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Gadgets – everybody likes a good gadget, and the wine world is not immune to the inventive zeal of gadget makers. Now, inventiveness has yielded up the Coravin – truly something you didn’t know you needed until you found out you needed one – far far more than mere wine gadget, this is a real game changer

Christmas Champagne Offers This year Lea & Sandeman was awarded ‘Independent Retailer of the Year’ at the International Wine & Spirits Challenge, To celebrate we have put together this mix of carefully chosen Grandes Marques and exquisitely individual grower champagnes as part of this year's Christmas Champagne offers to give you a choice for all occasions.

Antonio Galloni (un véritable ‘nez professionnel’) recently reviewed a clutch of wines from two of our favourite grower producer Champagne producers: Larmandier-Bernier and Egly-Ouriet.

Join us and a host of London’s top brick and mortar independent wine merchants next Friday for another Wine Car Boot at Spitalfields market. Tickets just £10 – book here

It still feels too warm for anything to do with Christmas, but that certainly doesn't preclude us from drinking Champagne so we thought we'd send out a few offers starting with a 2012 Silver Medal International Wine Challenge winner: Taittinger Brut Champagne - 6 Bottle Offer - Just £28.

A few quirky ones along with the classics: Syrah-Viognier from an Austrian winemaker in the marine climate of the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide, old vine Garnacha from northern Spain, a powerful but elegant Priorat, and an Argentine Malbec and Syrah blend with a decidedly European wine-making style.

Weekend Winners £100 Mixed Case No. 3 inc. VAT and Free Delivery To help you cope with the sugar-rushed excitement of Hallowe’en enhanced children and neighbours with seemingly endless access to loud fireworks, we’ve put together another £100 mixed case. No trick, all treat.

Due to the popularity of yesterday’s mixed case offer, unfortunately our Durou Malbec ‘Exception’ has temporarily run out until the week after next. To make up for it we have replaced it with 2008 Château Les Arqueys Bordeaux which has the same price of £6.

This cuvée is a blend of everything that does not make it into the Châteauneuf cuvées, and as such J-M chooses to declassify it all the way to ‘Vin de France’, but make no mistake, this is a proper wine.

If you’ve found yourself overwhelmed by choice, we’ve made a few carefully selected lists to help you choose some great summer wines.

Just how difficult is it to buy good wines, and does everything really have to be ‘on offer’ or a ‘bargain’? We are getting more positive feedback about the quality and value of our wines than ever before.