“Tip-top
wine merchant.”
The Independent
CROQUE-EN-BOUCHE
Old Post Office Cottage,
Putley Green,
Ledbury HR8 2QN.
t: 01531 670809
f. +44 (0) 870 7066282
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The prices shown are per unit, bottle, half, etc.
First off there is no trade discount - one price fits all! But there are small alternative
savings offered.
Spend £500+, and pay with a debit or Switch/Maestro card: get 3% discount.
Spend £500+, and pay by credit card: get FREE delivery in England and Wales.
Sorry it can happen, and we apologise in advance, if you get a damaged bottle, or
with a fault, like being corked. Please tell us and we'll refund the price and a
proportion of the carriage cost you have paid. We may ask you to return the wine
so that we may inspect it.
But we will not refund a purchase just because you didn't like it! We love to offer
advice. The more we know your tastes the better we can supply you. 
WINE SPECTATOR... California magazine, goes in for masses of blind tastings. Enterprisingly
cosmopolitan, its recommendations are trustworthy. At www.winespectator.com there
is a massive database of tasting notes.
WINE INTERNATIONAL... UK magazine with useful notes. And each year it organises the
WINE CHALLENGE. Plenty of gongs, but trophies, gold and silver medals are well worth
following. Lesser awards - less useful!
THE VINE ... Subscription monthly by Clive Coates. Good expert info of the old school.
Not taken in by those high-extract wonder wines. In contrast to …
ROBERT PARKER ... He’s the big influence. But I get the impression he seems to like
gutsy more than subtlety in wine. And can taste wines very early. Blame him for the
marks out of 100, obsession.
www.wine-searcher.com... A super website (brings lots of enquiries), run by Anne
Welch, which puts together a giant database of the lists of 1700 or more of the world’s
best merchants - and us! This way you can check on our prices.
