Palate Bottle Shop in Shoreham, UK.
There are people in the world who always bring an interesting bottle of wine to a party. You’ve never seen the label before, let alone heard of the grape variety, and the back of the bottle is written in a different language.
You just know that these wines won’t be the kind you can add to your basket at the end of an online supermarket shop.
How do you get your hands on bottles like these?
If you’ve read how to buy wine at an independent wine merchant and how to buy wine online, you’re probably halfway to cracking the code.
But, if you really want to buy wine like a pro, there are a few more things you need to know.
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