Category Archives: Wine Festivals

Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – The Wines

The previous 2 posts have reviewed the Festival as an event and the masterclass talks, but I’ve left this last post to discuss the wines themselves, although some have already been hinted at previously. I’ll work through the wines I … Continue reading

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Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – Masterful Talks

As mentioned in the general review post on the 2nd Northumbria Food and Wine Festival the bar was raised for 2012 with a Master of Wine and 2 MW students joining Marta Mateus and Max de Nardo on the bill. … Continue reading

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Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – The Festival

The 2nd Northumbria Food and Wine Festival raised its Marquees at the Corbridge Rugby Club last month, fortuitously on the only truly dry weekend of summer up until that point (a welcome change from last year when the late planning … Continue reading

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Newcastle Wine Fair 2012

Courtesy of the EAT! NG Festival and Newcastle Wine School Sunday 29th July 2012 saw the Newcastle Wine Fair roll into town again, although this year the location had moved from the Civic Centre to the Georgian architecture of the … Continue reading

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Tim Atkin and Lebanese Wines

Last Sunday the 2012 EAT! Festival Wine Fair opened its doors in a new venue, the grand surroundings of the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle. As usual the region’s local wine retailers turned out in force to show off their bottles – … Continue reading

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Tim Atkin at EAT! NG

This summer sees the return of the EAT! Newcastle Gateshead Festival for 2012 including the Wine Fair that will help finish it off on Sunday July 29th. As usual the Newcastle Wine School, founded by local wine professional Chris Powell, … Continue reading

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A Wine Festival for 2011!

The region has a wine festival for 2011, but it’s not the one we expected! After the success of the 2010 North East Wine Festival in Corbridge over a sunny June weekend I know there was a strong intention to … Continue reading

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