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Welcome to the spring issue of the Tesco Wine Club magazine. We hope you enjoy the articles as well as the fantastic wines we’ve found to go with them. Happy drinking!
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Bordeaux wines and food: Jilly Goolden helps 12 lucky Tesco Wine Club members discover how well they match.
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What’s going on in the vineyard at this time of year? Pierpaolo Petrassi, MW gives us an insider’s view on the wine-maker’s year.
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Explore Spain ‘off the beaten track’ in the company of our Spanish wine buyer, James Griswood.
WIN a VIP wine tasting trip for two to Spain
The Ribero del Duero is one of Spain’s most magnificent wine regions, as you can read in James Griswood’s article on page 12 of this magazine. Enter our prize draw and you could win an amazing VIP tour for two including return flights, VIP transfers and two nights’ bed and breakfast in a Junior Suite at the luxury 5* Hotel Arzuaga.
Highlights include:
A full day private VIP tour in a chauffeur driven vehicle, including:
• Visit to a beautiful estate just outside Ribero del Duero including
wine tasting in the estate’s converted 12th century abbey
• Visit to a stunning new winery designed by Norman Foster,
including lunch in its gastronomic restaurant
• Visit to the impressive Vina Mayor estate. This will provide a fascinating insight into the use of oak ageing for Ribero del
Duero wines. The image of the 8,000 barrels of wine maturing in the temperature controlled barrel room will be an enduring memory of the trip
• Dinner at a highly regarded local restaurant, served with several great wines
During your stay you will also be treated to a 5 course gourmet dinner at the hotel including wine, a tour of the winery and estate attached to the hotel and a visit to the estate’s luxurious spa, including any 90 minute ‘Vinotherapy’ treatment.
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What’s going on in the vineyard at this time of year? Pierpaolo Petrassi gives us an insider’s view on the wine-maker’s year.
Vina Mayor’s impressive barrel maturing room
Inside this issue
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Read the latest news from the world of wine in our new Grapevine section.
How to enter
For your chance to win a VIP trip
to Ribero del Duero, hand the competition coupon (attached to your letter), along with your Clubcard, to the cashier when you are in-store. The closing date is 18th April 2010. See coupon for full terms and conditions.
www.grapeescapes.net 08456 430 860