Alpine Wines

There's still a little time! The cut off for pre Christmas grouped delivery is gone, for express options: Dec 21st 9am. Cut off for New Year - Dec 28th 11am.

This depends on the weather, of course, so try to order earlier!

After the 19th 9am the shipping costs will be significantly higher unless you pick ONLY wines from a single one of our locations. Wines at HQ: https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/wine-at/hq-cellar
Wines in London warehouse: https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/wine-at/london-warehouse

For orders arriving after the 21st 9am the next delivery dates will be

🥳Dec 27th (ordered on 21st/22nd) Dec 28th Dec 29th. Wines at HQ only!

🚛January 3rd (London van) or 5th (grouped)

It's back in 2023!

Public service announcement: premium fondue pack, delivered. The fantastic cheese fondue mix from KäseSwiss and your pick from our Chasselas, delivered together at no extra cost. You save 2x shipping

You'll need a fondue pot and burner, bread (or other dipping choices), garlic and a swig of kirsch. https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/fondue-and-chasselas-special-pack.html

It's an experiment and we had to hit the website with a fondue spoon to make it work, so to get free shipping you must select it at checkout

Blurry action shot

Woohoo. It's beautiful up here! Bellevue the well named.

Instagram also finally allows me to follow people again after nearly a year where it'd error and fail. I'll find you and catch up but say hello

It's a small detour off the Autostrada to take a break for a plate of in San Daniele. Thinly cut, with a Burrata and lovely mixed pickles, delicious.

PS I'm not sure where the pigs are reared, up in the hills maybe?

I hope your day is as good as ours.

A few days enjoying the sights, sounds and flavours of Valtellina. Wish you were here!
The highlights as always are the high valleys, spectacular vineyards and the wines of Mamete Prevostini.

Enjoying a moment of beauty

Public service announcement: premium fondue pack, delivered. The fantastic cheese fondue mix from KäseSwiss and your pick from our Chasselas, delivered together at no extra cost. You save 2x shipping

You'll need a fondue pot and burner, bread (or other dipping choices), garlic and a swig of kirsch. https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/fondue-and-chasselas-special-pack.html

It's an experiment and we had to hit the website with a fondue spoon to make it work, so to get free shipping you must select it at checkout

The boring but important bits: Last orders deadline for Christmas AND New Year is December 21st.

The Yorkshire cellar will then be closed from Christmas eve to February 6th. This means orders for old vintages and other Cellar exclusive wines received after December 21st will be sent in February.

If you had your eye on some, order now.

https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/seasonal/christmas-wines

There's a flash sale until Sunday - 10% of most of our Riesling!

That includes firm favourites, cult Riesling (like some Alzinger, the first time I put some on sale) and rare mature ones... Enjoy!
https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/special-offers/flash-sale

One of our comfort foods, always
It's not all that hard to make yourself as long as you have something to keep a pot warm on the table. Our Fondue page has all the tips https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/blog/recipe-cheese-fondue/

I feel a bit like a broken record this week as everyone asks the same questions all involving the N word:
Yes, our Beaujolais Nouveaux have landed at our warehouse in time.
Yes, the preorder should be with our faithful customers on the day, if couriers do their job. Even to Northern Ireland.
Yes, the wines are also on their way to good wine merchants and clued up restaurants up and down the country, in time to be sold at midnight French time should they be that crazy.
Yes, you can still buy some. The Nouveau is sold out but there's some cases left of the Rosé Nouveau and the Villages Nouveau sans sulfites. Only by the full case until the day - if you only want a bottle, visit our excellent stockists or wait until the "reserve buffer" is put on the site.

Enjoy https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/special-offers/nouveau

It's only a month later than usual (my excuse is I was visiting winemakers) but the Beaujolais Nouveau preorder IS NOW LIVE. https://www.alpinewines.co.uk/special-offers/nouveau It's a challenging year due to the wet summer so quantities will be small, it's more essential than ever that you preorder.

Remember to log in to get the preorder rebate

(for trade customers you can also log in to order, or talk to Tim, it's nicer!)

PS: the price increase is essentially the new cost of logistics, and this year we'll need premium express transport to pull it off

Beaujolais Nouveau - Offers | Buy Online - UK Stock | Alpine Wines 3 different ones this year - the two favourite classics, and to add a bit of fun, the pink one - at preorder price, around 14% off (you must log in to get that price)Please be aware this was the most difficult year in recent memory - frost, hail, and a rotten wet June and July. Yields will be low an...

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A few snaps of our quick visit to Beaujolais this July - some wines tasted and ordered then are already here - from Philippe Deschamps, Franck Bessone and from Domaine de la Milleranche - because they had sold out already!

That would be Lucile Maud, Beaujolais Villages, Chénas, La Rochelle, the Beaujolais Rosé, Juliénas - Plus two NEW Beaujolais Blancs, both beautiful Chardonnays, each very different.

The rest - oodles of it - will come in November