We pride ourselves at putting together personalised selections for hampers from a wide range of wines, champagnes, beers, chocolates and various foods.
We have a range of gift boxes and baskets to fit any budget and taste.
We deliver locally free of charge and have a next day courier service for goods going further a field.
Travel to Piedmont in the Autumn and you should be in for a treat as it is the white truffle season. More expensive pound for pound than gold shavings are sprinkled over your food and depending on how carried away you get the truffle is weighed again and you pay for the grams consumed. On a brief visit to the region at the end of October we stayed in a delightful restaurant with rooms near Alba, Il Vigneto at Roddi (tel +39 0173 615630)
There the young chef is reinterpreting classic Italian dishes. Take Vitello Tonnato for example, veal accompanied by tuna flavoured mayonnaise. In this region the veal is served raw, like a steak tartare, but here raw tuna is wrapped with a thin strip of veal and then quickly seared, then chilled and served cold with the tuna mayonnaise. Creative and truly delicious.
At Michelin starred restaurant La Ciau del Tornavento in Treiso more white truffle appears, this time shaved over a miniature cheese fondue, washed down with some Barolo, the unique aroma of the truffle hard to forget.
Perhaps the star attraction here however is the restaurants cellar, which has to be seen to be believed. Never have I seen such an array of wines, many so rare (mostly Italian) that the choice is bewildering. Stacked in impossibly high piles and with barely enough room to pass there is even a vaulted cellar kept under lock and key. Well worth a visit.
Floraine talked to us about Veuve Clicquot champagnes,vintage, Rose and non vintage and explained the wine making processes for the different champagnes. It was a joy to taste them and hear all about their differences. We have a fantastic range in the shop for Christmas.
A fantastic evening was had by over 120 people came to our annual Christmas Wine Tasting in the shop! Over 60 wines from all over the world including vintage champagnes, ports and whiskeys were available to taste at 8 different tables. NEXT YEAR’S TASTING IS ON FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2010.
Take a look inside our Bury St Edmunds wine shop with Nicholas …
Earlier this year we made a flying visit to France to try a number of new wines being shown at a special tasting that brought together a number of independent wine makers.
Overall we returned slightly disappointed at the standard of many of the wines (there really were a number of shockers!) but did identify so lovely offerings from both Sancerre and Burgundy.
We will be trying further samples before buying so watch this space for updates
Koru in Jamie Goode’s blog of 12 April 2009
Koru Pinot Noir 2007 Marlborough, New Zealand
“From a single 1.1 hectare vineyard, just 311 cases were made. This is special. Beautifully smooth, pure, complex, elegant nose of dark cherry and plum fruit, with some deeper spice and herb notes. The palate is concentrated and intense with some lovely rich cherry fruit, but its trademark is that it is just so elegant, with a wonderful minerality and smooth, silky texture. Brilliant effort, although it is, sadly, rather expensive. 93/100
£34.99 per bottle
We’re proud to sponsor a brand new dining experience at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds.
Dine in the Theatre’s wonderful auditorium with some very special guests. You can enjoy a sumptuous dinner on stage – with some fine wines!
See the Theatre Royal for more details.
To accompany a Chestnut Torte, recipe supplied by Robert Mace, Head Chef at the Adnams Crown Hotel in Southwold, Christopher is recommending a Dolgesheiner Scützenhütte Merlot Eiswein 2004, a half bottle of pudding wine, £12.99, from grower Biegler Müller in the Rheinhessen.
As discussed on this morning’s James Hazell show, chestnut can be very rich and you need something lighter and more elegant to accompany it.
Our tasting on 5th December 2008 showed every style of wine we could think of from all around the world from £6 to over £50. It also included some interest spirits and liqueurs idea for a Christmas treat.
This year Italy proved to be the most popular country but the Chateau Lafont Menault Vintage 2007 at £13.99 dry white Bordeaux caught a lot of attention. Not really a surprise as 2007 was such a good year.
Also from Spain, the Salmos Perpetual 2005, £19.99 came top of people’s tasting notes. It’s from the ultra trendy Priorat region in Spain and is much sought after. We were only able to show it as we managed to secure a few more bottles from another market. It will be in stock in January.
Thank you to the 130 people who attended.
