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Is it true you can tell the value of a wine by its label?

Put yourself in the following scenario. It’s your birthday and you’ve received 2 bottles of wine. The first bottle has been given to you by a colleague at… read the rest of “Are Expensive Wines better than Cheap Wines?”

At Classic Wine Direct we’re pretty upfront about what we do – we can’t compete with supermarkets on price so we offer wines from off the beaten track instead. We believe that these wines are more interesting and quite simply, tastier. However, it can be difficult for wine drinkers to understand the true value of a wine.

Back… read the rest of “When is a half price wine not a half price wine?”

A recent article in Decanter magazine drew attention to the increasing sales of New Zealand wine in what has become a tough market here in the UK.

In the past 12 weeks sales of New Zealand wines have rocketed by 42% here in the UK (after growing 12% last year).

So, what can we put this down to?… read the rest of “New Zealand Remains a Firm Favourite With UK Wine Drinkers”