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Greybeard’s Corner – Winter’s Hold 2011
The year is winding its way towards the Christmas and in the northern reaches of England winter’s icy touches are already starting to be felt, but as Europe and America’s wine now sits in tank and barrel there’s still plenty … Continue reading
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Tagged Bin21, Carruthers & Kent, NEWTS, Oddbins, Reign of Terroir, The Wine Advocate, Tim Adams
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Greybeard’s Corner – April 2011
Spring takes hold in the wine world with the unsurprising news that Bordeaux is superb again, Oddbins goes through its final death throws and California sees the resurrection of an historic name. The big news of last month was En … Continue reading
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Tagged Oddbins, Reign of Terroir
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Greybeard’s Corner – March 2011
“Oddbins, the Demise” would be a fitting sub-title to this month’s post, for what a month it’s been for arguably the most popular wine retailer in the UK. Founded in 1963 by Ahmed Pochee, run through the 1970s by Dennis … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Oddbins, Reign of Terroir
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Wine buying in the U.K. (Chapter 3 – Specialist retailers)
We’ve previously covered Supermarkets where wine is sold along with the weekly Grocery shop. This section covers the dedicated wine stores and on-line retailers whose livelihood is predominantly wine and spirits. Oddbins has been around since the early ‘60s and … Continue reading
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Tagged Majestic, Oddbins, Reign of Terroir, The Wine Society
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