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Wines and Tours June 2022 Newsletter

Nicholas — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:28:07 +0000

Welcome to “Flaming June” Now that so called “Flaming June” has begun, let’s hope we will soon be fortunate to feel the breeze of tropical warmth, as the English have experienced in the U K, in past years! Many of us enjoy a day away from home occasionally, so why…

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Latest News from Wines and Tours

Nicholas — Wed, 11 May 2022 10:32:55 +0000

Did you catch our recent update about the “EBike Wine Tours?” As some of you will know, Wines & Tours started in 2011 by two wine trade friends whose love, passion and knowledge of wines spans over 50 years and continues. Our single-day English e-Bike Wine Tours launched last summer…

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Wines & Tours Newsletter – July 2021

Nicholas — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:02:11 +0000

Newsletter – July 2021 Many of us in the UK and overseas have been in limbo or simply marking time for the past eighteen months or so, in anticipation that the wretched global coronavirus might simply ebb away to become a distant memory – not so it seems. So, during…

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Announcing the 2019 programme

Nicholas — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:18:46 +0000

Wines and Tours wishes a Happy Christmas to all its followers And announces its 2019 programme of tours for wine lovers For Wines and Tours, the year 2018 has been fraught with EU regulatory challenges. We’ve risen to them! Those kind people in Brussels who govern our lives and…

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Classification Notes on European Wines

Nicholas — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:57:33 +0000

Find out more about the classification on European wines . . . . Classification Notes on European Wines – I was recently asked to explain how the various wines of Europe have been classified, in each region the initials D.O. have a different meaning – (as in D.O. Jerez-Xeres and…

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And a New Wine-Tour Concept

Nicholas — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:57:01 +0000

Welcome to 2018 and a New Wine-Tour Concept . I guess, now that the Christmas festivities are over, that many of you will be thinking of your plans for your summer holidays. While you are doing that, I would like to ask you for your reaction to a new offering…

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Planning the Perfect holiday

Nicholas — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:45:04 +0000

Planning the Perfect holiday for Wine-loving Golfers and their Spouses Although the worst of the long nights was over, sunset was still pretty early. As darkness began to fall, I was being shown round the grounds of Cyprus’ Aphrodite Hills Hotel, resort. “Gosh I couldn’t walk around like this with…

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English Wine

Nicholas — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:58:35 +0000

Mid October’s mini-southwest vineyard visits Our jaunt to the southwest of England to see vineyards on Saturday 15th October – a late summer day was fine and seemingly warm & sunny – luckily for us, especially for the 320 miles round trip! Having spent part of my childhood in south…

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2018 Programme Announced

Nicholas — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:22:11 +0000

Wines and Tours wishes a Happy Christmas to all its followers And announces its 2018 programme of fun tours for wine lovers. We hope you all have a great Christmas with your families. When the last Christmas Cracker has been pulled, when the last mouthful of Christmas pudding has been…

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Our Competition Answers

Nicholas — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:38:10 +0000

Many of our Competition Entrants asked if they could see the competition answers. They are published below. 8 people got to round 2 and 5 people made it to round 3. Nobody got the exact answers to round 3, but we decided to give a prize on the tie-breaker to…

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