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Author Archives: Ben Greene
From the Archives – Cliff’s Christmas Song 2007
If you’re one of the many people who enjoyed Cliff’s Christmas Single last year then it’s your lucky day. A rummage through the archives today turned up Cliff and the Mothers’ 2007 Christmas Song, which was long thought lost.
Download the song now (right click and choose ‘Save target as’, ‘Download linked file’ or similar) and [...]
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V.A.T. Increase On Hold
Welcome back everybody and a Happy New Year to all our customers. As you are no doubt aware, the rate of V.A.T. has now gone up to 20%. However, our prices will remain unchanged until the end of the month, so there’s a good reason to do some January stocking up. Look out for the [...]
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Cliff Releases Christmas Single – Free Download Available
With Christmas fast approaching and the whole world wondering which X-Factor contender will make it to number one, it’s as well to remind ourselves that there are alternatives to today’s generic pop stars out there. One such artist is Mr Cliff Roberson himself, who this year has released a rap based on his life in [...]
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Tonight’s 1989 Bordeaux Tasting – A Preview
As the 1980s drew to a close, Jive Bunny were topping the charts and the England team were stumbling to qualify for Italia ‘90, but Chateau owners and drinkers alike could look back fondly at a decade that had given them more top quality Bordeaux vintages than most others in the 20th century.
After a good [...]
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Neal Martin talks about our 1982 Bordeaux Tasting
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Jancis Robinson MW at our Echezeaux Tasting
Last night’s Echezeaux tasting contained some fascinating wines, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, and we were very lucky to be joined by various luminaries from the wine world.
Here shop manager and tall cameraman Joe talks through the wines, good and bad with Jancis Robinson MW.
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Bollinger Visit Roberson
The good people from Bollinger stopped in today to remind us of how good their wines all are.
They even brought with them a reserve wine from the 2004 vintage, their Pinot Noir from Verzenay. This is one of the 200 that make up the blend of what you see on the shelf, and was certainly [...]
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Vega Sicilia Come to Roberson
Last night we held one of our most exciting tastings of the year – a fascinating look at Spain’s aristocratic wine estate, Vega Sicilia.
Winemaker Xavier Ausas took charge of proceedings, which consisted of a tasting of Pintia ‘06, Alion ‘04 and ‘05 before the main business of the evening, four vintages of Valbuena (’04, ‘02, [...]
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Fabio Capello Drops in
Last week Mr. Capello dropped in for a tasting in our fantastic new cellars. After we ironed out a few footballing problems for him, the talk turned to wine. The winner was Gaja’s 2003 Barbaresco, which all agreed was drinking quite well, depsite being pretty tannic.
What can we say, the man appreciates quality.
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