Author Archives: Robert Boutflower

About Robert Boutflower

Private Sales Director at Tanners and responsible for all of the Tanners Shops, Web & Mail Order Departments. Specialises in Spain, Portugal and South America, but has an opinion on everything!

Progress in Portugal – Awards, Tastings & New Wines

Posted on April 10, 2012

It’s been a busy twelve months for Tanners with Portugal… Saint George’s Day (23rd April) is traditionally the day when a Port Vintage is declared, and we were one of the first to taste the superb examples from Taylor Fladgate … Continue reading →

Posted in Tanners News | Tagged Alentejo, Altano, Churchill Estates, Croft, Douro, Esporão, Fonseca, Independent Merchant 2012, James Tanner, Jamie Goode, Julia Harding, Niepoort, Olly Smith, Oz Clarke, Portugal, Portuguese wine, Quinta Vale d Maria, Sarah Ahmed, Symington’s, Tanners Douro Red, Tanners Own Label Wines, Tanners Wines, Taylor Fladgate, Taylor's, Wines of Portugal Awards | 1 Comment

Should I invest in wine?

Posted on March 12, 2012

For previous generations, fine wine buying was all about having a nice big cellar under your house and filling it with an annual order placed during a long and boozy lunch with your wine merchant! How times have changed. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in En Primeur | Tagged Australia, Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Château Lafite-Rothschild, En Primeur, Investing in wine, Investment, Lying Abroad, New Zealand, Portugal, Tanners Wines, Wine | 1 Comment

Tanners Top Ten Turkey Wines

Posted on December 14, 2011

Much as I want to find a truly Turkish wine to authenticate this blog, (let’s face it, you may have been searching for ‘wines from Turkey’ when you came across this article!) we have none to partner the Christmas bird. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Wines for Christmas | Tagged Albariño, Beaujolais, Beaune 1er cru ‘Bastion’, Burgundy, Champagne, Chardonnay, Chateau Malbat, Chènas, Chianti Classico, Chocolates, Christmas, Christmas dinner, Christmas Pudding, claret, Domaine Chanson, Food and wine matching, Goose, Ham, House of certain views chardonnay, Jean Luc Terrier, Jean-Francois Clouet, Lagar de Cervera, Margan Shiraz, Pinot Noir, Rémi & Paola Benon, Riecine, roast beef, Saint Veran, Salmon, Sean O’Callaghan, Shiraz, Stilton, Turkey, Wine | 1 Comment

Mulling it over… The perfect recipe for your Christmas Mulled Wine

Posted on December 1, 2011

Drinking (or actually emptying my glass surreptitiously into the nearest pot plant) I was struck by how easy it is to ruin a good Mulled Wine or Glühwein. The most obvious and major offence is to start with rubbish red … Continue reading →

Posted in Wines for Christmas | Tagged Christmas Drinks, cinnamon, cloves, Gluhwein, lemon, Making your own mulled wine, mint, Mulled wine, nutmeg, orange, recipe, Red wine, Shropshire Spice Co. Traditional Mulled Wine sachets, Tanners Principles range, Tanners Sautarel Red | Leave a comment

Read all about The Douro Wine Event of the Year!

Posted on October 14, 2011

Where do you find Cristiano van Zeller, Paul Symington, Johnny Graham, Jorges Borges, Jose Luis Da Silva and Pedro Pina Cabral on a Thursday in October? Start looking in Shrewsbury of course, where all were showing their 2009 wines and … Continue reading →

Posted in Port 2009, Tanners Tastings | Tagged 2009, Cristiano van Zeller, Douro, En Primeur, Johnny Graham, Jorge Borges, Jorges Borges, Jose Luis Da Silva, Niepoort, Paul Symington, Pedro Pina Cabral, Port wine, Portuguese wine, Shrewsbury, Taylor Fladgate, Wine, Wine tasting | 1 Comment

Author Archives: Robert Boutflower

About Robert Boutflower

Progress in Portugal – Awards, Tastings & New Wines

Should I invest in wine?

Tanners Top Ten Turkey Wines

Mulling it over… The perfect recipe for your Christmas Mulled Wine

Read all about The Douro Wine Event of the Year!

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