The British Wine Cellar Blog

Spotlight on Greyfriars Vineyard Greyfriars are a vineyard in Surrey, and they make some of our bestselling wines at The British Wine Cellar! I still remember the first time I tried their wines - the first one was the Blanc de Blancs (my mouth actually watered just writing that!). It's fresh and zesty, with great acidity, but it's got such gorgeous, toasty complexity to it as well. It's so moreish - we enjoyed it in the garden during a sunny afternoon and it was absolutely perfect.  We caught up with Mike from Greyfriars Vineyard to find out more about Greyfriars...

Spotlight on Gwinllan Conwy   It’s Welsh Wine Week! We are excited to be speaking to Colin & Charlotte from Gwinllan Conwy – a vineyard situated just outside of Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. I first discovered their wines a few years ago – Porthmadog in North Wales is one of my all time favourite places, and pre-lockdown, I loved spending long weekends there! I was eating in a restaurant in Criccieth when I noticed a Welsh sparkling wine on the wine list – I’ll be honest, I actually didn’t realise North Wales had a climate that could grow...

Why does English wine seem so expensive?   When we launched The British Wine Cellar, we were overwhelmed with support – our aim was to make buying English & Welsh wines really easy and enjoyable, and the feedback we had was that we’d done exactly that! There was one comment that kept cropping up, (in spite of us matching wine cellar door prices) – why is English wine so expensive?   Now, before I delve into my answer, I want to break down the question a bit. ‘expensive’ is a term that’s relative to each individual, and the circumstances in...

I’m Natasha, one of the founders of The British Wine Cellar. A bit of info about me – I live with my fiancé Gary (co-founder of The British Wine Cellar) and our very cute but slightly mischievous sausage dog Monty. I am a lifelong food & wine enthusiast – I’ve worked in product development for Hotel Chocolat, I looked after the Food & Drink categories at notonthehighstreet.com and I’ve been the Buyer for hampers at Harvey Nichols. In my free time, I am a bit of a geek – I love doing research, distance learning courses, and reading, and if...