This exciting new consumer event, hosted by Oz Clarke, Olly Smith and Tim Atkin, a trio of the UK’s liveliest and most entertaining wine personalities. The event will be packed full of exciting wines from all over the world, and there will be a significant Portuguese presence too – keep an eye out for ‘pop up tastings’ which will be taking place throughout the day.

Naked Wines will also offer one lucky visitor a £2,000 expense account to spend on wine and to be their eyes and ears for a month. The winner will be announced before Christmas (after the December tasting).

1. You should come to the tasting armed with a ‘smart’ phone
2. Visit Naked Wines on table 1, and you will be able to download an app.
3. You then taste the wines, record which ones you like and make comments
4. Then the Naked Wines team will see who they think is the most suitable to work for them for a month as their ‘eyes and ears’.

Good luck!

Come and see us on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and in Manchester at the MOSI Museum on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October.

For more information visit www.threewinemen.co.uk or book tickets at www.wegottickets.com

Wines of Portugal will be at The Three Wine Men (London & Manchester), The Wine Show (London), and The Wine Gang (London) tastings this year, so make sure you save the dates in your diary and pop along to taste a world of difference from our amazing wine producing country.

More details will follow, but for now, here are the dates for your diary…

The Three Wine Men

London 24th – 26th September 2011 – Lord’s Cricket Ground
Manchester 1st – 2nd October 2011 – Manchester Science Museum
London 3rd – 4th December – Lord’s Cricket Ground

This exciting new consumer event is hosted by Oz Clarke, Olly Smith and Tim Atkin, a trio of the UK’s liveliest and most entertaining wine personalities. The event will be packed full of exciting wines from all over the world – and keep an eye out for ‘pop up tastings’ which will be taking place throughout the day.

For more information visit www.threewinemen.co.uk or to book tickets for The Three Wine Men click here.

The Wine Gang

London 29th October – Vinopolis

The Wine Gang is made up of five of the UK’s most respected wine critics; Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com, Jane Parkinson of The Drinks Business, Anthony Rose of The Independent, Joanna Simon of House & Garden and David Williams of The Observer and World of Fine Wine.

To book tickets for The Wine Gang click here.

The Wine Show

London 11th – 13th November – Olympia

It’s a great experience and will be jam-packed with the country’s leading wine experts, the world’s wine producers, unusual regions and varieties to discover… all in all, a great day out. Book your tickets today.

To book tickets for The Wine Show click here.

Win £50 worth of FREE tickets to the Taste of Gold Tasting

We have 5 pairs of tickets to give away

The most influential and prestigious wine competition in the world, the International Wine Challenge has awarded Portugal 35 Gold medals, and for the first time ever, consumers are able to go along and taste the award winning wines at the IWC Taste of Gold and Discovery Tasting at Lords Cricket Ground on 30th June 2010 from 6pm-9pm.

Simply answer the grape variety question below, e-mail your answer to sarah@jkmarketing.co.uk and the first 5 correct entries will win a pair of tickets for the event

Known as Tinta Roriz in northern Portugal, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is rich in tannins and produces fruity (redcurrant, cherry, raspberry), dark and aromatic wines.

You can also buy tickets online, (£25 per person)

Come along and meet the UK’s foremost wine critic Oz Clarke and his fellow IWC co-chairmen, Tim Atkin MW, Charles Metcalfe, Sam Harrop MW and Derek Smedley MW.

If you missed Portugal’s BIG Tasting with Oz Clarke you can still join in; there is a highlighted version below and also at www.thebigtasting.com Meet the producers, hear Oz’s crazy stories – it’s really entertaining…

Nearly 3,000 people took part in the original event and everyone had a ball; there were parties all over the UK and in Portugal; so why don’t you get hold of the wines from Waitrose (in-store or from Waitrosewine.com) and enjoy tasting these wines along with Oz.

1. Quinta de Azevedo, Vinho Verde white
2. Vida Nova, Algarve red
3. Tinto da Anfora, Alentejo red – where is the winemaker’s favourite place to eat – click here to find out.
4. Tagus Creek Cabernet/Aragonez, Tejo red
5. Arco de Esporão, Alentejo red – meet David Baverstock their flying winemaker
6. Quinta de la Rosa Waitrose Douro red

The BIG Tasting with Oz Clarke is fast approaching, and after weeks of endless meetings, e-mails, phone calls and decisions, the event is finally planned, all the promotional material is in place, the website is live….so let the countdown begin.

The employees at Waitrose Canary Wharf and John Lewis on Oxford Street have been busy with the technology side of things. They have the responsibility to ensure that all the live streaming works on the night, so test runs have been happening in store to ensure that it all goes smoothly.

We asked Nick Room the wine buyer for Waitrose how this fun and exciting tasting benefits Waitrose and the image of Portuguese wines.

He said “The event gives good exposure to Portuguese wine and the broadcast is fronted by an excellent host, Oz Clarke, who is well known to millions. The event  is good publicity for Portuguese wine, as soon as people try Portuguese table wines they’ll love them enough to want to go on to purchase, this is because of the diversity, unique flavours, structure, weight, fruitiness, superb balance – all good attributes and delivering excellent value for money!”

Well Nick we couldn’t agree more! If you want to learn more about the Big tasting Visit the site! Or send us a question!

See you all soon!

This year during the Annual Tasting of Portuguese Wines ViniPortugal is planning a fantastic wine tasting with a difference. Famous celebrity wine expert Oz Clarke is set to lead the nation’s wine lovers through six Portuguese wines on April 12th 2010, and wherever you live you can take part!

1) You can join in the tasting with the irrepressible Oz Clarke starting at 6pm at Lord’s Cricket ground. Tickets are available from www.seetickets.com at £15 per person, a contribution from every ticket sold will be made to the Madeira Disaster Fund.

2) Join in one of the ‘on-line’ outside events at John Lewis in Oxford Street, or Waitrose Canary Wharf.

3) View the tasting with Oz live on-line at www.thebigtasting.com from the comfort of your own home from 7pm onwards. Why not organise a Portuguese evening with your friends, and create your own event.

All 6 wines Oz will show are available at Waitrose so you can buy them in advance from Waitrose stores or from www.waitrosewine.com

All you have to do is log onto www.thebigtasting.com to register, and then simply enjoy 6 fantastic Portuguese wines with Oz from your chosen venue on Monday 12th April.

You can also follow ‘vpwine’ on Twitter in the lead up to the event. Make sure to use #TBT2010 to track the event. Please help us spread the word by telling all your friends and family to help make this event the biggest tasting in Britain!!