Offer of the month May 2012

Saturday, 26th May 2012

What to drink in summer? Let us hope that the foul spring we had was the price we had to pay for a glorious June, July and August. Let us plan for picnics, barbecues, meals by gurgling brooks, open-air opera and ­Shakespeare, glasses of something chilled in the garden after a sweaty day’s work. Or it might ­drizzle all year, as the water companies hope.

The Wine Company offer: 28-04-12

Saturday, 28th April 2012

The Wine Company of Colchester specialises in fine wines for entertaining, and in my experience firms which do that often have a cunning nose for good stuff, too — at considerably lower prices. So here’s a selection of excellent bottles which would serve for daily drinking, but would be equally at home served to your guests with dinner, whether a four-course gourmet feast or a Chinese takeaway. They’re flexible.

Corney & Barrow offer 31.03.12

Saturday, 31st March 2012

I am excited about this offer. For one thing, it comes from Corney & Barrow, wine merchants to the Quality. One does not normally look to them for cheap wines, any more than a gentleman goes to ­Trumper’s for a short back and sides.

Yapp Brothers offer: 04.02.12

Saturday, 4th February 2012

This week’s offer, from Yapp Brothers of Wiltshire, is exclusively of Rhône wines.

Private Cellar Offer: 07.01.12

Saturday, 7th January 2012

I wouldn’t say these wines, from the excellent Private Cellar people in Cambridgeshire, are expensive. They may not be cheap, but they are very good value.

Corney & Barrow Offer - 03.12.11

Saturday, 3rd December 2011

Christmas is almost upon us, and for Spectator readers this always brings the magic of the Brett-Smith Indulgence, the enchanting scheme by which you can get £6 a case off your purchases from Corney & Barrow.