An introduction to wine with links to products and their UK retailers.

The most disappointing thing about wine is that most local supermarkets either do not stock a wide enough range, or there is not enough information available instore on the wine available. Their is also no gaurantee that when you are doing your weekly shopping, that the shelves are going to be full. The internet is therefore a fantastic place to locate the wine that you are looking for. We have tried to gather affiliations to some of the leading UK wine retailers and seperate their products into a format that allows our customers (you) to review similar products from several retailers on one page, thus giving the widest range and choice without having to search various websites. We sincerely hope that this will make your online wine search easier and more rewarding - happy shopping.

To further enhance your shopping experience we have tried to gather information on the specific wines available and hope that you find the gathered information both informative and interesting.

Did you know that wine in its simplest form is merely the fermentation of fruit juice through the addition of yeast ?
The most common and indeed succesful fruit is obviously the grape.
This is where the simple part of wine now ends !!
There are so many grape varieties - I can find reference to 177 in 1925 with new varieties being generated or discovered every year since. These varieties all have their different facets which range from skin thickness, texture, tannin content, climate adaptation, fruiting times etc and adding in the different soil types, exposure to sunlight, varying seasons, rainfall patterns, picking points in their development and finaly the fermentation process itself. Red grapes can produce white wines if their skins are not left with the juice for any of the fermentation process. They become rose wines if left for a couple of days and red if left for longer. If the yeast is left with the wine for a shorter time, then you will get a sweeter, less alcoholic wine but a drier, generaly more alcoholic wine, is developed if the yeast is left for longer. The temperature at which fermentation takes place can produce different results - and hence the whole wine experience has a vast realm of flavours to be explored !!

To explore the fantastic range of wines on offer please follow the links at the top of this page and enjoy your visit to our world of wine.