Welcome to Connolly's Blog

March 18, 2010

Welcome to the all new Connolly’s blog. We thought we would venture into cyberspace and start blogging about goings on at Connolly’s and in the wine world.

We are still finding our feet a bit here so do bear with us. The intention is to blog about winemakers we have visited or who have visited us and to keep you up do date with vintage reports and other wine world news.

If you find a story that you think may be of interest to us then do not hesitate to let us know by emailing sarah@connollyswine.co.uk.

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Tasting Sessions- Italian Masterclass Offer

September 04, 2024

You really should have been there………………

There are tastings and then there are tastings and last month we served up the most phenomenal Italian Masterclass in the company of Michael Palij, Master of Wine, who steered us through some of his most recent discoveries (notably a Sardinian quartet which provided all the evidence you need of the revolution taking place in the island’s vineyards and cellars).

Tastings - The Guest Sessions

May 01, 2024

April's arrival heralds a spring of sporting heroics from Arch 13/Connollys ...................... Alternative title: Oh blimey, s*** just started to get real

March 29, 2023

Recent visitors to the Arch 13/Connolly’s emporium may have chanced upon a frankly ridiculous poster which could lead you to question the sanity of certain members of the team.

The Half Bottle – it’s a thing of beauty

March 14, 2023

Years ago, before very clever folk started coming up with all manner of means to keep open bottles of wine (reasonably) fresh, half bottles of wine were a thing. Growers would routinely bottle a modest proportion of their harvest into half bottles and restaurants in particular, would carry them, largely for the benefit of solo diners