I’m just back from a weekend in Beaune, a wonderful but freezing weekend of discovery that just so happened to coincide with the opportunity to cheer on Les Bleus (albeit fruitlessly) during the Rugby World Cup final! My trip was definitely more pleasure than work this time as I was lucky enough to be hosting our National Wine Month winners on a Patriarche VIP tour of Burgundy. It seems a long time ago now but it was the result of the competition we ran in conjunction with National Wine Month and The Daily Mail online back in May

The wines from Western Australia are more en vogue than ever so our antipodean portfolio review wouldn’t have been complete without the addition of Domaines & Vineyards. If it’s a winery you’ve not come across before its certainly one to look out for, its acclaimed wines will soon be needing a new trophy cabinet if recent plaudits are any indicator

If you don’t know already the climate and landscapes of the Orange region in Australia are pretty perfect for growing wine grapes and the quality of the wines they produce is pretty good too! That’s why we’ve taken on the wines from Logan, a highly acclaimed winery you may already have heard of. Logan is a family owned and operated business with an emphasis on cool climate quality wines from Orange and Mudgee in the Central Ranges of NSW Australia.

Part of our Thorntree range will be presented at the Cape Wine Europe event next Tuesday and Wednesday at the elegant Earl's Court  London, for press and trade from all over Europe, the US and Canada.  

I participated at the Taste of London event one month after I joined the Patriarche Wine Agencies team and having developed a real interest for everything winey it was time for me to progress and attend a second wine tasting: Wines of Argentina Annual Trade Tasting.

We’re big rugby fans at Patriarche Wine Agencies so it’s an exciting time for us what with the World Cup starting and the London Double Header all in one month. And as we’re even bigger wine fans we’re watching with interest to see how wine regions are getting in on the action – the New Zealand Wine Growers activity calendar is jammed packed and Cotes du Rhone Wines were the sponsor of the London Double Header.

We’ll be presenting the full portfolio from Valle de la Puerta at the Wines of Argentina annual trade tasting tomorrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

As well as new vintages of the winery’s entry level Las Olas wines a new tier to the range will be on show for the first time in London; Las Olas Reserva. The Malbec-Bonarda is already proving its success in the duty free market.

Have you received your copy of our special anniversary edition wine list yet? Officially launched last week, we hope our new Australian, Iberian, and Argentine wineries will keep you and your customers inspired to continue to discover new wine producers and regions.

Logan from Orange in NSW, Australia is produced by the charismatic winemaker and owner Peter Logan and has three ranges with price points to suit all occasions. Domaines & Vineyards from the fashionable Western Australia won’t fail to impress with stylish wines from Pemberton and Margaret River.

We’ll be at The Boutique Wineries Tasting for the first time this year and we’ll be using the occasion to show off a range of the wines from our new producers at The Business Design Centre on the 20th September.

This tasting, which is aimed exclusively at Independent Wine Retailers and the on-trade is the sister of the already established SITT tastings and the perfect showcase for our new wines which are very much in line with these dynamic sectors of the UK wine trade.

Whether you’re able to come and taste at our stand on the day or are unable to make it we’re offering 10% off the first order for any Independent Wine Retailers and on-trade establishments that ‘like’ our Facebook page before the 30th September 2011.