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Ten Green Bottles opens first wine shop
Ten Green Bottles, the Sussex online wine merchant and wholesaler, makes its first foray into the off-trade this month.
The company is opening a store in Brighton, called The Wine Shop & Tasting Room, which will feature 200 wines sourced direct from producers.

For the full article - Off Licence News, The Voice of Drinks Retailing

Ten Green Bottles at the Underground Market

Think of a combination between part 'Come Dine with me', a festival and the atmosphere on a good bbq in the garden and you have the brilliant Underground Market.

Hosted by one of my favourite foodies and all round inspirational bundle of creative energy Ms Marmite - ie Kirsten, it has developed from the idea behind the Underground Restaurant. In its' second form, the stalls were literally in every room except the bathroom, toilet and her daughters room. The quality of the stalls exhibiting was just outstanding - delicious jerk chicken from the Carib Underground, vegan chocolates from Lorraine and heavenly chocolate brownies (chocolate & me are friends!), the Underground Tea Party girls and wine tasting from Ten Green Bottles.

To read the full article visit - Ten Green Bottles at the Underground Market

Grape Harvest - Les Vendanges

Autumn has arrived in the Loire Valley.

Signalled by the start of les vendanges, grape harvest, next week at Domaine de la Paleine.

6ème Marché des Vins de Saumur

Set along the edge of the Loire river Saumur hosted its 6ème Marché des Vins de Saumur in glorious sunshine and temperatures of 30°C.

Locals and holiday makers got into the spirit of things taking their time to enjoy the festive ambience while sampling local vignerons wine and artisans home produced delicacies.

Proving to be increasingly popular Le Marché des Vins de Saumur is now a two day event, opening on Saturday from 16h00 to 21h00 and again on Sunday from 10h00 to 19h00.

Constance Beaumont made her debut at her first wine festival and joined Papa Beaumont at the stand.

While Augustin, now a novice at these events, decided playing with his favourite cars were far more fun!

7ème Marché des Vins de Saumur will be held the first weekend of September 2011.

The Drinks Business - Virtual Store Turns Physical

Online-based merchant and supplier Tengreenbottles is branching out by opening its first retail outlet this month.

Based in Brighton, East Sussex, The Wine Shop and Tasting Room will feature more than 200 wines, 90% of which are exclusive to the UK store.

The high proportion of exclusive wines at The Wine Shop & Tasting Room are a result of the wines being sourced directly from the vineyard by the company’s owners.

Founding partner Simon Broad said of the project: “This venture gives us the chance to share our love of wine and food with our customers face-to-face, and to showcase little known gems from some of the forgotten wine regions of the world - alongside old favourites.”

Tengreenbottles, which “prides itself on being able to offer unique products," including "a range of premium spirits,” will also stock Camden Town Brewery’s beers in-store, one of the few microbreweries to make a lager alongside ale.

Customers will be able to buy a bottle to take away or to open and enjoy on-premise, while on weekday evenings the store plans to offer a selection of complimentary crostini with any wine purchase.

The new shop can be found on 9 Jubilee Street, Brighton while Tengreenbottles can be visited on www.tengreenbottles.com

The Drinks Business : article by Jane Parkinson, 16 Sep 10

Wine Course : The 'Ultimus' Tasting

In August we welcomed two great wine enthusiasts Shelley & Simon to La Bellevue.

Keen to embark on their passion of ‘wine & French cuisine' Shelley & Simons stay got underway with an extensive wine course - The 'Ultimus' Tasting'.

Privately hosted The 'Ultimus' Tasting is a fun and informative wine course and wine tasting. Comprehensive explanations of wine creation & alchemy from Gérald combined with a private visit of the Domaine makes perfect sense of what can be viewed as an overwhelming subject.

And what of the sampled wines? These can continue to be savoured throughout a stay at La Bellevue.

Wine Tasting : Friday 10 September 2010

For those of you in Brighton this Friday, or able to make it down, we'll be holding an informal wine tasting of our current selection of wines by the glass.

The wine tasting is free of charge, just come along between 5.30 and 6.30pm and we'll talk you through the four reds and whites we are serving, why we chose them, and how they fit into our approach to wine.

We'll also be sending out details this week of the first of our more formal wine tasting programmes, including a talk on some of the basics of wine tasting, and a visit from one of our Loire Valley producers to talk us through his range.

We look forward to seeing you at one of the events soon!

Simon & Sam

Ten Green Bottles, 9 Jubliee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE

Daily Telegraph : 10 Top Wines from 10 Top Independent Wine Sellers

Small wine sellers have a knack for uncovering some gems.

Ten Green Bottles is the new kid on the Brighton block. Hitherto an online merchant only, specialising in French, Italian and Spanish producers too small for the supermarkets, it opens its first shop this week. This is a great value, terroir-expressive red from Abruzzo, full of ripe, savoury red fruit and silky tannins. Ideal to drink with rich pasta dishes.

By Jonathan Ray, 03 Sep 10

For the full article: Telegraph.co.uk - 10 Top Wines from 10 Top Independent Wine Sellers