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Picturedrome

Welcome to Picturedrome

How time flies! It’s been a month since Picturedrome in Macclesfield opened. It’s a bit surreal really. Since 2014 the team behind Altrincham Market House and Mackie Mayor in Manchester have been on a roll. Redefining the concept of community-led, independently-minded and -operated food and drink.

Tags: Macclesfield Site Opening Wine Bar

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Kate Goodman

How a reduction in UK wine duty would result in a win-win-win scenario for all involved

Reserve’s owner, Kate Goodman was interviewed by the Sunday Times last week about the vertiginous rise in the duty rates applicable to wine products over the last decade or two. 

Tags: business duty tax

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How to Buy Red Wine as a Gift

We all know how collectable red wine is, which makes a top quality bottle of red wine a fantastic gift. Whether you're looking to buy a bottle built to age or something that can be enjoyed as soon as it's unwrapped, a well-chosen wine won't disappoint. Who among us hasn't struggled at some point with trying to find the perfect gift?
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Wine Delivery is the Ultimate Convenience You Need in Your Life

As wine lovers, we drink wine for health as well as for enjoyment. A recent Finnish study has indicated that a glass or two of wine with a meal can have a wealth of health benefits. As if we needed another excuse to pop open a bottle. But let's be realistic. Life is hectic and remembering to pick up wine for the week can be a hassle.
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5 Tips for Successful Online Wine Shopping

The modern age affords us all sort of conveniences, not the least among them is being able to purchase life's necessities online. If I never have to stand in another queue at a shop, I'll be a very happy woman. See, I discovered the magic of online wine shopping back when I was studying for my sommelier exams.
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How to Put Together a Brilliant Wine Gift Box

When it comes to gift giving for the special people in your life, regardless of the occasion, you want to give them something uniquely suited to their tastes. Enter the wine gift box. Of course, if you're short on time you can always purchase a lovely pre-made one. But if you have the time to go that extra mile, put it together yourself.
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4 Ways to Learn more about Wine Online

If you're an avid wine drinker keen on expanding your knowledge of all things relating to the grape, the Internet is an invaluable resource. With an ever-growing number of wine publications, references, wine shops, and schools, the information is out there and available to the curious. When I first began to learn about wine, I bought every book I could get my hands on.
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"I Like to do Something Special on a Saturday Night"

The first wine I purchased and tasted , when I first began working with Reserve Wines in May 2016. And what a delight it is. The founder of this estate , Filippo Petrara,  was known locally as ‘Il Fatalone’ – which roughly translates as the “Heartbreaker”. This is still a family run winery by fifth generation owner Pasquale Petrara, in Puglia, the Southern heel of Italy.
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How To Taste Wine: Learn From My Mistakes

Wine is not like beer in that, most of the time, it is 3 to 4 times as potent. In a big wine tasting, wine is usually free to taste unlike beer which you pay for a drinking measure. For these reason, it is very easy to get carried away and miss out on a lot of stunners due to over-consumption in a short space of time.
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How to Fall in Love with Whisky

The Scotch Whisky Association reports that Whisky sales are shrinking in the UK, with producers increasingly looking to export markets. Meanwhile, American Whiskey imports are increasing. Are we falling out of love with Scotch?
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Matching Food & Wine The Right Way

If there’s one aspect of wine which many people view with the same trepidation as a minefield, it’s matching it with food.  There’s an impression that it’s an incredibly complicated art that is best left to sommeliers in fine restaurants (or so they’d like you to believe) but...
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 Cheese & Wine Pairing Made Simple

Wine and cheese. Sounds simple, no? But with about as many styles of cheese as there are wine, it would be ridiculous to assume that they all went together. Quite the opposite. We held a tasting to find what we thought was best, but ultimately there are no right and wrongs.
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How To Confidently Choose Great Wine In A Restaurant

I love sitting down in a restaurant and being handed a lovely leather bound folder full of interesting wines to choose from (my wife gets very bored!), but I also know restaurant lists can be confusing, pricey and a little daunting.  Well, it's time I tried to de-mystify the experience!
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