All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us; the time when ghosts and ghouls roam the land. We must therefore arm ourselves with appropriate wine to fight off these beasties and the vampyres and zombies. Here's a selection of "Hallowines" which will help protect you in your fight against all things evil.

Organic wine! What does it mean and where do we start? The first thing to remember about Organic wine is that there is a difference between wine made from organically cultivated grapes and wine that is made organically.  It is for this reason that it is sometimes difficult to pick out organic wines from simply looking at the label.

Paxton Vineyards hail from the McLaren Vale in South Australia and were established in 1979 by David Paxton and his wife. David is one of Australia's leading viticulturists and believes that working with the land is paramount to creating quality grapes. 

If you're reading this blog then you're aware and hopefully enjoying the juniper led bandwagon that is the current ginaissance! In response to this seemingly insatiable desire for gin, it would have been irresponsible of me as a purveyor of fine wine and spirits, not to have guzzled a boatload of the stuff on your behalf. It's another of my duties here at Whitmore & White that I file under 'it's a tough job, but someone has to do it'.

As is often the case with wine, the label is the first thing that hits you. We can't think of any other wines out there with a couple of space cats on the label! So what's the story behind the label? In 1963 the French entered the space race and were the first to send a cat travelling into space. Her name was Félicette. The Félicette wines pay homage to their namesake, memorialising a famous cat held in great esteem in France. 

Here at Whitmore & White we pride ourselves on bringing you world-class products.  There's nothing on our shelves that we haven't tried and fallen in love with and we strive to inspire you with new and exciting foods which you probably haven't seen elsewhere. This is why we import so much of our range ourselves from Continental Europe - no middlemen, no wholesalers, no nonsense. From the maker, straight to our shelves, we're a truly continental delicatessen.

Hands up who tried Veganuary? And keep your hands up if you remained vegan? From the amount of times we get asked 'which of your wines are vegan?' we think quite a few of you are sat reading this with your arm still raised! So have you tried vegan wine?

Whether you are out shopping, meeting up with a friend, walking around Castle Park or visiting the Thursday market let us treat you to breakfast, lunch and dinner. Using ingredients from our award-winning deli we hope to make your day even more enjoyable.

If you hadn't heard already nor seen the signs on the building, we are relocating our Heswall branch to 124a Telegraph Road! We are half way through refurbishing and fitting out the new shop, which is between M&S and Burnt Truffle and has its very own car park.