The pack contains:

Chateau Tour des Graves Bordeaux
65g Mousse de Canard au Sauternes (Duck Pate)
300g Fine Oakcakes
200g Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese
These fine food items are packed in a presentation gift box.

This hamper gift will make an ideal client, staff or personal gift and is is a suitible item to present at any time of the year. Sensibly priced at only £16.95 this is a value for money gift pack that will impress.

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Personalised wine packs make ideal corporate client gifts, and our range of wines will suit most gifting budgets.

We can deliver personalised wines in bulk or for a small addition cost directly to the recipients home or business address.

All our labels are professionally printed and to facilitate this a minimum order of 12 bottles per wine type is required.

Visit www.wineandhampers.com and navigate to the PERSONALISED page for full details and to see example labels.

Lots of gifts available at www.wineandhampers.com or we can tailor make gifts to suit any budget or content requirement.

In addition to a complete wine and hamper gifting service The Wine and Hamper Company provides fully serviced temporary bars for weddings, parties and other events. We specialise in making your event go smoothly, and can cater for any occasion within the east midlands region.

Over the years we have worked in all sorts of environments, from Stately Homes, Village Halls, Marquees and Open Fields our bars really can be set up anywhere. If required Wine and Hampers can supply and erect a party tent that will accomodate the bar alongside a main event marquee, this facility is usually supplied free of charge.

The standard bar facility provides:

•             Reception drinks

•             Draught lager, bitter, cider and guinness

•             A full range of wines and spirits

•             Soft drinks

The bar can be operated as a normal cash-bar, free drinks, or we can provide a predetermined number of complimentary drinks and then revert to a pay bar. In short we can tailor-make and provide the service that meets individual budgets and event requirements. We will apply for all necessary licences.

Additionally a full wine table service can be provided that includes all glassware requirements.

All our staff are handpicked, trained and uniformed.

To discuss your event bar requirement contact the Wine and Hamper Company Ltd on 01530 245486 or email sales@wineandhampers.com

Chinese wine buyers are threatening to completely distort the fine wine market as they aggressively compete for the production of wines produced by Bordeaux’s famed vineyards. The five premier cru estates in france only produce around 190,000 bottles of wine each year and this limited production is no longer able to satisfy the thirst of the Chinese market and to keep the existing custom base in Europe adequately supplied.

The Chinese are attempting to buy the whole annual production of some of the major estates and offering prices that are much higher than the traditional markets are prepared to pay, and the major estates are finding it difficult to resist this very profitable market.

The Chinese hunger for premium wines has tripled the price of premier cru wines on the mainland in the past year, and a case of Chateau Lafite 2009 recently sold for £43,000 in Hong Kong.

 The Chinese market is forecast to continue to grow strongly and experts are suggesting that the solution may well be to produce more wine in China, there is no shortage of investors, but there is risk, as any investment in a vineyard is for the next generation and is very capital intensive.

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The latest addition to the Wine Gift Selection in the Wine and Hampers Website is a Twelve Bottle Party Pack.

This wine gift is packed with a selection of mixed wines that caters for every taste… it is ideal for party use.  The pack contains two bottles each of the following wines: 

  Marques del Turia Viura/Sauvignon – Spain
  Keates Drift Chenin Blanc – South Africa
  La Sanglier de la Montagne Carignan,Old Vines
  Paso Del Sol Merlot, Central Valley – Chile
  Marques Del Turia Rosanda – Spain
  Varichon & Clerc Sparkling Brut Chardonnay

This is the perfect gift to send to a client or friend where it is envisaged that the pack will have a group or party use.

See an extensive range of wine gift packs at www.wineandhampers.com

 Wine of  the Week

Domaine Virginie La Grande – Pinot Noir

This delightful French Regional wine is produced from 100% Pinot Noir Grapes that are grown in the  Languedoc Region in limestone soil.

The Domaine Virginie la Grange Winery is constructed on the remains of a 12^th century Roman Villa. Winemaker Pierre Degroote ferments this wine under temperature control, and it is aged for six months in stainless steel tanks and oak barrels.

This Pinot Noir is very well balanced between fruits and the fineness of the Pinot Varietals. It is an elegant wine with soft and harmonious aromas of red fruits, a rich velvety rounded flavour, and has an intense and beautiful colour.

12% Alcohol.

See a wide range of wine gifts at www.wineandhampers.com/acatalog/Wine_Pack_Selection.html

We will be exhibiting the products and services available from our website at the show for the next two days and look forward to meeting some potential new clients from the equestrian world.

The Retirement Directory provides advice and links to organisations and services that are bona fida and can be relied on to provide excellent levels of service and product quality.

Links to our best selling lines appear within the gift section at the website and a 5% discount has been made available to all members.

Wine of the Month – February 2011

VDP de l’Aude Le Sanglier de la Montagne is a soft, fruity red wine with a hint of spice. This unusual wine is produced from old vine grapes of the Carignan grape variety in the southern hills of France.

Nestled at the heart of the Cathar country, the vineyards of Vins de Pays de l’Aude are situated in the Aude department, named after the river, in a valley bordering some of the most renowned appellations of the Languedoc such as Fitou and Corbières.

This delightful French wine has 12.5%  ABV and is bright ruby in colour with a nose of garrigue and red fruits. A supple, fruity wine with a hint of spice it pairs well with casseroles, pasta and most light meals. Best served at room temperature

This quality French red wine is featured in a number of the wine gift packs at www.wineandhampers.com