News
2012
February
Portfolio Tasting - 27th February
On Monday the 27th of February we will be hosting our Portfolio Tasting with suppliers from all over the world jetting in to showcase their wines. With some suppliers coming in from as far afield as South Africa, there will be some old favourites and new treats for you to taste and you can meet the exceptional wine makers who produce these wines.This event is being held in our brand new offices/ warehouse ideally situated by Hillington West train station, making there no excuses for you to bring the car........
Doors will be open from 3pm - 5pm.
Please RSVP by either email enquiries@alexander-wines.co.uk or call our office on 0141 882 0039.
January
Chateauneuf-du-Pape wins award
We were really pleased to see that Decanter had awarded 4 out of 5 stars to the 2009 Vieilles Vignes Chateauneuf-du-Pape from Domaine de la Janasse. This winery consistently produces top class wines and even in the hot summer of 2009 they managed to produce this exquiste wine. Full of subtle juicy fruit and balanced with cedar and spice this wine is perfect for drinking now.£875.88 a case (please note only sold by the case)
Happy New Year
We would like to wish all our customers a Happy New Year from the Alexander Wines team. If you haven't come up with a new years resolution yet you could try new and exciting wines from our portfolio. There is a selection on our home page - 'New Years Wine' which is a showcase of wines you may not have come across before. A perfect excuse to try something different.December
Office and Warehouse Festive Opening Hours
Please click on this link to view our Festive Operating hours. Please be advised that typical Scottish winter weather may cause disruptions over the Festive season and operating hours may change.
November
Movember Update
Check out our boys and their moustaches.......................
From left to right - Paul Graham (Logistics and Operations Manager), Gavin White (Ayrshire Sales) and Stevie Morrow (Deliveries)
Festive Tasting evening
We would like to thank all all those who attended our Festive tasting evening and made the event such a success. We were very pleased to showcase our tasting room along with all our selected wines. Everyone seemed to enjoy them!We will keep you posted of any further tasting events we may be having in the future - sign up to our newsletter to receive notifications of events.
Movember
Paul from the office has decided to join in with men across the country to grow a moustache in awareness for mens health in the month of November. He is not allowed to shave his moustache all month and we are hoping that he will be able to give Magnum P.I a run for his money in the 'tache stakes!! If you would to donate to his mens health charities please click here.We will be uploading pictures of his progress so watch this space.............
October
Gold Award for South African stunner
Well those clever wine makers at Simonsig have done it again - struck GOLD. Their Redhill Pinotage 2008 has just been awarded Gold in the Veritas Awards 2011. This is a fantastic wine to pair with rare beef and juicy venison, just the type of thing you want to enjoy on these colder dark nights.Dont miss out on this award-winning South African winner £15.25 a bottle.
September
Support to Design Collective Scotland
Alexander Wines and Laurent Perrier were proud to be sponsors of the Design Collective Scotland exhibition in the Merchant city at the beginning of the month. Comprising four of Scotland's leading emerging contemporary designers, Design Collective Scotland aims to showcase the finest cutting edge fashion talent. Whilst aesthetics explored by each brand are diverse; collectively, each brand shares high-end, contemporary vision and principles. The harmonious balance of talent, specialism and outlook coalesces to form an incredibly strong platform for a successful collaborative showcase.As an entrepeneur who started at a young age himself, Fraser Alexander could empathise with the collective and was glad to be able to help out in any way he could. We wish the collective the best of luck in all thier ventures, including their showcase at the London Fashion Week (16-20 September 2011).
The Design Collective above (from left to right) Iona Crawford, Di Gilpin, Marc Ross and Emily Lamb.
August
Alexander Wines is 30 years old!!!!
Having been inspired by a summer of grape picking in Germany, Fraser Alexander started selling wine to Glasgow restaurants from the back of an old truck in the summer of 1981. Since that day it is amazing to think that the company has grown to have 12 full time employees, 3 vans and now sells wine the length and breadth of the country.To celebrate this historic marking in the journey of Alexander Wines we will be sailing to the Isle of Arran for a staff day out. The office and warehouse will be closed on this day (Friday 26th August) to allow the staff to celebrate with Fraser.
The BIG Move
Well we have been waiting and the big move is happening. We will be relocating on Friday 19th August to our brand spanking new offices situated within our brand new warehouse. The whole team will be under one roof; Warehouse staff, Sales team and Ofiice team. We will have the same telephone and fax numbers if you need to contact us, and our email is still the same too.We will let you know when we will be having our first wine tasting evening in our brand new tasting suite, and as we are situated right by Hillington West train station leave the car at home, this is a bigger excuse to try lots of wine.
Our new address is :-
2 Buccleuch Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4NR
Windows to the World
Here is a picture of the workmen installing our windows into our new office! We're looking forward to hopefully having some of this sunshine beating down on us whilst we deal with all your wine orders. Not long now guys - we hope to be relocating in 2 weeks time.We will notify online when we have officially moved.
Until then we will still be at our office at Deanside Road if you need to contact us.
Lord Sugar and Piers meet over a bottle of 'Capitel de Roari'
When watching tv last week, most of us would have been focusing on whether Piers Morgan was going to ask some ridiculous question and looking forward to the answer that Lord Sugar would give on 'When Piers met Lord Sugar'. Along with this, however, Frasers observations noticed something more exciting!!! A bottle of Capitel de Roari on the table in the restaurant they were dining at in America. Alexander Wines has been suppling this wine for many years to bars and restaurants across Scotland, so seeing it on Lord Sugars table was a sure sign of how great this wine is. He does afterall make some rather good decisions.We have this wine for you to enjoy also - A well-balanced Amarone that still exhibits much of the dark fruit flavours, earth and meaty components expected of this DOC. Aromas of black cherry and prunes joined by beefy and earthy aromas. Moves along the palate nicely with a mix of dark and dried fruit with some meatiness on the finish. Elegant but exhibiting good concentration. You will not find many wines at this price and quality.
£17.91 a bottle
July
German Riesling Week
The week of 23rd July - 31st July has been announced as German Riesling week. One of our favourite wines - Domdechant Werner Hochhiemer Riesling hails from Germany and comes from the Rheigau Region. Here the vines are grown beside the river Rhein on the slopes of the hills where sunshine and a cool climate result in high quality grapes. If you have never tried a German Riesling this is a great one to introduce you to this fabulous variety. This is an elegant, crsip wine with flavours of ripe apples, peach and apricot but balanced with a citrus zing and subtle mineral notes.£11.15 a bottle
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July Newsletter
If you haven't signed up to our newsletter on the home page yet here is what you missed out on. Sign up to the link on our homepage so you can receive information about offers and new wines we have in the future, and be the first to try them.Silver ware for Austrian
Another week, another award for one of our wines. This time a delight from Austria - Gruner Veltliner by Hoepler. Awarded Silver by the IWC 2010. The Austrian national grape, Gruner Veltliner, is marked by its primary rock character, a light green tinge, yellow apple scents, and spicy hay flavours supported by minerals. A sure award winning combination as displayed by this wine.
£9.15 a bottle
New offices
The new offices are scheduled to be finished mid August - with the office team hopefully moving in then. This will be the first time the whole team has been under one roof, with the Warehouse and Offices together. We are very excited about the move and will keep you updated with the progress.Pedal Power
The Warehouse boys will soon be the fittest Warehouse team in Scotland after Fraser invested in these bikes for the team to get to and from work. Each team member will cycle an average of 100 miles a week!!
June
Anakena ONA Red 2008 - 91 points from Wine Enthusiast
We were not surprised when we had learned that the Anakena Ona Red 2008 vintage had scored so highly by Wine Enthusiast. Described as 'Big and earthy, with char, savoury spice and black fruit aromas. The palate is full and bold with ripe tannins and delicious flavours of herbs, baked berry, integrated spice and leather. Smooth, long and muscular: made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere and Syrah - 91 ponts'£10.15 a bottle
Staff start WSET Diploma
Fiona in Accounts and Gavin in Sales, have started working towards their Diploma from WSET, with their first exam already under their belt at the beginning of June. We wish them both the best of luck in their studying and are sure they will both do well.
New Rose to kick start the summer£8.50 a bottle
May
New WheelsCheck out our new fleet of super shiny vans, ready and waiting to deliver lots of tasty wine to you.
Give our drivers a wave if you see them out on the road!!
April
Laurent Perrier Trip
On April 13th Fraser Alexander, Kirsty McKenna and a few managers from some of our accounts went to Champagne and visited the Laurent Perrier House. Here they were treated to a tour of the estate, tasted the range of Champagnes and learned all about the Laurent Perrier production.