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If you happen to be passing through Knightsbridge, London, during the next week, you may get a very nice surprise upon inspecting the Harrods Wine Store – they are giving free wine tastings throughout the Christmas season! Go on more than one occasion and you will find a new spirit or wine on offer. Here’s [...]

There’s a new craze sweeping Japan and Australian wine growers are rubbing their hands together. “The Drops of God” is a manga comic which features two step-brothers pitted against one another in a quest to find the world’s greatest wines.
D’arry Osborn in Mclaren Vale, South Australia, knew nothing of it until his “The Laughing Magpie” [...]

There are some wines you just can’t get anywhere else. Sothebys manage to secure some of the most interesting lots in the world thanks to their international presence and illustrious history. Sotheby’s started out as a book auctioneer in 1744 under Samuel Baker. It has since expanded into a large public limited comany covering all [...]

The World Wine and Food Expo will be held at the Moncton Coliseum Complex, located at 377 Killam Drive, Moncton, New Brunswick from 30th October.
This is one of the world great wine and food events, and has a large range of exhibitors from wineries, food stalls, and restaurants.
Tickets can be purchased for the 2009 [...]

Scots around the world will be gearing up for Burns’ Night on Sunday. The 25th January 2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns – the famous Scottish poet who wrote in the native Scots language. His poems and songs covered love, nature and bawdiness. The traditional evening program involves a haggis, [...]

Jamie Oliver has launched his Christmas microsite with a short video showing how to make a Buck’s Fizz cocktail with a twist (clik here to watch). Although the champagne aficionados among you may baulk at ruining good bubbly, Jamie does admit that you can use any cava or prosecco to the same effect.
Jamie – or [...]

The 2009 Boston Wine Expo is the largest trade and consumer wine event in the United States. Featured will be over 450 wineries, 1800 wines to sample, celebrity chefs, seminars, Grand Tasting, and meet and greet the winemakers.
It will held at the Seaport World Trade Center and Seaport Hotel between the 23rd and 25th January [...]

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Florida is fast becoming one of USA’s biggest wine and food festivals. It hosts a range of international exhibitors and experts, including winemakers, spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities. Hosted by Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida and Florida International University (FIU), the festival benefits the Teaching Restaurant [...]

I came home tonight and decided I would keep the lights off in the cellar and just grab at random whatever bottle touched my finger tips first.  I have some expensive wines, and also some pretty ordinary stuff, but I needed to be spontaneous and was convinced I would drink whatever I picked, and then [...]

Expanding our mantra that the Wine Blokes is about providing a comprehensive world resource for wine and wine education, we are giving away a bottle of wine every month to the best wine review, as judged by us.
This is how it works:
1. Leave a review in the review section of a wine you have consumed or [...]