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WINE MERCHANTS
SUMMER 2022
• Pick ‘n’ Mix
• Wines of Portugal
• What’s New
• Summer Savings
• Summer Selection Boxes
• Wine Events
• Wine Courses
Welcome! Pick ‘n’ Mix - 2 for £15
Perfect for stocking up your wine rack, BBQs, picnics, gathering with friends or a mid-week
pick-me-up!
Welcome to the summer edition.
Life still has its challenges, but we are positively moving forward and by the time you read
this we will have run our Spring Tasting and put on a number of events, which will continue
to increase. All of us at Amps wish you a safe and wonderful summer and we look forward to
welcoming you to our shops and to our events. Mucho Mas Sauvignon Pasquiers Rosé 2021, Bellefontaine Merlot
Blanc 2021, Chile France 2020, France
Grenache, £8.25 £8.50
Philip Amps. Sauvignon
£8.75 Cinsault 2 for
Merlot
Blanc 2 for
2 for This pale rosé is £15 An easy choice for £15
Mucho value, mucho £15
beautifully blended any red wine drinker
taste! Crisp and
and bursting with – rich, vibrant and
refreshing, drenched
red berry fruit moreish with soft
in lime zest, lemon
flavours. plummy flavours
and kiwi fruit
flavours. A variety of and a juicy finish.
pasta salads
Quaff with fish or grilled Try with
& chips. chicken. mushroom
risotto.
13% 14% 14%
Karu Chardonnay Alasia Brachetto Terra Boa Old Vine
HOW TO SHOP WITH US 2021, Chile d’Acqui 2021, Italy Tinto 2019, Portugal
Tinta Roriz, Touriga
IN STORE: Covid-safe stores at Oundle Market Place and Oundle Wharf. (Address and Chardonnay £8.75 Brachetto
Nacional, Cabernet
opening times on the back cover of this brochure). FREE parking at both stores. 2 for
A top selling £15 A fragrant and £8.95 Sauvignon
BY PHONE: Chat with us and we can recommend wines that you’ll enjoy. Chardonnay seductive, sweet, 2£15 for £8.50
Oundle Market Place: 01832 273502 | Oundle Wharf: 01832 279164 A good example 2 for
because it’s lightly fizzy and of well-priced
ONLINE: You’ll find all our products, offers and more on our website. £15
unoaked, crisp and low alcohol rosé. Portuguese
www.ampswinemerchants.co.uk juicy. Great tropical Delicious strawberry wine, packed
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT: Meet one of the team to help you choose. You can book an flavours of pineapple and raspberry fruit with spiced,
appointment in either store at any time that we’re open. and passionfruit with flavours. It’s such juicy red and
a tasty citrus finish. fun to drink! black fruits.
Collection
Free collection on all orders from our Oundle Market Place store. Great with Gorgeous Bangers &
all kinds of with a fresh mash or
Delivery seafood fruit salad or barbecued
FREE delivery on all orders over £100 anywhere in the UK. delights. Eton mess. meats.
£5 delivery on local (*see website) orders under £100.
£7.50 delivery on nationwide orders under £100. 13.5% 5.5% 13%
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Ramilo Colheita
Tinto 2019 RRP £16.95
Wines of Portugal Festival Now
Friday 24th June Castelão, Touriga £12.50
Details – page 12 Nacional, Aragonez Save £4.45
Casa Relvas Ciconia
Tinto 2020 This wine is made by the
We’re spreading the word about the quality and character of Portuguese wines this summer. Touriga Nacional, traditional foot-trodden
method. Touriga Nacional
Portugal has a long winemaking history and most of its wines are still made from traditional, local
varieties, most of which are found nowhere else in the world. The resulting wines are different,
Syrah, Aragonez £11.50 and Aragonez provide
with unique flavours, so discover something new with us this summer! A hugely likeable red that beautifully ripe, dark berry
constantly picks up gongs fruit, but it’s the Castelão
for brilliant value for that brings this wine to
money. Juicy soft black life by adding freshness,
Vila Nova Vinho Verde 2021
forest fruit with a little bright cherry and a
Loureiro, Avesso, Arinto
£9.85 hint of raisins and mocha. savoury edge. Overall, a
really great wine to drink.
Mediterranean pasta
Delicious flavours of ripe melon and sherbet lemon. The finish is refreshing dishes. Rich cheeses or
with a classic spritz. grilled steak.
13.5%
Great as an aperitif - or serve with salads and grilled fish. 11.5% 13%
A pair of stunning value and charming wines Terra Boa Old Vine
from acclaimed producer, Cartuxa based in Tinto 2019 £8.50
Alentejo. Tinta Roriz, Touriga or 2 for
Nacional, Cabernet £15
Save £2
Sauvignon
Cartuxa Geno Cartuxa Geno A good example of well- Sivipa Moscatel de
Branco 2020 Tinto 2019 priced Portuguese wine.
Antao Vaz, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Aromas of ripe bramble
Setubal 2017
£16.50
Moscatel de Setubal
Roupeiro, Arinto Alicante Bouschet, Syrah fruit, plum and a touch of
spice then generous fresh
Bursting with juicy Rich and fruity red with A classic and delicious
red cherry and blackberry
tropical and exotic fruit oodles of raspberry fruit dessert wine. There’s dried
fruit, all rounded off with
and a refreshing streak of and peppery spice. The fruit, caramel, spices and
a spiced, juicy finish.
lime… a glorious slice of colourful label tells you citrus orange peel. Intensely
Portuguese sunshine! how fun this wine is. Serve with sweet marmalade flavours
bangers & mash or but also fresh as a daisy.
Light salads or Barbecued barbecued meats.
chicken RRP £9.99 pork. RRP £9.99
Delightful paired with
dishes.
Now Now fruity, citrus puddings.
13% £7.99 13.5% £7.99 13%
17%
Save £2 Save £2
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The Scoop on
Nick Pentz, owner of Groote Post in South Africa, stopped by to see us last month and introduce
their latest vintages… we visited their Darling Hills family estate in 2008 and have been fans/
stockists of their wines ever since!
What’s New Groote Post
Groote Post The Old Man’s
Blend 2020, South Africa
We’ve been busy sniffing out lots of fresh new wines, so we’ve rounded Merlot, Cabernet
up a selection for this season.
Seasalter Sauvignon, Shiraz
2021, South
Africa Fondly named in honour of
Nick’s dad, this is a down to
Maison Jaffelin Cremant de Sauvignon earth, fruit driven and easy
Check out Bourgogne Brut Blanc de Blanc,
the range going red blend. Soft sweet
online or Blancs NV, France Semillon red fruits like cherries and
instore RRP £18.50
raspberries, then a long and
Chardonnay, Aligote
Now This new vintage is so DELICIOUS that we
had to include it! A blend of 90% Sauvignon smooth finish to round it all
We had been searching for £15.50 Blanc, the refreshing and fruity grape most off. A good father’s day gift
Save £3
a Cremant from Burgundy of us know so well and love, with 10% too!
for a while and this ticked all Semillon added to give a bit of richness
of our boxes. Fresh and lively Red meats
and weight. Captivating citrus, stone fruits
with that sublime freshly baked from the
and sea-breeze aromas. Layers of gorgeous BBQ.
brioche scent and plenty of
citrus flavour. It’s so good that
creamy lemon and green apple flavours. £10.99
White meat or fish in
we’re shipping it over from 14% 14%
a creamy sauce.
France en mass!
12% Sa Raja, a new project established in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, is one of the island’s
most exciting new producers. This pair of wines certainly wowed us!
Sa Raja Cannonau 2020, Sardinia
Domaine Michel Redde
Petit F Pouilly Fumé Cannonau aka Grenache
The Newt Cyder Range,
Somerset 2020, France Cannonau is the most
Sa Raja Vermentino widely planted red variety in
At The Newt they don’t sip cyder at Sauvignon Blanc
£23.95 2021, Sardinia £15.99 Sardinia. This example has
breakfast as farm folk in Somerset used Classic, sophisticated Vermentino lots going on… perfumed
£15.99
to, but they do enjoy a fruity tipple. An Sauvignon Blanc from the
Lots of complexity, texture with bramble and blueberry
award winning producer that champions Loire Valley. Fresh and lively
and finesse. Delicate floral and fruit then a taste of ripe
modern cyder making techniques with a with typical mineral aromas,
ripe citrus fruit aromas, light in berries and warm earthy
nod to their West Country roots, and a fresh green apple, lime,
body, fresh lemony character, notes, soft tannins and a
passion for the magic and mystery that gooseberry and wet stone with
a hint of stone fruit and a salty delicate savoury finish.
turns apples into golden nectar. You’ll smoky, flinty hint.
find a range of five different cyders on edge on the finish. The perfect roast dinner
Asparagus or a goats wine, or enjoy with a
our shelves and instore, including their cheese tart. Simple pasta dressed
traditional single varietal, unique rosé with olive oil, garlic classic ratatouille.
and even ice cyder. 14.5% and lemon zest. 13% 13%
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Summer
Savings RRP £18.99
Some sizzling hot deals to set you up for Now
summer! £14.99
AIX Provence Rosé 2021, France Save £4
BO
Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah T TLES
Capparone Passerina Waterkloof Seriously
A pale rosé that made us all go: “wow”. Maybe because it makes you believe
U
AGN M
2020, Italy Cool Chenin Blanc 2021,
you’re sat on the beach with the sand between your toes! Summer in a glass,
South Africa
M
RRP £37.99
Passerina strawberries, watermelon and floral aromas with a crisp and crunchy red
S
Was £10.75
Chenin Blanc
Was £12.50
Now berry medley on the palate. Now
A fresh and lightly floral Now £28
white with zesty citrus fruit £8.99 Seriously cool, seriously good! £9.99 Excellent with salmon, salads, tapas or cold cuts. 13% Save £9.99
made from an indigenous Save £1.76 Aromas of stone fruits, lime Save £2.51
grape variety… you might not and elegant floral notes, ripe
have heard of it before but fruit flavours, a hint of honey
it’ll be your new favourite this and a crisp finish.
summer as it’s so refreshing!
Great with seafood,
This wine was made for pasta, salads, chicken...
fish, BBQ some sardines give it a go with just
for a tasty pairing. about anything!
13% 14% £9.99
Pellegrino Was £12.50 Victoria Park Buy 6
Tareni Frappato Now Shiraz 2019, pay £8.99
2020, Italy £9.99 Australia each
Esk Valley Albarino Cline Cellars Viognier Save £2.51
Save £6
2021, New Zealand 2020, USA Frappato Shiraz
Was £15.50
Albarino Now Viognier Was £15.99
This is Italy’s answer to
This is just the ticket
£11.95 This Viognier is a beauty and Now Beaujolais; a light, fruity,
summer sipping red.
for an easy drinking
Could Albarino be the next
big thing from New Zealand?
Save £3.55
always stands out in a tasting £12.99 Spicy black plum and
summer red. It’s full of
line up! Wonderfully fragrant Save £3 fresh plum fruit and
We certainly think so, this red cherry aromas. The
and rich in pineapple, peach subtle vanilla oak, it’s
is delicious! Classic varietal flavours are incredibly
and apricot flavours, wrapped not too heavy either.
notes of lime, peach and an bright, juicy and
up in a vanilla coating. delicious, with a soft Grab a hot dog,
assortment of tropical fruits.
kick back, relax
This has got summer slurping It would work well with mouthfeel.
and enjoy.
written all over it. barbecued chicken or The perfect
anything slightly spicy. pairing with pizza
A cracking combo and friends.
with any kind of
seafood. 14% 14.5% 13.5% 13.5%
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More Summer Selection Boxes
Summer Cline Cellars Zinfandel
The Summer Twelve
Savings 2019, USA 12 bottle mix of great value, easy drinking wines perfect for summer get-togethers.
Zinfandel
Now
Was £15.25
Classic Californian Zin. Now
Wakefield Estate Promised
Land Cabernet/Merlot 2017, Always a winner. Just the £11.99
Save £3.26
£90
right amount of toasty RRP £106.75
Australia Was £12.99 vanilla character to balance Save £16.75
Cabernet Sauvignon, Now the ripe and luscious
Merlot £9.99 raspberry & black cherry
Save £3
Easy drinking, a super smooth fruit that makes this beauty
and fleshy red that delivers big and bold.
ripe flavours of plums, red Fire up the BBQ and get
berries, subtle chocolate and some burgers sizzling!
liquorice.
14.5%
Tried & tested with
lasagne, verdict: spot
on! Esk Valley Syrah 2019, White & rosé only or red option available – you will receive pairs instead.
13.5% New Zealand
RRP £19.95
Syrah Now The Ultimate Summer Case
Soft, spicy and fruity
£14.95 12 bottle mixed selection of seasonal highlights, which show what it’s all about to be an
independent wine merchant. The case is packaged with comprehensive details about each wine,
Vidal Fleury GSM 2020, Save £5
including tasting notes and food pairing suggestions.
France Syrah from Hawkes Bay.
Grenache, Syrah,
RRP £13.50
Now
Seductive red berry Now
Mourvedre
£10.95
jam scent, generous
raspberry flavour with £150
A Rhone Valley blend of the Save £2.55 undertones of wood RRP £167.19
region’s most popular grape spice and pepper, Save £16.72
varieties. There’s a lot of plenty of elegance and
elegance, complexity and length. Delicious as a
more importantly, drinkability young wine, it will also
in this wine! Strawberry, reward cellaring.
damson and savoury spice
aromas with soft and ripe Delicious with
black fruit, more spice and a lamb – barbecued,
juicy finish. slow cooked or
roasted.
A solid pairing 13.5%
14%
with beef dishes. White & rosé only or red option available – you will receive pairs instead.
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EVENTS O’Donnell Moonshine
Instore Tasting AUG
13
Why not give a wine experience as a gift? Just the thing for any wine lover! And whilst you’re at it, Date: Saturday 13th August
get yourself a ticket too. Since we restarted our events, tickets have been selling out fast, so get these Venue: Amps Wine Merchants, 6 Market Place,
dates in your diary now. Oundle, PE8 4BQ
Time: 9am-5pm
Firepit Evening with JUNE Wines of Portugal Great JUNE Cost: FREE
Quinta de la Rosa 17 Festival Value 24
> Your chance to sample O’Donnell Moonshine…
Date: Friday 24th June as seen on Dragon’s Den! Moonshine is a quirky
Venue: Amps Wine Merchants, 6 Market Place, drinking experience… grain-based, flavoured spirits
Oundle, PE8 4BQ packaged in stylish mason jars, with stories of the
Time: From 6pm onwards (an informal evening) US prohibition era printed on the back.
Cost: £15 per person > Entrepreneur & CEO, Max Ruether, will be instore
to tell us all about Moonshine and pouring samples
> A fun, outdoor summer evening with great of the range, so come along and taste the different
wine, great food & great company! flavours.
> We’re spreading the word about the quality
and character of Portuguese wines this
summer, but you don’t have to just take our
word for it… come and taste the wines for
Wine & Cheese
Date: Friday 17th June yourself! This will be a relaxed, walk around
and fun summer evening sampling a diverse
Evening SEPT
Venue: Amps Wine Merchants, 6 Market
Place, Oundle, PE8 4BQ
array of wines grown in various regions using
local grapes, most of which are found nowhere
16
Time: From 6.30pm onwards (an informal else in the world. We’ll have experts on hand Date: Friday 16th September
evening) sharing their love for Portuguese wine and
telling you all about the wines. Venue: Online event via Zoom
Cost: £15 per person Time: 7pm-8.30pm
> We’ve asked local chefs, Stanley Street Eats, to
come along and serve some typical Portuguese Cost: £90
> Join us for a relaxed evening around cuisine for us. We’ve chosen Bacalhau a Bras,
the firepit in the company of Kit a traditional salt cod dish with poached fish,
Weaver from Quinta de la Rosa, a well- potatoes, asparagus, black olives and parsley.
respected family run winery producing For a sweet treat to round off the evening, > The Amps team and charismatic world cheese judge Perry Wakeman from Cambridge cheese
wines and ports, situated on the river we’ve sourced some authentic Pastéis de company Rennet & Rind, are joining forces once again to bring you a fun night in!
Douro in Portugal. Kit, the owner’s Nata, traditional Portuguese custard tarts,
from a local Portuguese family. > Invite your best friends as each tasting kit is perfect for up to four people – three excellent
eldest son, will share his family story bottles of wine matched to five fabulous artisan English cheeses. The wines will include a
and tell us about their multi award > Your ticket includes all tasting samples, a dish white wine, a red wine and a sweet wine. Your cheese will come with a box of crackers and
winning range. of food & sweet treat, a glass of wine and comprehensive notes including full descriptions and how to present them. There will be
entry into a prize draw. plenty of cheese and wine, so you will be able enjoy it beyond the tasting throughout the
> A selection of wines and ports will be
open for you to sample throughout the weekend if you choose not to share!
evening. The firepit in our courtyard will > Please note that sales for this event will close on Friday 9th September, to give time to
Book a ticket for this event and you’ll be entered
be lit, from which we’ll serve a choice arrange the cheese.
into a prize draw to WIN a 6 bottle case of
of either venison or sardines, with an
Portuguese wine on the night.
accompanying glass of white or red.
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Chilled Friday Wine Roadshows - WSET Wine Courses
Evenings Host Your Own
> Do you love wine but wish you knew more about it? Join one of our WSET wine courses. We are
an approved education centre with two passionate wine educators, who will help you gain an
internationally recognised qualification.
WSET Level 1
Dates:
Monday 5th September, 6.30pm - 9.30pm (Session 1) +
Monday 12th September, 6.30pm - 9.30pm (Session 2)
Venue: Amps Wine Merchants, 6 Market Place,
Oundle, PE8 4BQ
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
> As normality returns we are going to re- If you’re looking to raise funds for a good cause
start our themed Friday evening tastings, or simply fancy a get together with friends, Cost: £170
using our wood fired oven and brand family or colleagues, then co-hosting a fun
new fire pit (weather permitting). So evening of wine tasting with us could be for £170 > Learn the basics of food & wine matching, the
watch your email inbox and follow us on you. main grape varieties and storing/serving of
social media for announcements once we wine.
see if the weather forecast allows us to > We come to your licenced venue (i.e.
run an outdoor event! You will have the village hall, school etc) armed with a
opportunity to taste some wines, then sit selection of wines to taste.
and drink them in our courtyard and order
food. What could be a better way to spend
> Our wine roadshows are relaxed, walk
around events with a member of the Amps
WSET Level 2
your Friday evening? team on hand to pour and chat about the
wines. Dates:
> We charge you £5 per person for a Tuesday 20th September (Session 1) +
minimum of 25 attendees. (Please note Tuesday 27th September (Session 2) +
that we do not run roadshows for less than Tuesday 4th October (Session 3)
25 people). Venue: The Falcon Inn, Fotheringhay, PE8 5HZ
> You set your own ticket price and sell the Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
tickets to make profit for your charity. We Cost: £400
will donate 10% of the sales on the night
to your fundraising pot, enabling you to
raise more money. > Gain confidence choosing wine by
understanding the styles behind the labels
We also offer tutored tastings with a member through a greater depth of knowledge.
of the team talking in depth about a small
selection of wines to a room of seated guests, £400
which lasts around 1.5 hours. The price for this
is dependent on the wines shown. Please ask us
for a quotation if this is something you would
be interested in. Upon successful completion you will
receive a WSET certificate and lapel pin.
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WHERE TO FIND US
Address: Amps Wine Merchants Address: Amps Wine Merchants
6 Market Place Oundle Wharf,
Oundle, PE8 4BQ Oundle, PE8 4DE
Telephone: 01832 273502 Telephone: 01832 279164
OPENING HOURS OPENING HOURS
Monday – Friday: 9am - 6pm Tuesday – Friday: 9am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Free parking for customers at both stores
% ABV Vegetarian
Vegan Organic
ampswinemerchants
ampswinemerchants
www.ampswinemerchants.co.uk
Offers valid from 1st June 2022 - 31st August 2022, subject to availability.
Vintages may vary from those advertised.
All information included in the brochure is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication.
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