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So, what are the benefits of a Pull The Cork wine subscription? Wondering whether our monthly wine delivery is worth your money? Here are some of the benefits to our monthly wine subscription and wine club (if you aren’t already aware of the awesomeness of our offerings that is…) Value for money When you take […]
We’ve got some Christmas delivery deadlines to make you all aware of; the delivery cut-offs as we head into the festive period. In summary, please aim to have your last orders in by next Tuesday 22nd (AM, before 10 AM) for London, and by next Monday 21st (AM) for the rest of the country. Please […]
It is a common misconception that we humans only use 10% of our brains. Neurologists frequently discredit this myth, stating that we virtually use every part of it. I guess it is the pop culture we have to thank, through films such as ‘Limitless’, for perpetuating such fiction. Whilst I never really thought much of […]
Some food and organic wine pairings just work even better than others. We all know there are certain pairings that just work well together – gin and tonic, salt and vinegar, Ant and Dec, organic wine and cheese. There are many organic wine benefits, and organic wine doesn’t come in just one flavour, and so […]
You’ve seen the supermarket shelves, you’ve been to the off-license, they’re floor to ceiling, wall to wall mass-produced wine. You can’t differentiate between bottles because you can’t try them and how do you know if the wine is going to be good or bad when all you have is a label to go on? You […]
What we believe places Pull The Cork head and shoulders above any other low intervention wine company in the UK, is the super-strong team working tirelessly behind the scenes introducing consumers to little known grape varieties and wines from lesser-known wine-producing countries such as Hungary or Slovenia and recommending interesting Slovakian wines. So, first off, […]
Are you worried about the sugar content in wine? With so many of us following low sugar diets or omitting it altogether, a concern about sugar levels in wines could mean the kiss of death for your nightly glass of wine. But it doesn’t have to be. In fact, you don’t have to veto vino […]
What do you prefer for your wine – a cork or a screw cap? Who would have thought the medium to close a bottle of wine could cause such debate, or warrant any air time at all for that matter. But it does, and once again the humble wine seal has made headlines. Why? Because […]
We keep banging on about the strange times we’re living in, but it’s true – the entire world has been shut down now for what seems like a lifetime and as such, we’ve all had to take our collective foot off the accelerator and accept a slightly slower pace of life as a consequence. That […]
Let’s face it, social distancing was never going to come between people and their wine, so we’ve reimagined socialising at home. A recent article by The IWSR stated that as social distancing was fast becoming the new norm, that anything or anyone who can offer ‘a sense of discovery, community and social giving will do […]
What’s the difference between filtered wines and unfiltered wines? Wine is a liquid in limbo – a step on the slippery slope that runs from grape juice to vinegar. You see finished wine is not a naturally stable product, it’s always at risk of destabilising, of going bad, and anything left behind in the wine […]
Everyone keeps saying what strange times we’re living in, and it’s true. Never in living memory has the world shut down like this. Walls are being erected, markets are tumbling, travel is curtailed, work is cancelled, schools are shut and socialising is taboo. Welcome to our new reality. Covid-19 and the wine industry But before […]
Do you know about these common (and not so common) wine additives? Winemaking, in theory, is such an easy process – you pick grapes, crush them and let the naturally present yeast work its magic. Using the sugar from the grapes, the yeast turns the resulting liquid from grape juice into wine. But life isn’t […]
How Millennials are influencing on organic produce? You may not realise it yet, but the changing trends of what you eat are largely due, in part, to the rise of the generational powerhouse that is millennials. Millennials being those people born between 1980 and 2000. More importantly, millennials represent 42% of total expenditure on all […]
The legend goes that champagne was first invented in the 17th century by a French Benedictine monk by the name of… Dom Pierre Pérignon (sound familiar?). On discovering his creation, he reportedly shouted to the rest of the monks, “Come quickly! I am drinking the stars!” Now, whether this urban legend is true or not […]
If you’ve ever heard the term Méthode Traditionelle and wondered what it means, you aren’t alone. It’s not a phrase heard regularly in common parlance, instead, it’s a wine word associated with the process developed in the Champagne region of France, to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines. While the phrase Méthode Traditionelle (or the Traditional Method) […]
Valentine’s Day is the perfect moment to show your loved one how much you care, and just when you think you’ve navigated the vast mountain that is Valentines Day planning and you’ve both sat down to dine across the romantic candlelit setting before you, one obstacle remains – The Wine List. Where do you begin? […]
Where is the organic wine market heading? As Yazz sang in the ‘80s, the only way is up, baby. And in 2020 the same is true of organic wines. It has been forecast that by 2023 almost 1 billion bottles of organic wine will have been consumed by savvy wine drinkers – 976 million to be […]
Happy New Year and wow what a year do we have in store for you here at Pull The Cork! We have a vast selection of sustainably produced, natural, vegan-friendly, organic wines and biodynamic wines that we can’t wait to share with you. As we reported in our New Year’s newsletter (sign up for our […]
It’s that time of the year again! Last orders for nationwide deliveries is tomorrow (Tuesday 17th) at 11 am sharp, so don’t miss out!! Please note: Our offices will be closed from 5 pm on Wednesday 18th December until we re-open on Monday 6 January 2020. We have some very exciting news for you in January, and we can’t wait to share it with […]
Did you try Raimes English sparkling wines? Augusta and Robert are the fifth generation of the family to farm the fields now flourishing with vines and home to Raimes English Sparkling wines. Together with land farmed on the historic Tichborne Estate, the farm stretches from the protected and ecologically diverse water meadows of the River Itchen to […]
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‘Being allegedly the only two (literate) students to Graduate Healesville High School in ’97, we were always destined to work together’. Behn (the Payten) drove his first Tractor at the age of 5. Troy (the Jones) was talking by the age of 1 and hasn’t shut up since. “Naturally we fell in with the wrong […]
Your deliveries for Christmas 2019 Christmas is drawing near. To make sure we deliver the service you need, we’ve made some small changes to our delivery schedule to enable us to manage increased volumes. Last Orders will be taken on Tuesday 17th December. You can contact the team on 02037804896 until Thursday the 19th of […]