Category — Merchant Offers

Hello Andrew,

I do hope everything is good with you?

Thank you for your positive comments on the wines you’ve tried from us thus far, it are much appreciated.

I just thought I’d let you know about a special offer we have running at the moment which ends on 29 February 2008.

We have put together a case of mixed wines, 6 red, 6 white, and have knocked 25% off! I hope perhaps your readers may be interested in this.

Please click the link for further information:

http://www.coodencellars.co.uk/news/view.asp?itemid=77

Larger picture here:

http://www.coodencellars.co.uk/producers/detail.asp?producer=Special%20Offer%20Case

If you have any queries regarding this or anything else then please feel free to ask. Thanks.

info@coodencellars.co.uk

Here we go for this years Thresher 40% Off Voucher.

Download The PDF for printing.

DrinkOn is running a little prize draw sponsored by Moet & Chandon? They have two Moet Weekend Kits to give away which contain a Moet Travel Bag, a Moet Laptop Computer Bag, a very elegant Moet Umbrella and a bottle of the world’s best selling champagne, Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial. All items are very stylishly presented in black, with the famous Moet & Chandon logo.

For your chance to win one of these very stylish little ensembles, just visit the website!

No reason to suspect that this email, just received, is not for real…

Advance warning - there is going to be a 50% off voucher in this Sundays Telegraph (25th November) for 50% off threshers Radcliffe’s range!!!

Its not a marketing ploy in the style of the silly 40% but it is a massive deal ,that you, and I’m sure your readers might want to take advantage.. was going to post in comments on one of your pages but thought better to mail…

Follows list of all the Radcliffe’s range (Ive just had to type up list for my customers so thought may as well email it… )

Epos Name RRP 50% Off
114618 Cotes Du Rhone £5.99 £3.00
114608 Beaujolais £5.99 £3.00
114611 Chateau Neuf Du Pape £14.99 £7.50
114533 Fitou £5.99 £3.00
114595 St Emilion £11.99 £6.00
118637 Red Bordeaux £5.99 £3.00
114534 Corbieres £5.99 £3.00
114586 Barolo £16.99 £8.50
122386 Piccini Chianti £6.49 £3.25
114487 Chianti £7.49 £3.75
118762 Rioja Crianza £6.99 £3.50
118760 Rioja Reserva £9.99 £5.00
114610 Chablis £10.99 £5.50
114359 Saint Veran £8.99 £4.50
118646 Sancerre £12.99 £6.50
114596 Pouilly Fume £12.99 £6.50
114552 Gewurtztraminer £9.99 £5.00
114613 Haut Pitou sauvignon £6.99 £3.50
114614 Macon Villages £7.49 £3.75
114605 Muscadet £5.99 £3.00
118648 Bdx Sauvignon £5.99 £3.00
120893 Pinot Grigio £5.99 £3.00
114603 Frascati £5.99 £3.00
115488 Soave £5.99 £3.00
121524 Pinot Grigio Blush £5.99 £3.00

with haut pitio @ 3.50 a bottle, and Chablis @ 5.50 a bottle I’m stocking up like mad…
thought i would let you know.. knowing how you like a bargain…

Dave

Not seen a huge amount of support from the wine trade for the Breast Cancer Awareness fund raising (October is Breast Cancer Awareness month). Great therefore to see one merchant - Andrew Chapman Fine Wines - supporting the cause by creating a special mixed case and donating £2 per case to the charity.

“A mixed case of rosé wines. For each case ordered Surf4Wine will donate £2 to the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.

Each six bottle case contains six bottles of rosé - 2 bottles each of the Brampton Rosé, Mitolo ‘Jester’ Sangiovese Rosé and the Parducci Zinfandel Rosé”

The Breast Cancer Awareness Case costs £44.50.

Having just read about Champagne Devaux on Spittoon - and what a marvellous wine for food the Cuvee D is - the linked retailer (Surf4Wine) is running a competition to win a bottle; one of six actually.

Popping up in my RSS reader was details of a competition in conjunction with an Oxford paper. So technically, I guess, only those within the readership area should enter (plus those who visited Oxford last weekend!).

“For your chance to win one of these exciting prizes, simply write the answer to the question below on a postcard and send it, together with your name, address and a daytime telephone number to:
Champagne Devaux / Andrew Chapman Fine Wines Competition,
Oxfordshire Limited Edition,
Osney Mead,
Oxford OX2 OEJ

to arrive no later than Friday, September 21,2007.

The question is : What is the name of the area in the south of Champagne where Champagne Devaux can be found? And if you want a hint…”

Another of those Thresher viral things - this one for a free four pack of Fosters Twist. Unlike the 40% discount vouchers thse Foster’s vouchers are barcoded, theoretically limited to one per person. For the voucher you need to complete a quick survey.

Whether being free actually makes Fosters Twist palatable is debatable.

[Lots of comments flying aorund that the free products are actually out-of-date].

Lots of activity over on Surf4Wine - a spate of very attractive discounts via promo codes for a start (a stash of Wild Duck Creek wines… big, huge wines with high alcohol and lots of flavour crammed in … use the promo code WILD07 to get 12.5% off all Wild Duck Creek wines) and an active blog giving insights into the company, its wines and philosophy.

And another special offer just received by email too. The Saint Clair range from New Zealand is on offer, 10% Off, via a mailed out promotion code - STC07. This, according to the email, only runs for 24 hours!

Previoulsy known for their excellent coverage of Austria, Switzerland, and Beaujolais, specialist Nick Dobson wines has announced the introduction of a small range of wines from New Zealand.

“Whilst our strength is undoubtedly rooted in our ranges of wine from the old world countries of central Europe, we’ve also decided on a small foray into the new world, with wines from small family estates in New Zealand. We will be offering wines mainly from the North Island, from the Mystery Creek Vineyard in Waikato, The Cottier Estate in Wairarapa, and a premium range from Amor-BendallPreviously Wines in Gisborne. We’ve just taken delivery of the Amor-Bendall wines, and these are now available from stock. The other suppliers will be added soon, and their arrival will be announced in a future mailshot. The Amor-Bendall wines are truly stunning, and are well worth trying. We start with 7 different wines plus a mixed case.”

The Armor-Bendall range includes a Gisborne Sauvignon Blanc (£14.95), an unoaked Chardonnay (£12.95) and a Pinot Girs (£13.95) while the mixed case comes in at £159.40 for 12 bottles.

Planet of the Grapes is holding a Spanish promotion through May where all Spanish wines are on offer with a 10% discount. In support of this they are holding a Rioja tasting on Tuesday 9th May featuring the wines of Marques de Murrieta

This is one of the most famed Rioja bodegas producing brilliant quality wines across the range. For just £40 per head including Jamon and Queso, you will get to try a generous glass of the following:

Capellania Blanco 2001
Capellania Gran Reserva Blanco 1998
Murrieta Tinto Reserva 2000
Murrieta Tinto Reserva 2001
Dalmau 2001
Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva 1998
Murrieta Gran Reserva 1980 (from magnum)
Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva historic release 1978

Ok so this is beer related, but I am sure many a wine lover also drinks a beer occassionally, as I do. CAMRA has just released new research showing that a shocking 26.6% of pints served in pubs are short measure by more than 5%. This is costing consumers a whopping £1.3 million every single day.

There is one pub I love to go to that really annoys me with short measures. I complained once and to say the barman was reluctant to provide a full measure is an understatement. His words were “They are always like that”!

CAMRA is taking its campaign for full pints straight to the top, by launching a national full pints petition addressed to the Prime Minister. Please add your name to our full pints petition at www.takeittothetop.co.uk.

I’m surprised though that they have launched their own petition rather than using the online one set up by No.10. Still tis better than nothing.

CAMRA has taken an advert in Monday 16th’s Guardian newspaper and another is planned for Friday 20th April. This is the first time in CAMRA’s history that they have placed campaign adverts in a national newspaper. Together we can put an end to short beer measures.

They are looking for a repeat of the huge success of the last viral promotion - Threshers have made available online another 40% off voucher.

Last December’s promotion generated £15 million of extra business for Threshers in the crucial run-up to Christmas. Maybe they can repeat the success in this pre-Easter season. The voucher lasts for a week and can be downloaded from Spittoon.biz.

New Zealand House of Wine has announced that their pre-mixed cases now include a free bottle of wine! Yep, a free bottle.

We have redesigned ALL of our pre-mixed cases so they each contain a free bottle of wine! For example, our stunning new Pre-Mixed Premium Sauvignon Blanc selection now includes the acclaimed Isabel Estate and Dog Point, and also the much sought-after Saint Clair Wairau Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2006 (very limited availability).

Prices for the cases range from £94.95 for the Sauvignon Blanc case (free bottle is worth £7.91) up to the Premium mixed red and white case at £189.00 (free bottle is set at £15.75).

Not sure if it is my obsession with collecting interesting looking props for my food and drink photography or if these two glasses are actually stylish. The image isn’t that clear…

DrinkOn are offering a bottle of Moet & Chandon Brut Rosé for £32.99 that includes two free champagne flutes.

The two elegant glasses are set in flower-shaped holders supported on a base and are perfect for sharing a romantic glass of the world’s best-loved pink champagne.

While it is not the intention to use UKWOL as a reposting station for every merchants special offers we thought a quick mention of the Nick Dobsnon winter sale was worthy of mention.

The company specialises in wines from Switzerland, Beaujolais and Germany - they are offering some good discounts for a selection of choice and interesting wines.

There are some cracking good wines here, representing excellent value for money. In many cases stocks are very limited. Everything listed here is sold on a strict first-come first-served basis and is offered subject to stock remaining, so don’t hang around. A few more wines may be added to this list over the duration of the sale so please look in again from time to time.