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13/11/2013
Oak barrel use in wine production dates back to the imperial Roman times but it wasn’t until the early 1500’s that modern barrel sizes and dimensions became standardised. Originally used as storage vessels they have now become a vital tool in the wine makers armoury and are used for both maturation and fermentation of quality […]
31/10/2013
How have I got to the grand old age of 53 and not visited Paris properly? Previously I had only ever travelled through and across it, asleep in the back of a car or switching trains at night to travel onward to the south. It was an offer email that came through from Eurostar that […]
23/10/2013
Our first ‘Guest Blog’ is written by Jane Hughes (Secretary of the Guild of Food Writers and Editor of The Vegetarian magazine amongst other things). Celebrating the launch of her new book ‘The Adventurous Vegetarian’, she talks about food, wine, her book and includes a wonderful recipe from N.Zealand, for which she has matched two […]
08/10/2013
Anoraks on! Preferably have a glass of something organic and delicious in hand, a Wine List or our website to view, settle down and we’ll explain a little about the Vintage Roots product code system and how it came to be. Hopefully, it might make you go ‘oh, now I see’ or ‘that’s useful to […]
24/09/2013
We all get very used to seeing nature in a manicured state. Driving to work past gardens all cut, trimmed and pristine looking, past farmers fields full of neat lines or grids of crops. Even the animals we’re informed are not really native species or naturally evolved, lovely as they are, they are generally bred […]
09/09/2013
Small Change to make a Big Difference It’s at this point I start to feel that I’m launching into a ‘hard sell’, maybe encouraging you to buy more organic wine, oh and food, cosmetics, switch to renewable energy, use an ethical bank, buy a bike, eat less meat and generally be thoroughly nice! Chances are, […]
14/08/2013
You may not know that Vintage Roots supply the ‘trade’. By that, we mean we sell wines to all kinds of shops and restaurants, bars, delis, hotels etc, in fact to anywhere that sells quality wines. We cover the whole country from the tip of Scotland to the toe of Lands End, but we do […]
01/08/2013
Inspired by our director Neil Palmer’s ascent of Mount Kenya last year and the placing of a Wild Thing label on its summit pole, we launched a photo competition inviting all to send us their best photo shots of Wild Thing in unusual places. We are delighted to announce the winners of the competition, Susan […]
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