by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Amps family have a long history in Oundle which wouldn’t have been possible without all our loyal customers. So we wanted to say a massive thank you to all of you for choosing to shop with us and supporting us over the years. Cheers to the next 125 years! As an...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Philip Amps I attended a Ribera del Duero Masterclass with Tim Aitken in London recently. Tasting wines and discussing the region with other Independent Merchants. The wine region sits on the Duoro River that flows all the way to Oporto in Portugal and out to sea....
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Apr 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sherry Basics: Sherry is a fortified wine from Andalusia, Spain. It can be produced in a wide array of styles, each unique and offering something new. Most sherry is made exclusively from Palomino grapes (Pedro Ximénez is made from its namesake), which is a neutral...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Mar 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Philip Amps 15 hours to Singapore and then 13 hours to Christchurch it is a long haul to get to New Zealand, but it is worth it when you get there. Even unpaved roads without Pot Holes! We first headed up to Nelson to park up the campervan close to the coast and...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Mar 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bulgaria has a long wine making history dating back to the Thracians with some evidence suggesting they produced wine since 4000B.C. With such a long winemaking history then why haven’t these wines hit the mainstream in the same way French or Italian wines did? Well,...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
On Friday 6th of March we opened six different vintages of Monte Bello as the next instalment of our Masterclass tasting series. The specialist Masterclasses are a way of us to open and share some truly special wines with our customers, and they are better value than...
by Danielle | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
When people think of Italian wine, their minds often drift to the rolling hills of Tuscany or the elegant reds of Piemonte. If you were to ask us what’s really exciting customers in our shops right now, we’d point you further south to sun-drenched vineyards, coastal...
by Danielle | Jan 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
We’re one of the UK’s best independent wine merchants again! We are absolutely thrilled to be awarded one of the top independent wine merchants in the UK for a tenth consecutive year, especially among over 1,000 high-quality contenders. The judges said: “A...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Nov 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
by team member Simon After a very early start and a two hour delay at Stansted Airport, I joined the group of four independent wine merchants and our UK basedhosts at Alicante Airport, where we collected our hire cars and headed off for Bodegas Juan Gil in Jumilla,...
by Maddy Walters-Nicholson | Nov 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Each year The Top Fifty Wineries are judged and ranked by over 500 wine and tourism experts across five continents. “The ranking honours comprehensive wine projects that combine outstanding viticultural quality with high-value wine tourism initiatives” , it is a...
