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Slurp Expands Fine Wine Range
The UK’s fastest growing online wine retailer has made a decisive move into the fine wine market, with a significant expansion of its super premium portfolio. In recent days Slurp has begun listing a number of iconic Old and New World wines. The rationale is that such products – made as they are with loving care and attention to detail – fit very well with Slurp’s ethos of promoting non mass produced, supermarket style wines. Yes these wines are expensive, but they are also hand made by genuine wine craftsmen (and women).
Our recent additions include wines by the iconic…...
Wine Reviews and WishLists Rolled Out on Slurp.co.uk
Today we rolled out some important new functionality to enable Slurpers to add their own Wine Reviews and to save favourite or target wines to personal WishLists. The Reviews can be either public or anonymous and we believe that they will help deepen and broaden the Slurping community. WishLists are increasingly important as we approach 2,000 different wines available on Slurp. No one can be expected to remember each and every one of them, and hence it is important for our customers to be able to keep track of what they like on Slurp.co.uk. Both these developments are just…...
Three Amazing Finds from Argentina
At the London International Wine Fair last week we tasted our way through an absurd amount of wine. But the blackened teeth and furry mouth were well worth it for some of the gems we uncovered. The first producer we want to share with you is Finca Decero from Mendoza in Argentina. We were seriously impressed by the quality of these wines for the price we are able to sell them at.About Finca DeceroFinca Decero, once a bare patch of soil in the Argentine foothills of the Andes, is now a one-of-a kind vineyard, where each vine is nurtured…...
Slurp Embraces the Austrian Wine Revolution.
Today Slurp.co.uk, the UK’s fastest growing online wine retailer, announced a major expansion in its Austrian wine portfolio. Almost 120 new Austrian wines have joined our range and are available for purchase from today. These come almost exclusively from small producers, making non-factory farmed wines of genuine quality and distinction. We are thrilled because Austria is the centre of much exciting activity at the moment, much of which matches the Slurp philosophy perfectly. A number of young winemakers have established or taken over operations in the last decade and they are now pushing the boundaries of quality, integrity and experimentation.
Gerhard…...
Slurp Launches ‘Bin Ends’ Single Bottle Offer
In these straightened times it can be difficult to purchase six or twelve bottles at a time. In response to customer demand we have launched a new Bin Ends category of wines available (usually at a discounted price) by the single bottle. These are usually wines whose vintages have recently changed or have almost sold out due to popularity. They are all available in very limited quantity only, so don’t delay. Feel free to order as many or as few as you like.
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Slurp Sees Big Jump in Q1 Website Traffic
Slurp.co.uk today announced a very significant jump in Q1 2009 website traffic. Versus Q4 2008, which includes the extremely busy Christmas period, Slurp's unique visitors increased 68.9% quarter on quarter. Page impressions leapt by a similar amount (64.1%). Versus the same period a year ago, traffic has also risen dramatically. The increase in visitors has of course been accompanied by a similar increase in sales, as lovers of interesting wine are increasingly drawn to Slurp's combination of user friendly e-commerce and broad selection. In fact, expansion in our product range has been the main driver of the increase in interest. Because Slurp is search engine optimised, people searching…...
Update on Slurp Delivery Charges
We regret to have to announce that with immediate effect we will no longer be able to ship orders above £69.99 with no delivery charge. We have maintained this policy as long as we possibly could, but as fuel and other costs have spiralled out of control we simply sustain it any longer. The good news, however, is that we will not deviate from our standard £5.99 delivery charge regardless of the size of order. We believe that this is
a) fair to all Slurpers and b) quite competitive in the market place.
We are genuinely sorry to have to do this,…...
Jancis Robinson versus Robert Parker - a Slurp Taste Off!
Review note by Slurp fan Dr Jeremy Howard
The lack of consistency between wine critics can be both baffling and infuriating, and nowhere more so than with the leading US and UK critics Robert Parker and Jancis Robinson.
Given that much of the difference in how these critics score wine is down to their own personal palates, we thought that the only way to settle the argument of who was more reliable was to arrange a tasting of a few wines they gave very different scores to. We chose four French candidates for the exercise:
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What Do We Really Drink at Home?
One of the perks of running a wine company is the opportunity to taste wines from all over the world. But the most frequent question we get asked is simply – ‘so what would you recommend?’ But with 1,400 products now available through Slurp.co.uk, this is getting to be an almost impossible question to answer. But perhaps what we drink at home is the best guide to what we really think, so here are five Slurp wines I have had at home in the last ten days.
Fluteau Champagne Cuvee Reserve Brut NV – Slurp Price: £13.95I can’t stand over-paying…...
The Fine Wine Review - How Long Does White Burgundy Really Last?
Dr Jeremy Howard spends an evening in the company of the Wine and Dine Society and finds out just how long white burgundy really lasts.
Read more in the latest update to the Fine Wine Review... ...
‘Tasting the Diversity’ in Portugal
The ‘Wines of Portugal’ exhibition held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 10th March 2009 was a good opportunity for us to check how the less well known (in the UK anyway) half of the Iberian peninsula is shaping up. Based on this experience, the answer is ‘pretty well’. The event was organised by the efficient Vini Portugal which promotes Portuguese ports and wines across the world. Portugal is somewhat unusual in that good wine is produced in almost every corner of the country, from the hot and flat(er) coastal regions of the far south (Lagoa, Tavira etc.) all the way…...
The Fine Wine Review - A French Aristocrat and an Aussie Pretender
Slurp consultant Robin Haddock and our mutual friend Andrew joined me for a late afternoon match-up between an aristocratic Paulliac and one of Barossa Valley’s most famous exports.Read more in the latest update to the Fine Wine Review...
New Look for Slurp.co.uk
Today Slurp launched a new and much improved version of its website www.slurp.co.uk. The redesign was necessitated by the significant increase in products listed in 2009. The product listing pages have been streamlined and the search and navigation tools have been upgraded.
The new layout and design should allow for much better visibility of products, and for customers to get to what they are looking more easily. But this new version of slurp.co.uk is by no means the finished article, and a number of further innovations will be delivered over the next two months. (These are…...
The Fine Wine Review
There was no sign of a downturn in the fine wine market at the London Decanter Fine Encounter on February 21st 2009 at the Landmark hotel. The Slurp "delegation" were special guests...Read more in the latest update to the Fine Wine Review...
Slurp Launches Wedding Wine Service at London's Designer Wedding Show
Over the weekend of February 13-15th 2009 Slurp.co.uk launched its bespoke wedding wine service with an appearance at the prestigious Designer Wedding Show in London's Battersea Park. The event ran for three days and the Slurp stand was under siege for large parts of it from people keen to hear more about our unique offering.
Our presentation of four bespoke Wedding Wine Lists for different price points was a huge hit with brides and grooms to be. Slurp's hand-chosen 'Reserve', 'Premier' and 'Grand' wedding wine lists were popular with those looking for some guidance, and our 'Organic Excellence' list of…...
