One more show is over, probably the one we enjoyed the most this year - The Bristol Wine and Food Fair 2009. Very well organised, lovely people and good company! It was so busy that I didnt even manage to take enough pictures from there, yet below are a few with my fellow ASDW (Association of Small Direct Merchants) members - Lafayette’s Wines and Hyde Park Wines with whom we had a great laugh. Despite the rain that we had most of the Saturday, it was quite a successful show and we will probably more than certain do it again next year.

From the 18th to 21st of June this year, for four full days, we indulged the Londoners in Regents Park to our exquisite wines matching the foods of the top London restaurants.  At the same time we celebrated the introduction of the new wines from Crama Oprisor, Ptujska Klet, Cricova and Casal da Coelheira wineries.  It was enchanting to learn that in our portfolio there was a wine for every palate and all our wines were appreciated in full. The ultimate tasting experience was also complimented by our sparkling Brut de Rezerva from Cricova, which was a huge success, with many of those who tasted it, having preferred it to some other medal winning champagnes. Bring it on baby!

Below we took a few pictures from the show, also nicknamed ‘The world’s greatest restaurant festival’. Enjoy and share.

Following our presence at the Wine+ Trade Show, we had been approached to sponsor the Country Living Magazine Gala Evening and exhibit/organise wine tasting at the fair. It didn’t take us much hesitation to accept the offer and there we were - last week busy at the fair.

The show took place at the London Business Design Centre in Islington lasting 5 days between 11th and 15th of March with some 20-30k visitors attended. On the day one, there was this Gala Evening where £4 from each ticket sold was donated to charity as well as each visitor could serve a glass of Cricova wine. The wines have been received very well by the general public and I managed to take a few pictures from the evening.

I will start from the beginning. A few months ago I attended the wine show in London, which I will admit was quite an enjoyable experience. My wife and I even signed up for OZ Clarke’s ’seminar’ on Portuguese wines. I remember it to date - his speech really made me want go to Portugal and drink only vinho verde! It was a fun and ‘different’ type of seminar, following which I managed to take a picture of my wife with Mr Clarke. Anyway, tasting as you can expect may get you influenced by alcohol, so i don’t quite remember in detail but we ended with the Food and Travel magazine subscription in the bag! Oh well I said - we like to travel, so let it be…

Apparently our subscription came with 2 tickets to the great Australian Wine experience 2009 worth £25 each, which I found out only in December about. To take advantage of this offer, all I had to do is send an email and request my 2 tickets! So there I was - end of January with 2 tickets for the tasting at Emirates Stadium (Arsenal). My wife was busy with her coursework(poor student) plus she didn’t feel that well, so gave me the express permission to go without her. My friend Dusan gladly accepted the invitation and at around 7pm we were making the most of our presence at the tasting. Read the rest of this entry »