Recent Posts: Vino Vero
Ribera Del Duero – a world of desert landscapes, big bold reds and a few rebels
Written November 2014, imported February 2015 OK, I’ll admit. I’ve always been a little bit wary of Ribera Del Duero. I’ve had some corkers from the area; but it’s the tannin that I’m not a mega fan of. Don’t get me wrong, I’m always telling people they have to get over their dislike of tannin […]
We won! Southend Small Business of the Year 2014
We are rather chuffed to announce that last Friday night, the judges at Southend Business Awards named us ‘small business of the year 2014.’ Are we happy? Absolutely. Are we surprised? I think it’s fair to say our jaws were well and truly dropped. What makes it even more surprising is that we were judged […]
Vino Vero’s Languedoc drinking holiday / research trip
Ah the Languedoc. Sun. Beautiful countryside. Great people. And VINEYARDS. VINEYARDS. VINEYARDS. VINEYARDS. Everywhere you look there are vines! This region in the south west of France produces a lot of wine. I’d be the first to admit that not all of it is great. But in my opinion it is one of the most exciting wine regions […]
It’s National Burger Day. Now, what to drink…
By Charlie Brown It’s National Burger Day! And although we’d never jump on a bandwagon (ahem) burgers have a special place in our hearts, so we want to share with you wines from our shop that would be redonkulous with your burger. We’re open until 7.30pm to pick any of these up. #shamelessplug Fiesta de […]
Clos des Cordeliers ‘L’eclat du noir’ 2012
What with working 2 jobs, the blog has somewhat taken a back seat of late. However, when we cracked open this ‘L’eclat du noir’ that we picked up from the cellar door of Clos des Cordeliers I knew I was going to have to write about it. Ok so why is it so interesting? Well […]
Search all posts
-
Recent Posts
-
Twitter Feed
Tweets by vinoveroleighCategories
Meta
Tag Archives: 2013
Wine in 2013
Rather than doing yet another ‘predictions for 2013’ post I thought that now we are well into January and I think I’ve got some ideas about where wine is going in 2013, I would sum up my thoughts. This has … Continue reading
Vino Vero 