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It’s not quite Pomerol, but it’ll be great with spring lamb.

By on 11/04/2013

Few areas of Bordeaux arouse such interest and demand as Pomerol. Next door is a slightly less well favoured terroir which nevertheless produces wines from Merlot, or Merlot and Cabernet Franc, like Pomerol, and on clay soils, like Pomerol:- We first encountered Vieux Château Gachet when we took the lush and voluptuous 2009 vintage (you may be lucky enough to find the odd bottle or two still kicking around in one of our shops).

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L&S Easter Mixed Case Offer

By on 27/03/2013

With Easter Bank Holiday only a few days off (hooray!), but the weather determined to stay at the frosty end of the scale (boo!), we've put together a great value mixed case with everything you need to accompany a hearty Easter lunch.

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Wine of the Week: Bodegas Marco Abella 2007- Loidana – Priorat (Spain)

By on 12/03/2013

As some of you may have picked up - our wine of the week email is about great affordable wines that are ready to drink now. Fortunately for us, one literally walked in through the door recently in the hands of the charming David Marco, the owner of Bodegas Marco Abella in Priorat, which got a definitive thumbs up from us all at our Chelsea shop.

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Thursday 26th Feb: The Patrick Sandeman NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge Trophy

By on 28/02/2013

We're looking forward to once again hosting the annual NSPCC's City Fine Wine Challenge this evening at the Royal Institute for British Architects on Portland Place. Alongside the interesting selection of wines we have chosen for the blind tasting, we are pleased to present the City Fine Wine Trophy dedicated to Patrick Sandeman who we sadly lost at the end of last year.

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