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What is Vegan Wine?
If wine is made just of grapes, then why is there the need for some wines to be labelled specifically as vegan? Well, the straightforward answer is...
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Jul 02, 2025
Provence Rosé - Now in Stock for Summer
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Jun 24, 2025
What Wine Goes With Steak?
When you’re thinking of what to drink with steak, the first answer that springs to mind is normally wine. And not just any wine, you usually...
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Mar 26, 2025
Burgundy-Styled Chardonnay & My Visit to Château Canet
“This is one of the best days of my life”, proclaimed my nan last summer while we visited Château Canet’s property in the...
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Mar 26, 2025
Drinking now: Bordeaux 2015
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Mar 10, 2025
The British Wine Industry is Effervescent
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Feb 11, 2025
Wine and Wellbeing: Is Wine Good for You?
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Feb 05, 2025
Wine and Cheese Pairing: Discover the Best Combinations
With so many varieties of both wine and cheese out there, you might feel a bit disoriented when looking to engage in a more informed and sophisticated...
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Oct 17, 2024
What Makes a Wine Non-Vegetarian?
That a wine would be unsuitable for those on a vegetarian or vegan diet may seem baffling to new wine enthusiasts. There is, however, a lot more than...
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Apr 14, 2023
Best wine with roast lamb - red or white?
Lamb may not be everyone’s first preference among red meats, however those who are partial to a succulent chop or cutlet yet not so...
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Jan 27, 2023
The 25 Best Christmas Wines for 2022 & beyond
With the festive season fast approaching, many of you might be starting to look for the best Christmas wines to serve with the big family dinner....
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Dec 04, 2022
Four Wines Rated 5 Stars
Four superb hand-picked wines that have since received solid, 5-star reviews from our drinking audience. News very much worth sharing to ensure you...
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Oct 11, 2022
Minervois 2020 Château Beaurivage: A Review
As the wines of the Languedoc continue to go from strength to strength, it's inspiring to see their level of quality rise where prices remain low.
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Sep 12, 2022
What Wine Goes with Curry?
Wine and curry sounds like an unlikely combination, after all millions of people all around the country swear by a pint of beer with their chicken...
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May 11, 2022
10 Best Wines to Gift for Father’s Day
10 Best Wines to Gift for Father’s Day
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Apr 20, 2022
The Future Of New Zealand Wine
This year, New Zealand is celebrating 200 years since the country’s first vines took root. In September 1819, Yorkshire man and Christian...
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Aug 05, 2019
Rhone Wines: Our Review
As the wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy compete for the title of most in-demand fine wines in the world, with ever-increasing prices the result of this...
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Mar 25, 2019
Château Guiraud Wines: Our Review
Dry White Bordeaux is one of the wine world’s most exciting, yet regularly overlooked wine styles. Having been blessed with the opportunity to...
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Feb 15, 2019
Château D'Escurac 2007: Our Review
At the end of January the Mr.Wheeler team were treated to an extensive blind tasting of Red Bordeaux with an upper budget of £15 a bottle from...
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Feb 15, 2019
Chardonnay Wines: Our Review
Few varieties are more keenly debated than Chardonnay. There is an army of people who will avoid a wine labelled as Chardonnay at all costs, and those...
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Feb 01, 2019
What Is Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc's popularity seems to grow and grow, with no signs of this changing just yet. As the British palate has developed a taste for drier,...
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Jan 23, 2019
Pinot Noir Red Wine: Our Review
Pinot Noir is a true connoisseurs variety, as no other variety seems to reflect its terroir so exactly in the finished wine. For this reason it is...
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Jan 15, 2019
Burgundy 2017: Our Review
Early January is always an exciting time in the UK wine trade, the highlight of which is most certainly the release of Burgundy’s latest...
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Jan 08, 2019
Greywacke Event - July 2018
There is no better way to really appreciate and understand a wine than to enjoy it in the company of the winemaker who made it, and when that...
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Jul 10, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review Part 3
Day three of my 2017 Bordeaux tastings was met with a bright and sunny start as we escaped Bordeaux city for the rolling hillside of the...
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Apr 30, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review | Part 2
Day two in Bordeaux’s Left Bank and our attention turned to the classic communes of St Julien, Margaux and Pauillac. Pessac-Leognan had already...
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Apr 19, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review
Following the excellent preceding twin vintages of 2015 and 2016, it was never going to be the easiest task for 2017 Bordeaux to fire the imagination...
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Apr 13, 2018
Burgundy 2016: Our Review
This time last year, Burgundy was a source of great excitement, and it was difficult to imagine anything from the region matching the exuberance and...
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Jan 12, 2018
The Recent Resurgence Of Rosé Wine
The recent resurgence of rosé wine
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Sep 05, 2017
Choose Better: Wine Tasting Competition
Mr.Wheeler always strives to help customers choose better wine, and so one lucky wine enthusiast will be given the opportunity to win two tickets to...
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Jul 06, 2017
The Top 5 Benefits Of Online Wine Buying
Increasing numbers of people are flocking to virtual wine sellers, opting to purchase their fine wines online and taking advantage of the many...
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Jul 04, 2017
Le Roc, Southwold : A French Café, Flying the Flag For The Languedoc
We all know the British tendency to gather eclectic wine and food from around the world, often to a fault. Fajitas share menu space with lamb shanks...
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Jun 08, 2017
The Summer Selection - Domaine de la Jasse
Our annual pre-shipment offer of the new summer selection from Domaine de la Jasse will shortly be coming to a close.
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Jun 06, 2017
The Rise of English Wine
It was in January 2010 that English Sparkling Wine was placed firmly on the map. The occasion was the World Sparkling Wine Championship in Verona, all...
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Jun 01, 2017
Greenhough Wines, Nelson: Our Review
Better wine drinking means experiencing a greater level of enjoyment and satisfaction. For us, it is about empowering Mr.Wheeler customers to be able...
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May 23, 2017