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It Came From Outer Skipton…

The Wright Wine & Whisky Company has teamed up with The Liberator, Richard Kelley MW (Master of Wine) to bottle a[...]
Ardnahoe Whisky Distillery

Ardnahoe Whisky Distillery

With all the clamour about gin over the last many years many people’s focus has been juniper-led, however the whisky[...]
Wright Wine Company, Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Wright Wine Co donates over £450 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Skipton-based wine and spirits merchant, the Wright Wine Company, have donated over £450 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance[...]
Sauvignon Blanc

If you love…Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc is a consumer favourite and one of the most fashionable white varieties in the world today. Not[...]

Forget Dry-January. Celebrate Pie-anuary.

There was no room for ‘Dry January’ or ‘Veganuary’ in this corner of Skipton over the weekend[...]

The Christmas Table: Wine Recommendations

(we originally posted this in Wines and Champagne in December, 2019) Introduction Christmas is not only the time to celebrate[...]
Rioja

Rioja Rocks!

We’ve all heard of Rioja, it is Spain’s most famous wine region, the Spanish fine wine capital, a region characterised by[...]

Les and Stella – distinctions all round.

Congratulations are in order for Les Hall and Stella Mallinson as they both achieve distinctions in their recent WSET exams[...]

What? Aren’t All Wines Vegan?

They’re made from fermented grape juice after all. Unfortunately, it’s not quite so simple. Many winemakers use animal[...]
Ridge Vineyards

Grower Profile; Ridge Vineyards

“Pre-Industrial Winemaking” this is how Ridge Vineyards choose to refer to their winemaking ethos, in contrast to what they[...]
Summer Red Wine for Chilling

Summer reds for chilling

In part four of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into red wines which are great for chilling![...]
Query wine making

Did You Know…? Georgian wine.

Georgia, the country at the intersection of Europe and Asia, is the “cradle” of winemaking – wine was first produced in what[...]
Chateau Musar

Grower Profile; Chateau Musar

When you think of the turmoil Lebanon must have gone through during the civil war (1975-1990), to have continued producing[...]

It’s not all red and white…

In part three of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into wines that are neither red or white[...]

Summer Wine – alternatives to White Wine

In part two of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into white wines for your summer tipple recommendation[...]

Excellent!!!

So pleased to receive this in today’s post. We must be doing something right. A big thanks to all our customers who[...]

Summer Wine – alternatives to Prosecco

Languedoc-Roussillon wine expert, Decanter World Wine Awards judge and Wright Wine Company wine geek, Gemma Crangle, uses her[...]

Which drinks matches with chocolate brownies..?

Gemma Crangle has been giving her advise to food blog, ‘Love Brownies’ in a Father’s Day themed post[...]
Christopher Merrett

Did You Know…? English wine.

In the Cotswold town of Winchcombe there is a plaque which marks the occasion when an Englishman probably became the first[...]
Tullibardine

Tullibardine Highland Whisky

Another Thursday night in Skipton, and another Whisky Tasting. (As much as we’d like to, we don’t do them EVERY[...]

Glencadam Highland Whisky

Our latest whisky tasting took place on Thursday 21st Feb, where Global Brand Ambassador (!) for Angus Dundee Distillers[...]

Did You Know… Sauvignon Blanc is the “Mother” of Cabernet Sauvignon?

It may come as a surprise that one of the world’s most revered black grapes originated via a chance crossing of another black[...]

What links Bourbon, Sherry and Scotch Whisky?

Did You Know? #1 The American whiskey Bourbon is required by law to be aged for at least two years in brand new, heavily[...]

Mackmyra Swedish Whisky

On Saturday 15th December, we welcomed good friend Alex from Mackmyra whisky. Alex was with us most of the day telling[...]
Masons Yorkshire Gin

Mason’s Gin, North Yorkshire

Resident Marketing Consultant and ‘old’ friend of the shop, also known as ‘Starky’ takes a trip into[...]

Yorkshire Dales Distillery, In-Store Tasting

On Saturday we welcomed Andy from Yorkshire Dales Distillery who provided some hands-on expertise and free tasting throughout[...]

Reynolds Winegrowers, Portugal

The Reynolds family originated from England and have had associations with Portugal since Thomas J. Reynolds arrived in 1820[...]

Julian Drinks… Irish Whiskey

With St. Patrick’s day done and dusted for the year, we pick up some scribbled notes from Julian’s desk to see[...]

Sheep Town – Batch 2 now in stock

Such is the popularity of our Sheep Town Gin, that we had to ask the nice people at Whittaker’s to distill some more![...]

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