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We are very proud to announce that we will shortly be bringing a new Stobi wine to the UK: Stobi Rosé.
Signature's Business Development Manager was pleased to be invited to a wine tasting last Saturday at Radlett’s Wine Rack store to promote their newly launched wines including Stobi’s Vranec classic red wine.
Another spectacular Three Wine Men event saw Stobi Wines get great feedback yet again, from both consumers and the hosts themselves!
We were delighted to have both our Stobi Vranec and Vranec Veritas Reserve featured in the Sunday papers this weekend.The Independent featured our Stobi Vranec Classic, currently on offer at Wine Rack for an amazing £8.99 (down from £9.99 until June 23rd). The newspaper said “A gem from Macedonia, one of the emerging Eastern European producers and great value for a big wine. Made with local Vranec grapes, this is dense and dark, with tastes of bramble and plum. Great with red meat dishes.”We received equally high praise from Scotland on Sunday, who said “Stobi’s 2011 Vranec is inky
In the wine trade, questions about oak use are routine. “New or old? French or American? Size of barrel and how long?” It all sounds quite simple in principle but in practice the scientific understanding of how oak influences wine rather lags behind the understanding of the grape vine itself. In part, I suspect this is due to the long timescales involved in growing oak trees, which are often well over 150 years old by the time they are felled to make into barrels.The principle constituents of oak wood are as follow
Signature's Business Development Manager had a hectic schedule in Scotland last weekend, visiting independent retailers, hotels and restaurants who have invested into the Stobi range of Wines.
We were delighted to get another tweet from Olly Smith this month for the Stobi range of Wines.Olly, TV presenter, wine expert and newspaper columnist, tasted Stobi’s Wine at the Three Wine Men show in December and immediately tweeted great feedback on the day.
If you're in the catering business, you'll invariably take one of two approaches to buying wine: you either work with one supplier who provides your entire cellar (and perhaps all your other beverages too), or you'll deal with a variety of smaller suppliers who cumulatively allow you to access a larger range of products.If you love wine and your clients do too, it's likely that you'll be in the latter category, largely because there are so many drawbacks to using a single supplier.
We were delighted by the customer feedback at the Balkan evening, hosted at Rango’s Hotstone Restaurant last Friday.
If you have received your February issue of Harpers Magazine, or are flicking through their digital pages on-line, stop and read their article on this month’s Specialist Importers Trade Tasting event.