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Good News for Ex-Unwins Staff.
Posted on December 30, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesGood news for some anyway. As local newspapers around the south east report which of their local Unwins stores are to be brought by Threshers I note with sadness that the shop I first began my wine career - as...
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Wine Tasting Note: Griffin Creek Pinot Gris, 2002, Rogue Valley, Oregon.
Posted on December 30, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesGriffin Creek A delightful gift. A wine, unavailable in the UK, lovingly cradled in hand-luggage from the West Coast to our little island. Perhaps the excitement rose the expectations too unattainable levels but the disappointment was hard to conceal. Alternatively...
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Wine Tasting Note: Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc, 2005, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Posted on December 28, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesServed on Boxing Day with a starter of Goats Cheese salad made festive with the addition of cranberries and a dressing of clementine juice, cassis and advocado oil. A superb partnership.Wine Tasting Note: Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc, 2005, Marlborough, New...
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Threshers Buys 200 Unwins Stores.
Posted on December 23, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesLuckily, for many ex-Unwins staff, Threshers (the UK's largest national chain of off-licences) has just purchased 200 Unwins branches. They already operate 2,000 branches under the Wine Rack and Threshers brands. Meanwhile the Times reports that the previous owners...
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Wine Tasting Note: Croft Quinta da Roeda, 1987, Douro, Portugal.
Posted on December 22, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesCroft Quinta Da Roeda 1987 Quinta da Roeda has the quaint tradition of planting a tree every year they produce a port from the vineyard. For 1987 a eucalyptus was selected; the leaves appear on the wines label abet faintly...
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Unwins Update.
Posted on December 22, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesAs staff pack their bags the Telegraph states that DM Private Equity, who purchased the chain in March, claim a discrepancy in the accounts that amounts to a variance of £13.2million. What I don't understand is why the same company...
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Unwins Closes.
Posted on December 20, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesThe BBC reports on Unwins - the staff are now redundant and all 350 stores have closed. BBC.co.uk"Some 1,400 workers for beleaguered off-licence chain Unwins have been made redundant and all 350 of its stores closed, administrators...
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Unwins Latest News.
Posted on December 19, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesFor those following the collapse of the Unwins chain of off-licences the Telegraph reports that 25 interested parties have expressed an interest in the group. Some have submitted offers. My guess is that the extate will be broken up and...
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Le Rosy Causing A Storm.
Posted on December 18, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesLe RosyAs reported in the “Depeche du Midi”, a French daily newspaper in southern France: “This bottle has scandalised feminists, not for its contents – a new rosé – but for its container – a bottle dressed in a...
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Unwins Close to Collapse.
Posted on December 15, 2005 by Andrew Barrow in ArticlesI knew it wouldn't last - Unwins is close to collapse according to the Times. I just hope all those who were slated for redundancy receive their payment...TimesOnline"Unwins, one of Britain’s biggest off-licence chains, appeared to be on...
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