Provenance Wines

Win tickets to the BBC Good Food Show

Milly — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:21 +0000

The BBC Good Food Show is in Glasgow this weekend (31 October – 2 November www.glasgow.bbcgoodfoodshow.com). The Good Food Show is a great way to discover fabulous new food and drink, as well as being a unique chance to watch celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, James Martin and Nick Nairn in action.

It’s not just food celebrities Provenance Wines will be at the Good Food Show too! We’ll be offering free tastings of some of our best boxed wines and vintages, so do feel free to stop by to try some and to have a chat.

We have two pairs of tickets for the BBC Good Food Show to give away, worth £20 each. To enter, just email us at info@provenancewines.com with the answer to this simple question:

Provenance Wines is AOC certified. But what do the letters AOC stand for?

The competition ends soon, on Wednesday 29 October. The winners will be chosen at random and notified immediately by email. Good luck!

Expert reviews

Milly — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:51:48 +0000

We’ve been extremely fortunate to have three of our wines reviewed by some top industry experts. Here’s what they have to say:

Chateau Canevault (France) Fronsac 2005 “On the palate this has really good energy and life about it, with plenty of savoury, mouth-filling fruit that is edged by bittersweet, fine and liquoricy tannins and keen-edged acidity. Long and fresh on the finish, this is really well-made and delicious Bordeaux.” (Review by Tom Cannavan, writer for The Independent, The Sunday Times The Wine Gang, World of Fine Wine, Decanter, The Wine Report and Wine-pages.com)

Our boxed wine best-seller Chateau St Jacques Calon has also been praised: “This Saint Emillion red tastes lightly of blackcurrants with a hint of tobacco. A good wine that will match almost any food.” (Review by Paula Goddard, writer for BBC Good Food, Sky, Mature Times, LivingIt.com)

As one of the UK’s leading wine journalists, Paula was asked to submit three French wines to be featured in the prestigious press-only annual event, Absolutely Cracking French Wines. Paula chose Domaine du Mortier Les Arthuis as one of her choices, and it’s not hard to see why - this organic, intense wine from the Loire Valley is fantastic, a true ‘cracking French wine’.

Finalists in Scottish food and drink awards

valerie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:40:57 +0000

The stock markets are crashing, the banks are failing and to top it all off, the days are getting shorter and colder. But although we might be in the midst of a credit crunch, don’t let it stop you enjoying life’s simple pleasures such as having a cosy night in with some excellent wine. Not only is it more economical and more enjoyable than drinking poorer-quality (and more expensive) wines in bars and pubs, it’s also the best way to avoid the cold autumn weather!

Provenance Wines: finalists in Scottish food and drink awards

We’re very proud to announce that Provenance Wines reached the regional final of the O2 X Award for Food and Drink, supported by Observer Food Monthly.

Judges were looking for original and visionary businesses associated with the world of food. Hundreds of businesses applied to the awards, and we were delighted to have been chosen as a finalist, as it means we were one of the top four food and drink businesses in Scotland!

Tasting events

Milly — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:27:18 +0000

Why a tasting? Well, various reasons for it. It could be because you want to entertain your friends and family, or to help you making the right choice for an occasion, to know more about wine making, the list is endless!And have you thought of doing the tasting yourself? You don’t necessarily need us to entertain your friends. You can select and purchase your wines, which we will send with tasting notes, and a “how to conduct a tasting” sheet with facts tailored to your need, and if your friends decide to order some wines, then we will reward you!

We also cater for corporate tasting, team away days, and more. So why not getting in touch, and see how we can help you and the office party!!

Email us at tasting@provenancewines.com and we can discuss all options together to suit your budget and the occasion.

For logistic reasons, we cannot run tastings everywhere but we will always try to accommodate whenever possible.

Boxed Chateau wines on offer

Milly — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:01:08 +0000

January is over but our great Sales have just started. We have on offer a selection of boxed Chateau wines starting from £20 to £35. The maths are easy: Take a £30 5 litre boxed wine, which is roughly the equivalent of 7 bottles and you end up paying an average of £4.29/bottle!

What’s the word out there?

Milly — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:57:03 +0000

Well we have spent sometime looking at what was being said in the press, various blogs, Reuters, etc…on boxed wine as an “eco-friendlier” alternative going forward. The latest is that we have long way to go although UK sales trends are still on the up. The green bottle recycling issue is not disappearing but growing. Already major supermarket chains are investing in alternatives (boxed wine, Tetrapak, plastic bottles) and like the screw tops are now welcomed by the british drinker so too are the quality bag in boxes becoming more acceptable. Top producers are prepared to “box” their wines as part of their plea to do their bit on the environment front. No one says it is 100% green but it’s a big improvement and every little helps!