLaren Cabernet and Clare Shiraz. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching this is a wonderful time to consider this red from Some Young Punks in South Australia. An electrifying vibrant nose of ripe red cherry, cranberry, […]

Gin Tasting

Make Valentine’s Day even better! Exciting news from Vin Neuf. On March 24th we hold our first Gin Tasting here in our cellars… which has already stirred (not shaken) great interest! Full details will be available soon and accordingly will be posted here on the site. Please do contact us by email just to express interest… we’ll […]

Wine Course | February – March

Make Valentine’s Day even better! Vin Neuf Wine Course | February – March Our latest course runs between 24th February – 16th March 16th. This is a course on four consecutive Wednesday nights and is hosted between 7.15pm – 9.15pm Week 1 Chile – ‘It’s Cool!’ Week 2 English – Still & Sparkling Week 3 Spain […]

There’s no place like… Rhône!

There’s no place like… Rhône! Viticulture as we know it arrived in Southern France with the Greeks in the 4th century BC. But it was the Romans who really established the vineyards and reputation of the area using the Rhône as their highway through France (and planting a few vineyards along the way). In the […]

We’ve been expecting it, Mr Bond

We’ve been expecting it, Mr Bond Yes, there’s no shortage of Bond-esque one liners available. However, we’re not sure ‘shaken not stirred’ is appropriate… but there’s plenty to celebrate, now we have our hands on some of this special edition ‘Spectre’ Bollinger. Attractively priced at £125 per bottle, surely the ideal accompaniment to any Bond […]

Meet the head winemaker at Bodegas LAN

Meet the head winemaker at Bodegas LAN As part of our focus on Rioja, we’ve not only visited Bodegas LAN but now have three of their superb Rioja wines on offer. We have dealt with LAN for more than 9 years. Over this period, the quality of their wine seems to have just got better and better… and this […]