Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix
***UPDATE 9th September 2011. We are now in a position to be able to offer a limited number of bottles of Snow Phoenix on a first come first serve basis. This stock is currently in our retail shops who should be contacted directly if you wish to purchase one. The price per bottle is £69.99
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Price rises on the way
Following yesterday’s budget it is worth letting out customers know that we are currently in process of re-pricing across our shops. These increases will contain three elements, the first is that we have so far absorbed the increase in VAT at the start of the year, however we will need to pass this on at
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Pinot Seminar on the way
April 9th sees S H Jones trying something a little bit different in tasting terms. For a start we’re running it on a Saturday afternoon in the hope that those of your who live locally but perhaps work in London may be able to join us, but also to see whether or our customers would
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First taste of 2010 Clarets
I spent part of Tuesday at UK importer Thorman Hunt’s spring tasting and was pleased to discover in addition to current drinking vintages of some well priced claret there were also some of the first samples from 2010. Thorman Hunt are a high quality importer representing such names as Massaya from Lebanon, Bruno Sorg from
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Dr Loosen
Ernie Loosen is a former Decanter Man of the Year and is about as well known a German wine maker that you can find. At the moment his big battle is trying to prevent a major road bridge and new road being built through the middle of some of his vineyards, perhaps most notably Urziger
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South African Promotion
Pop into our stores during this month and you can find some great deals on wines from South Africa. Whilst the prices of wines from many countries has crept up in recent times as a result of the relative strength of the Euro, and US, Australian and New Zealand Dollars, the price of South African
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Warwick Estate
Warwick Estate was bought by the Ratcliffe family in 1964 who soon started planting Cabernet Sauvignon vines yielding high quality grapes which were sold to neighbouring estates. However it was not until 1984 that the first wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon, was released under the Warwick Estate label whilst 1986 saw the first release of the
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Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade fortnight is upon us, and whilst I would never want to see fairtrade products limited to two weeks a year it does give us all the chance to remind ourselves what it’s all about and why we ought to buy fairtrade. At S H Jones our range has increased over the years and we
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