“The soft extractive note of an aged cork withdrawn has the true sound of a man opening his heart” William Samuel Benwell.

Fetzer winery in Mendocino California are famous for pioneering earth friendly wine. The winery was bought in 1968 and throughout this time have worked in harmony with the environment to protect and preserve. In 1984 they took on a huge commitment of total sustainability in the growing of all their grapes. They have reduced there […]

The Cadbury Wedding Show was a great day, we saw lots of people through the door and finding out about the Wedding Service we offer. It was great to meet couples and their families getting excited about their big day. We held draw to win a bottle of bubbles and this lucky winner is… Donna Metcalfe, […]

In white wine they could look like small pieces of clear glass. In red they look like small pieces of red glass. Known as wine diamonds, they are in fact tartrate crystals and can appear if the wine is kept at a very cold temperature. They do not effect the taste of the wine and will not […]

‘The point of drinking wine is… To taste sunlight trapped in a bottle, and to remember some stony slope in Tucany or a village by the Gironde.’ John Mortimer 1923

The 3 Peaks certainly was a challenge and have an extremely sore knee and sore muscles to prove, stairs are showing me problems! We were in a group of 7, I walked mostly with a guy called Dave as we had the same pace on. He did 3 Triathlons last year! Brave man. We set off […]

This is where we see that drinking is different to tasting, drinking is natural whereas tasting is a skill and as with anything, practice makes perfect! Firstly lets look at the tongue and where we can detect certain basic elements. At the back in the middle we detect bitterness, the sides towards the back is […]

The Wine Tasting Co will be at the North Somerset Wedding Show that is being held at Puxton Park on Thursday 16th September 6.30 -9.00pm. Pop along say hello try some wine, we look forward to seeing you there. http://www.northsomersetweddingshow.co.uk/

“Gentleman, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne” Paul Claudel (1868-1955)