Gifts for Wine Lovers
Get ahead with your Christmas shopping as Father Christmas doesn’t visit very often. Find the perfect gift for any wine lover! Picking out presents is all part of the excitement…
Epicurean Burgundy
Burgundy (Bourgogne in French) is an epicurean odyssey for all the senses. Stunning scenery and landscapes interlaced with canals and grand châteaux, glorious architecture, medieval villages and two of France’s…
ONLINE QUIZZES
Here at WSE HQ, we want to make learning about wine easy for you. What better way to learn than via games and quizzes. Well, we’ve already created our luxury…
There’s Sunshine on Leith
Irrespective of whether you regard winter astronomically or meteorologically, it felt as though the earth’s rotational axis and orbit was thoughtfully positioned for summer during our recent trip to Leith,…
Don’t just store and pour it!!
Have you ‘shopped til you’ve dropped’, run the supermarket gauntlet and wrestled the Christmas Tree into submission before spending what seems an eternity getting the lights, star/angel and baubles as balanced…
What’s all the fizz about?
Love it or loathe it, Prosecco sales have seen rocket propelled increases and been enjoying a worldwide renaissance in popularity. Sales have grown by 74.6% over the past year with…
Easter Wine Pairings
Easter is the oldest and most important Christian religious festival and a time for celebration, family get togethers, food and wine as well as the seasonal ubiquitous presence, and obligatory…
It’s that magical time of the year!
It’s time for us to wind down and take a short break. We’re open again on Friday 27th December 2019 and then closed until 3rd January 2020 . Season’s…
40% ESF Funding Available on WSET Courses*
Fantastic news alert!!!! We’ve got some fantastic news for Yorkshire based SMEs operating in the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors! We’ve won a massive 40% European Social Fund (ESF) funding…
20 Fun Facts about Wine
It takes approximately 440-660 grapes to make a single (standard size) bottle of wine. 1 vine produces around 10 (standard sized) bottles of wine. As wine ages its colour changes. …
Are there diamonds in your wine?
Ever noticed clear crystals floating in your wine or perhaps stuck to the bottom of the cork? From their appearance, folk often believe they are sugar or salt or sediment…
Easter Wine Pairings
Easter is the oldest and most important Christian religious festival and a time for celebration, family get togethers, food and wine as well as the seasonal ubiquitous presence, and obligatory…
