Artisans of Barossa is a group of like-minded Barossa producers with a common goal to market hand-made, high quality and creative products – wine, olive oil, produce – as a collective body in both domestic and international markets.
RI-Wine of Ascot is pleased to announce that we have linked to these winemakers and offer their range of wines – of outstanding qualities – in the UK and abroad. [Read more...]
Barossa ValleySituated eighty kilometres north of Adelaide in the Barossa Valley, there are two vineyards from which I source fruit. The Brightview vineyard is located in what is termed ‘ the valley floor’ between the townships of Tanunda and Nuriootpa. This vineyard yields Semillon from two separate plantings. One plot was planted in the 1950’s, the other from Semillon cuttings grafted onto Riesling root stock. I believe this root stock enhances the wine citrus flavour.
The second vineyard is situated near the township of Angaston. Here I am lucky to have a small vineyard which was planted to Shiraz vines in the 1890’s. From these very low yielding but ex-tremely high quality bearers comes a limited release single vineyard wine. [Read more...]
Argentina is the 5th largest wine country in the World and could be a major force in the wine industry or the premium quality sector, if only the excessive yields could be curbed. While Chile has strengthened its position as South America’s premier quality wine producing country by significantly reducing yields over the last 10 years in order to concentrate on quality.
Argentina still does the opposite. A third of the vineyards have been ripped up but the yields have only been reduced by 10%. Scarce rainfall dictates that Argentina’s vineyards must depend on irrigation. Cheep water is available in plentiful. You only have to turn the taps on and you will get plenty of grapes. Argentina can produce very good wines but so far is not doing very much about this so Chile for the moment have nothing to worry about. Catena and Weinart are recognized wineries. [Read more...]
Lying on Guebwiller’s splendid slopes, this 140 hectare vineyard stretches over more than 5 kilometres on the southern side of the Vosges. At an altitude of 250 to 380 metres it benefits from a splendid climate which has led this valley to be called the “Valley of Flowers”. The slopes, often as steep as 1 in 2, have light sandy soil due to the slow erosion of the underlying pink sandstone. This vineyard faces south-east, south and south-west meaning that it is ideally exposed to the sun. The vines themselves stretch for 850 kilometres (570 miles) in horizontally planted rows along 5 terraces which are protected by dry-stone walls.
The Schlumberger family come from the Swabien region in South Germany which today is part of Bade Wurtemberg.
Claus Schlumberger was the first member of the family to settle in Guebwiller in the 16th century, at the time of the Abbots of Murbach. He very quickly opposed the hegemony of the said Abbots and left to settle in Mulhouse, which had been a free town since the XIVth century and which had also been won over to Protestantism. When Claus died, many of the Schlumbergers from Souabe came and settled in Mulhouse to work as tanners like Claus. Then a number of generations of the Schlumberger family followed and in the XVIIth century they were the largest family in Mulhouse.
Peter Schlumberger (1750-1830), father of Nicolas, invested his money in Jean-Henri Dollfus’ company which was the largest manufacturer of printed calico at that time. [Read more...]
The 50 best-located vineyards in Alsace have been designated “ALSACE GRAND CRU”. There are four of them at Guebwiller: Kitterlé, Kessler, Saering and Spiegel. Each of them has specific geology, exposure and micro-climate.
All of these factors combine to produce the most renowned wines from Guebwiller and Alsace since vines have been grown by man. Only four grape varieties are permitted when making an Alsace Grand Cru, they are the noble varieties: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Muscat.
The production of Grand Crus only represents 4% of the total production of Alsace wine. With 70 hectares of Grand Crus, (that is half of its holdings), Domaine Schlumberger is the leading producer of Classified Grand Crus and is proud to lift the quality of its exceptional terroirs even higher quality of its exceptional terroirs even higher, notably by initiating a local charter of production.
A range of inexpencive bar accessories which are in Gift Boxes and can be used for promotion or as a gift added to a bottle of wine, Champagne or any other drinks.
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| Winged Corkscrew | Champagne Sealer | Waiter’s Friend | Nutcracker |
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| Ice Crusher | Bottle Cooler | Cocktail Shaker | Cork Pops |
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| 7 Pce Bar Set | Set of Cork Stoppers | 3 pce Bar Set |
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PEK Wine Preservation SystemThe first of its kind being electric and Preserves opened wine for up to 20 days using the Argon gas cartridge system.
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ZapCap Bottle Opener
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CaddyO
Easy to use – put plastic cylinder into freeser for 4 to 5 hours then place inside your CaddyO holder |
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| The new Ascot Race Course back in action since 2006 |
Wine Box & Accessories
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Hampton De Luxe Wine and Glasses
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Cocktail for Two
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Wine Connoisseurs Set
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Cork Screw and Bottle Stopper Set
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Complete Bar Set
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Hip Flask Set
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Premium Box Set
A Corkscrew with finesse !
An innovation which has hit the spot in removing any type of cork !
Ref code: 540800060
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Here comes the Hero “Four in One”
Recommended by Abe the gadget man from RI – Wine of Ascot
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| Four in one screw cap | Four in one Champagne | Four in one wine | Four in one beer |
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