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Useful Wine Links

General

JancisRobinson.com - from one of the most well-respected experts in the wine profession - a prolific website with free access & members pages. Completely independent source of news, views and opinion on wine with a bit of food and travel thrown in.

Tom Cannavan Wine Pages - One of the most comprehensive UK wine websites around.

thewinedoctor.com - Chris Kissack - a medic with a passion for wine - especially French!

The Lancashire Food and Drink Festival - in and around Accrington Town Hall on 10/11 April starring chef Gino D'Campo.  Come and see us and take the Blind Tasting challenge.  Entry is only £1.

Visitlancashire - A useful tourist site for the whole of Lancashire.  The Lancashire Wine School is a member of the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board.

  Join Hi-Life Diners Club and get great 2 for 1 offers on 1000's of restaurants, AND get £10 discount when you book 2 places on any Lancashire Wine school tasting.

Preston Cookery School - Offering Cookery Masterclasses in Fulwood Preston.

Wine Merchants

Oddbins.com - one of the best independent high street chains - helpful and knowledgeable staff.

Majestic Online - top by the case online wine warehouse (now a minimum of 6 bottles if you buy in-store).

The Wine Society - I think one of the best mail-order wine retailers in the UK. Fantastic range, quality, and price. Life membership £40 - bargain!

Countries & Regions

www.viniportugal.co.uk - A website dedicated to helping you to find delicious Portuguese wines.

Wine Magazines 

Decanter is one of the best monthly magazines in the UK, full of useful and indepth information on wines, regions, with all the latest news. This link takes you through to their web site.

• French wine regions take stock of 2010 harvest
  As August approaches, wine regions across France are beginning to assess the quality potential of 2010.
• Idaho wine gets $100k grant
  Idaho growers and producers have been given a US$100,000 federal government grant to develop their industry.
• Romanee-Conti owner 'sadness' at blackmailer death
  Domaine de la Roman��e-Conti owner Aubert de Villaine has spoken of his sadness and dismay following the suicide of the man charged with blackmailing his estate.
• Bien Nacido releases own-label wine
  California's renowned Bien Nacido Vineyards are releasing their first own label wines this autumn.
• Naked Wines shortlisted for Orange
  Online retailer Naked Wines has been shortlisted for the Orange Innovation Award 2010, part of the National Business Awards.
• Roman��e-Conti blackmailer found dead
  A man awaiting trial for blackmailing Domaine de la Roman��e-Conti by threatening to poison the estate's vines has been found dead in his prison cell.
• IPC supports Race Online 2012
  IPC Media �� Decanter's parent company �� is supporting Race Online 2012, a government initiative to encourage and support as many people as possible to get online by the end of the Olympic year.
• Iniesta starts own wine company
  Spanish World Cup hero Andr��s Iniesta is hoping to score more success with the launch of his own wine company, Bodegas Iniesta.
• Graham Beck dies
  Tributes have been pouring in to Graham Beck, one of the pioneers of the modern South African wine industry, who has died at the age of 80.
• Historic meeting of Bordeaux first growths, La Mission, Opus One
  For the first time in more than 20 years all five Bordeaux first growths are coming together for a masterclass in London.
• New graphic novel set in the Medoc
  A graphic novel set in Bordeaux, by French cartoonist Eric Corbeyran, is due out in France in early 2011.
• 'Judgment of Paris' Montelena fetches US$11,325
  One of the few remaining bottles of ex-cellar 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay has been sold by Spectrum Wine Auctions for $11,325 (��7,419).