by Danielle | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
As the leaves turn and the evenings draw in, there’s no better time to pour a glass of something golden, rich and a little mysterious… orange wine! Despite the name, these wines have nothing to do with oranges. Instead, their beautiful colour comes from the way...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of the most iconic partnerships we can think of, Champagne Bollinger and James Bond. The partnership officially began in 1979 with the film ‘Moonraker’, although Bollinger was mentioned years before in the ‘Diamonds are Forever’ book (1956). Since then the...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Oct 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
The International Wine Challenge are globally recognised awards, with many different categories for Winemakers and Wines. This year Nyetimber took home two of the awards. Cherie Spriggs, the head winemaker at Nyetimber (who their Demi-Sec cuvee is named after) took...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
by team member Ashley On the 12th September, we held one of our specialist tastings in our Market Place shop for just 14 guests, centred around the wines of Marques de Murrieta in Rioja. We were lucky enough to have Greg Askew, our supplier and brand ambassador for...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
by team member Maddy Alsace is a wine region rich in history, right on the border of France and Germany. Throughout history, there has been some contention over the political status of the region but in 1945 the region was returned to France. From a wine perspective,...
by Danielle | Sep 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Celebrate in our Oundle Wharf shop this Saturday. This September marks 20 years since Danielle joined Amps Wine Merchants. Starting as our Saturday girl while still at school, Danielle joined full-time straight after finishing her studies – even before she was...
