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Awards!
 Innovator
of the Year
2007
 Small Independent Wine Merchant
of the Year
Runner Up |
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Welcome to The Sampler
Your friendly, local, (and now award
winning!) independent wine merchant with a difference. Not only do we have over 900 classic, unusual and interesting wines from around the world, but 80 of these are available for sampling at any time !
Wines are available by the bottle and if you’re tempted by our huge selection into
buying 6 or more bottles we will give you a 10% discount.
New Summer Wines
As summer is threatening, we have taken quite a few
new lighter wines into stock in the last couple of weeks:
Rosé: 3 fabulous new rosés
riding the pink revolution: Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé 2007 at £16.99, Pibarnon
Bandol Rosé 2007 at £18.49, and Tour des Gendres Bergerac Rosé 2007 at £8.49
Whites: 2 new high end
Sancerre’s from the revered Henri Bourgeois: Cuvee d’Antan (Silex) 2005 is wonderfully
classy at £29.95, whilst the micro-production, late harvest (but dry), oaked, La
Chene 2001 is unlike any Sancerre I’ve ever tried (although at £49.95
it would need
to be!).
Joining these are Lapeyre
Jurancon Sec at £9.99, Salomon Undhof Gruner Veltliner Wachtberg at £9.99, and Mas
de Daumas Gassac’s lovely new white blend, Reserve de Gassac, also at £9.99
Reds: A couple of new cultish pinot noirs with Curly Flat 2004 at £35.49 and Rippon
Vineyards at £23.49, joined by Crios’s Syrah Bonarda blend at £8.49 and an unusual
Frontonnais wine made from Negrette called Tot So Que Cal at £18.49.
It wouldn’t be right if something
grand didn’t make an appearance, so we have stocked up with DRC Romanee St Vivant
2000, DRC Romanee St Vivant and DRC Grands Echezeaux 1995, along with Cathiard’s
wonderful Romanee St Vivant 2003. The prices seem frankly indecent relative to the
previous wines, so ask if interested!
Argentinian New Releases
We think that Argentina is leading the world in good value full bodied red wines,
with lots of cracking Malbecs and Cabernets (and one or two other grapes) making
a splash over here. We have recently stocked up on about 10 new wines all under
£15, as well as taking the complete range of Catena Zapata's new single vineyard
malbecs that recently did so well in tastings in the US.
Grower Champagnes
We have recently imported a large number of champagnes from independent growers.
We believe that these are better value, better made and more interesting than the
big brand names. The champagnes come in a big range of styles and prices, ranging
from £18.99 (reviewed very favourably by Jancis Robinson
here) to over £100.
We will be continuing adding to this list of grower chamagnes
in the future. recent additions include Clos de la Chapelle's Nuance Rosé at £22.99
and Lancelot Royer's fabulous Tirage 1984 at £54.99
A rambling but hopefully interesting summary of our original buying trip can be seen
here
Awards for The Sampler!
At Decanter we were shortlisted and came runner-up for Small Independent Wine Merchant
of the Year. Many thanks to all of our customers who voted for us - hopefully next
year we can go one place higher!
At the IWC we were a finalist and won the Innovator of the Year Awards. This is
great to be welcomed into the industry with an award whilst we our business is still
in its first year.
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