Wine & War
Montreuil-sur-Mer is well-known to members of The Wine Society who have ventured across the Channel to pick up their favourite wines at favourable French rates of duty and discovered the many delights...
View ArticleVia Montreuil? Like fish?
If you are travelling via The Wine Society’s French Showroom in Montreuil and enjoy good seafood, Etaples would make a great detour. We first discovered it following a fruitless search for a good...
View ArticleThe Wines of Burgundy at Le Clos des Capucins, Montreuil
This was the first time that we’d been back to Le Clos des Capucins since husband and wife team Guillaume and Isabelle Duvivier had taken it on so we were quite intrigued to see what it would be like....
View ArticlePioneering Spirit: 20 Years of The Society in France
20 years ago The Wine Society was a pioneer, opening a French collection point for its members on the very day that the EU relaxed its trade barriers. Raising the flag in France, 1993We were the first...
View ArticleAnniversary Tales: sharing memories of The Society in France
Memories of the Tee & Taste eventThis year marks the 20th anniversary of a Wine Society presence in the north of France. From a collection point at the Ryssen distillery, to our own shop in the...
View ArticleMontreuil Gems: Les Misérables & Froggy’s Tavern
The weekend before last saw an intrepid band of Wine Society members make their way over to Montreuil-Sur-Mer for an evening of Provencal food and wine, and a son et lumière (‘sound and light’)...
View ArticleAn Invitation to Montreuil
Hôtel HermitageWould you like to come for a buffet lunch and walk-around tasting at the Hôtel Hermitage next to our French showroom in Montreuil-sur-Mer? If you are travelling to or from France on...
View ArticleCycling From Stevenage To Montreuil
As you may already be aware, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of The Wine Society’s move from London to Stevenage. To mark this occasion, The Society is hosting an anniversary fair on the 13th June,...
View ArticleMontreuil and Henry V
Members who attended The Society’s lunch at Montreuil on 5th September were also guests of the local history group – Memoires de Conflits en Montreuillois. Together with French and British residents,...
View ArticleMaking The Most Of Montreuil: Our Team’s Tips
Our French colleagues at The Society’s showroom in Montreuil-sur-Mer tell us that as well as advising on wine, they are also frequently asked by our members for recommendations of places to visit in...
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