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 the grassy rolling hills of the South […]
‘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. You can contact the team on 02037804896 until Thursday the 19th of December, however our office and warehouse will be closed […]
We’ve only gone and made gifting a bottle of wine a thousand times better than it already is… If you’re looking to send a sustainable gift that says ‘I’m thinking of you’, one that doesn’t include a lame bunch of flowers or anything equally generic, then our Thinking Of You Hamper is the perfect present to […]
As the dreaded B-word “deal” gets sorted, we thought we would take this time to set off on a much deserved holiday. Please be aware that this means that this Thursday (17th) will be the last opportunity for orders being sent out in October. As I am sure you will understand and after such a […]
You asked, we listened! We’ve found ourselves a new warehouse just in central London and we are now able to hold more stock to fulfil your orders. The warehouse that we are using is willing to support us 100% and we’ve tried and tested them a lot over the past few months successfully, and therefore […]
As a general rule of thumb, Pull The Cork is never closed!! As I am sure you will understand, It’s the humans behind it that need a short break, however. Although we would advise that all customers stock up in advance of this 2019 August Bank Holiday weekend. We expect the week commencing Monday 19th August […]
At the beginning of setting up PTC, we received an email from over the water from Nancy and Peter of Pull That Cork. Since then we have both been in regular contact and we thought it would be nice to present them to the UK because they have a cracking blog and Instagram account that […]
Just last week I was presented with the opportunity to stock these remarkable wines from an even more remarkable person – Frank Cornelissen. These natural wines from Mount Etna are incredibly hard to get your hands on and are produced in very small quantities, which presented us with a very attractive offer, especially when you […]
For those of you that lead busy lifestyles and who don’t have enough time to meditate, Winefulness is for you! What is Winefulness, or wine mindfulness? Being able to be present in the moment and finding a moment of peace at the end of a hard day. Winefulness is all about learning to experience your […]
We’ve made some recent rather promising changes in our fulfilment and delivery arm! At Pull The Cork, we have encountered some incredible things so far and met a lot of fun people along the way, and I am sure we will keep it that way too! With all this, we have also managed to work […]
Those with Histamine Sensitivities Stick to Natural wine! Do you experience unexplained headaches when drinking wine? Does your face flush when you drink red wine? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you could be experiencing an allergic reaction. What is histamine? According to mindbodygreen.com Histamine is a chemical involved in your […]
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but can you judge a wine by its label? Not really, but Gut Oggau, which is produced by Eduard Tscheppe & Stephanie Tscheppe Eselböck by Lake Neusiedl in Austria’s Burgenland province, possibly comes closest to making this true. Before starting the winery, Eduard made conventional wine with his […]
Bank holidays take their name from the fact that banks, government offices and most businesses are closed on these days with this in mind, we are never closed!! As a general rule of thumb, Pull The Cork is never closed, It’s the humans behind it that need a short break as I am sure you will […]
Can vineyards be an indicator of climate change? The climate has a notable effect on wine, shaping the character of the wine through the grapes. While the wine industry isn’t a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (around 0.1 per cent of global carbon emissions) with the rising temperatures, the impact of the climate and […]
Easter Weekend Discount Codes Happy Easter & Long Weekend! For a bit of fun, we’re running a little Easter Egg Hunt of our own this weekend. It’s no Hampton Court Palace Easter Egg Hunt, and unfortunately there are no Lindt gold bunnies but we’ve hidden ten ‘easter eggs’ (aka. discounted products) on the single bottles page on the […]
With the Easter weekend nearly upon us, and the Easter bunnies coming out to play, we would like to make sure you have enough wine for the long weekend. Below are our Easter opening hours for the bank holiday weekend. As a general rule of thumb, Pull The Cork is never closed, It’s the humans […]
For 364 days of the year, great wine is not something to be messed around with. On April 1st, however, I think playing a little trick involving wine is very much on the cards. After all, the horror that hits the victim’s face will provide a classic moment. And besides, the results are only temporary. […]
The Catalans love confusing us, and I often get caught out, asking myself how on earth, why an earth!? For those of you that are like me and get confused on wording quite often, this explanatory blog will hopefully help you out. Recently I have been trying a lot of new (to PTC) wines and […]
Elisabetta Foradori – Serious Natural Wines From Italy’s Trentino Near San Michele all’Adige, on the right bank of the Adige River, a wide plain unfolds beneath the mountains: its name is Campo Rotaliano. This is where the Teroldego, one of the country’s best grapes, thrives. It is no coincidence that this striking landscape marks the […]
Sitting in a classroom sipping wine and reading from a textbook only teaches you one dimension of the wine industry. So we’ve gone out and spoken to a few like-minded wine professionals about their thoughts on the pros and cons of learning from a textbook & teacher – in a classroom, rather than being out […]
When we think of the name Steve Jobs, we can’t help but think of what the man brought not only to Apple but the entire digital device industry. It’s a name synonymous with not only innovation and creativity but also an understanding of what the customers want that blew the competition out of the water. […]
Mother’s Day is just around the corner! And for many sons and daughters, the question of what to buy mother dearest on this important occasion weighs heavy on their minds. What, after all, does one get the woman who has everything? “A nice bottle of wine!” your musing mind may suggest… But all-too-often we shout […]
Going green: How we’re making Pull The Cork eco-friendly in 2019?? From gloomy news on CO2 emissions, through to the rise of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the message is getting clearer by the day: if we’re going to ‘save the planet’, then now’s most definitely the time to change our ways, and create more energy […]