25th Jan 2023
Hit or miss?
Frazier's are a "traditional" wine merchant offering, well, what you might expect... plus a little something extra on the more adventurous side. But will the "adventurous" wine sell enough to justify…
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20th Dec 2022
The Christmas Narrative: Part 3 - Three Wise Men
The mission, gentlemen, should you decide to accept it... is to find the whereabouts of missing grape variety "Monastrell" (a.k.a. Mourvedre and Mataro) before Christmas arrives. The team you've put t…
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2nd Dec 2022
The Christmas Narrative: Part 2 - Family Ties
It's December!Christmas is all about the family. Relatives you haven't seen in months, some you've never met, all are welcome for the festivities. Maybe you're the lucky one providing all the Christma…
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14th Nov 2022
The Christmas Narrative: Part 1 - The Seventies
Much has been written about Christmas over the years. These days, in the UK in 2022, it's very commercialised and TV adverts are eagerly awaited, becoming news items in their own right. Social media i…
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20th Sep 2022
Countdown to Nouveau 2022
Mark this date in your diary!Beaujolais Nouveau day is Thursday 17th November. Not long to wait to getting your hands on some young, juicy, French red wine. Only made from the Gamay grape, expect…
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9th Sep 2022
The definition of opulence?
I've tasted some pretty amazing wines over the years, some expected to be great, others which were a surprise, but only a few have that magical "hit-the-spot" effect!I can vividly recall a mature Trim…
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3rd Aug 2022
Art, Wine and Puech-Haut
Having just heard the rain clattering off our tin roof, the sun is shining once again and temperatures are heading up towards the high twenties in Solihull. Pity those in the south of France where…
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14th Jul 2022
Wine Sale at Frazier's!!!!!!
UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~ UPDATE ~Down to the last few sale bottles, so we've added the Australian Pitmaster red Shiraz/Viognier blend and the white Pitmaster Viognier to…
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4th Jul 2022
Age before beauty?
Age before beauty? A very well used phrase. When applied to wines, drinking your choice for the weekend means picking a bottle that is at its peak of development. You'll experience all the wine can of…
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26th May 2022
Have Passport...Will Travel
If you believed that all you needed to go travelling was a passport and a credit card... think again! The wild, in the middle of nowhere, parts of south-west France are so far from large centres…
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10th May 2022
Pinot Grigio: It doesn't have to be boring!
A fine bunch of Pinot Grigio. Even though it's a white grape variety, it really does look like this when ripe. [Photo Credit: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons] Pinot Gr…
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5th May 2022
Artadi - Rioja not Rioja
The town of Laguardia - Surrounded by vineyards & the Sierra Cantabria - The home of Artadi [Photo attribution (above) Mikel Arrazola, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons]…
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