Author Archives: Darren Pinder

We were invited to display our By The Glass Wine Dispenser and Preserving System at the Annual Boutinot Tasting, held this year in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. Paul Boutinot, Danny Spencer, and Nigel Wilkinson MS hosted the event, showcasing the new range of wines for this year, as well as the Boutinot favourites.

The main tasting was held in one of the circles, giving amazing views of Manchester (yes they do exist!) from the ultra modern Beetham Tower, to the grandeur of The Midland Hotel. Continue reading →

Digital wine lists are cropping up in restaurants all over the world as restaurants have began storing their wine lists on iPads. Like traditional wine lists, the iPads are handed out to diners.

The New York Times interviewed a number of restaurateurs who have been experimenting with transferring their traditional wine menus to the digital platform, the paper claims the device has lead to a 10% rise in wine sales. Continue reading →

By The Glass® were lucky enough to attend ‘The Wine Show’ held at Olympia, London, last week. With hundreds of wonderful wines to taste we were in our element!

We enjoyed watching Jose Pizarro create delicious tapas dishes to match certain wines and we even managed to sneak a taste of a couple of the delicious dishes. Continue reading →

Temperature is probably the most crucial factor to appreciate any wine at its optimum best. Glass style, food and environmental conditions all play a part but serve your wine at the wrong temperature and it just will not develop to its true potential.

Generally speaking white wine is served colder than red – there are exceptions of course and it can also be a matter of personal preference. Continue reading →

When the clocks went back an hour on Sunday, Winter arrived! I’m not sure if people elsewhere in the UK felt the same, but I can speak for everybody living ‘Up North’ that this past week has been wet, dark and miserable!

So it’s a good job we have the fun and frolics of Bonfire Night at the weekend to look forward to! Toffee apples, pie and peas, parkin and bonfire toffee! Continue reading →

The guilt free drinking guide is available to buy this week. A book which refutes the theory that alcohol consumption is bad for people’s health has been published to ensure “peace of mind” to moderate drinkers.

“Guilt-Free Drinking: Why a diet including wine, beer and spirits in moderation is NOT bad for your health” is said to use scientific research to prove its theories. Continue reading →

Chilean wine sales have rocketed over the past few weeks as scenes of jubilation at the miners rescue inspired a thirst for Chilean wine in consumers.

A number of large retail outlets chains reported that customers bought up to 30% more wine from the Chile over the past couple of weeks, as they watched the scenes of jubilation unfold. Continue reading →

Picture This; It’s sunday afternoon, and you have just put a joint of beef in the oven for tonights roast dinner. You want a bottle of wine to accompany the meal but are fed up with the usual choices you buy.

On your way to the supermarket you walk past The Wine Reserve a shop that enables you to sample 48 different types of wine at your leisure. The Wine Reserve have 3 By The Glass® wine preservation and dispensing systems installed in their shop. Continue reading →

A four-day auction of one of the finest private collections of wines ever seen in the United Kingdom begins today, with total bids expected to exceed £2m.

Some of the best Bordeaux ever produced are on offer, including two cases of 1990 Château Pétrus, the wine recently laid on for David Cameron and friends by the Tory party treasurer, Michael Spencer, at their party conference in Birmingham. The cases have a reserve price of £34,000 each. Continue reading →

Vagabond Wines located in the Fulham Broadway area of London are the latest company to have By The Glass systems installed. They opted for 5 custom made 20 bottle systems in their new shop. Established by Stephen Finch in 2009, Vagabond Wine has been created to offer customers a new way of buying wine.

The By The Glass wine dispenser and preservation systems allow customers to sample 100 bottles of wine at any one time. Customers can therefore experiment with 100 wines that are on offer and new wines they may not have tried before. Continue reading →