Our very popular wine tasting event is back! November 23rd, 2024!

 

Join Aimee and sample some truly delicious wines to help get you thinking about those Christmas wines.

 

We will start the tasting with a special fizz and work our way through, whites, reds to a dessert wine to finish.

 

Aimee will talk a little about each wine whilst you sit back and enjoy.

 

There will be a bar should you wish to purchase an extra drink or stay a little longer and enjoy the company of all the other Backwell folk.

 

Tickets available now from our Backwell store.

During the quiet period until march we will be making some slight changed to our opening hours.

BACKWELL –

mondays 10am-7pm

sundays 11am-6pm

STOKE BISHOP –

mondays 11am-6.30pm

sundays 11am-6pm

ALL OUR OTHER DAYS REMAIN THE SAME AS NORMAL

 

As we come back from our summer holidays and get back into our routines. It would be really nice to look back at some pictures and videos sipping on a drink from that great destination.
apparently these are the top places to visit in 2023
Dubai, UAE
Bali, Indonesia
London, UK
Rome, Italy
Paris, France
Cancun, Mexico
Crete, Greece
Marrakech, Morocco

Ok so some of these destinations are tricky, so here’s the ones we might be able to source.

London, UK – Nothing like going to the capital and being a tourist. Our London drink of choice a good London dry gin.
Why not if you havent tried Backwell’s own Gin £34.99

‘The term “London dry” does not refer to any particular place – London dry gins can be made in any country. The term “London dry” actually refers to a method of distilling gin.’

 

Rome, Italy – Lazio is a region in central Italy, and home to the ancient capital city of Rome. The region’s reputation is mainly based on its white wines, the mainstay grape varieties being Trebbiano, Malvasia di Candia and Malvasia Puntinata.

A fresh and bright white with citrus and green apple characters and crisp acidity. £7.99

 

Paris, France – The most romantic city in the world, Paris is a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy, and culture. So the closest wine region to Paris is Champagne.

Our best seller at only £23.99. This is a stylish dry wine, offering ripe fruit and a biscuity finish

Cancun, Mexico – Cancun is known for having one of the best places in the world for parasailing and jet skiing. With great beaches to relax and unwind.

his 38% alcohol tequila is aged to perfection, resulting in a smooth, smoky flavour with hints of wood, citrus, leather and tobacco £22.99 a great all rounder

Crete, Greece – Old towns, traditional villages and the Mediterranean Sea! We have some great Greek wines, and this fab Retsina as it should be!

The nose has herbal notes of rosemary and thyme. On the palate the characteristic pine flavours come through, yet they work with the Savatiano base to retain fresh, lemon citrus flavours. A complex wine with balancing acidity. £8.50

Happy reminiscing.

Aimee.

Our love affair with eastern Mediterranean grapes is growing.

Domaine Des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Cinsault, Lebanon, 2017 £13.99Winemaking in the Lebanon has an ancient heritage – one of the world’s oldest. But its modern-day style owes much to the French, who were the colonial masters here in the early 20th century. You can see their influence in another of the country’s biggest names, Domaine des Tourelles, founded in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon’s wine heartland, by François-Eugène Brun in 1868, and where the winemaker today, Faouzi Issa, learned his trade working at top French estates René Rostaing, in the northern Rhône, and Château Margaux in Bordeaux. The Tourelles range takes influences from both those regions, but conjures something very distinctive in the wine it makes from French grape variety cinsault, with its fresh cherry fruit and flavours of cinnamon and chocolate-raisin.

Musar Jeune Red, Lebanon, 2016 £16.99 The most famous vinous name in Lebanon – and the estate that did most to keep Lebanese wine alive during the civil war – is Château Musar. The company’s original charismatic driving force, Serge Hochar, died in 2014 – although all of the currently available vintages of the family’s top, eponymous estate, cabernet sauvignon-carignan-cinsault red blend predate his passing. Like top gran reserva Rioja (which in many ways Musar resembles, although it also has much in common with top Rhône and Bordeaux) these are wines that are mature on release but also age beautifully. I haven’t tasted it for a while, but I’d be tempted by the 2002 on offer for £30 at Roberson. I’d be happy, too, with the more upfront fruit and freshness of the Jeune Red wine by Hochar’s family from younger vines

 

Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils Red, , Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 2019 £21.99 Hochar Père et Fils Red has often been described as the ‘second’ wine of Chateau Musar, as it does bear some resemblance to the ‘Grand Vin’ but the comparison stops there.Rich, spicy and aromatic, this robust red hails from a single Bekaa Valley vineyard planted with Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Grenache over 40 years ago. Five years in the making, with 9 months in French oak barrels, it’s full of smooth bramble fruit flavours, with hints of figs, dates and cedary spice.

 

Finally, after a long couple of years battling to get away with the Corona virus pandemic. Yes at last a holiday!

Most of us when we go abroad, we look to relax with a glass of wine, however when we get back those holiday memories don’t need to become a distant memory, here’s a selection I have handpicked so you can take a trip down holiday lane at home.

TAKE ME BACK!

GPG Garganega Pinot Grigio, DOC Garda £6.99