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Fraser Edwards

Fraser Edwards lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and although he is the owner of this site he is still new to the world of wine. He normally runs a web business called Woohoo but recently he has spent more time reading about and tasting wine!

Wine School at the Fringe

12 August 2011
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Last weekend we enjoyed a trip to Wine School at the Fringe run by Claire Blackler from Case Studies Wine School. Taking place in Howies Cellar restaurant it was a lovely setting to take refuge from the typical Edinburgh summer rain. Once inside to the warmth (and it was very warm!) we settled down at [...]

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French Connection Champagne

14 October 2010
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Thanks to Sarah at Bottle Green I was able to sample this Champagne recently. The champagne has been launched to celebrate 10 years of French Connection Wines (no connection to a certain clothing company!) It’s fairly new in the UK, stocked in Morrisons and priced at £19.99 The producer is Les Roches Blanches and according [...]

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Wine Competition Winner

27 August 2009
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Just a quick post to announce the winner of our wine giveaway. After gathering up all the comments about white wine and all the comments about your favourite red wines and then adding in all the qualifying tweets we added them to our random number generator and the winner was… Mark Pentleton Mark has now [...]

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Fairleigh Estate Sauvignon Blanc – Marlborough

17 August 2009
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Closure: Screwcap ABV: 13.0% Retailer: Majestic Price: RRP £7.99 but often on a buy 2 save 20% deal – I paid £5.49. Check current price on the Majestic website I’ve been working my way through a few different New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc’s recently but I have to say that this one is my favourite. I [...]

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Cockburns of Leith Wine Tasting

22 April 2009
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Last night I went along to the Cockburns of Leith Spring Wine Tasting in the centre of Edinburgh which was a great experience. As I’ve said before on this blog I’m still pretty new to the world of wine so it was an ideal opportunity to sample a few different wines that I might not [...]

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Marlborough Hills Sauvignon Blanc

12 March 2009
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I’ve been enjoying this wine over the last two nights. In fact I’ve really been enjoying a few different New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs over the last couple of months. I’ve heard it said that you can get fed up of them after a while but not me and for now I’m really enjoying the fruity, [...]

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Jacobs Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir

24 January 2009
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Picked this up in Morrisons for around £8.50 last night and enjoyed it with a lovely spaghetti carbonara. I justified the fizz as a celebration of the end of the week but without a real occasion champagne was a stretch too far. To be honest though I think I enjoyed this as much as I [...]

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Laurenz V Friendly Gruner Veltliner 2007

21 January 2009
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First wine in the Twitter Taste Live – Beyond the trade event. I thought: fresh, crisp, fruity, zingy, slightly strange but unusual in a good way. Never tried an Austrian wine before but it’s nice and drinkable. Others said: mellow, light, fruity, pear, peach, dry Available from Bibendum

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First Steps in Wine

14 January 2009
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I have to admit before I go any further that I know very little about wine at this stage. What do I know at the moment? I like white wine but generally don’t know what I like. I prefer dry to sweet and don’t like vanilla flavours or anything over oaked. I’ve occasionally enjoyed a [...]

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