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18/01/2025

17/12/2024

MAKE MERRY
Pop by the shop this week to stock up or choose something special in the countdown to Christmas. The bar is open this Friday & Saturday too.

16/12/2024

Something very special is happening at St Michael’s Trading Estate this weekend 💥

and invite you on a journey into the Dorset landscape with light, sound and organic media.

The second installation of ‘Harmonic Fields’ is happening right next to our shop and bar, so naturally a delicious collaboration had to happen. We will be serving fine wine, real ale 🍺 mulled wine and mince pies all evening on both nights.

The fires will be lit 🔥 for an unforgettable weekend.

10/12/2024

Well! What a good time had by all.
For those of you who don’t know, we have opened a wine bar 🍷 💥
Although, it’s worked as a market, tasting room and nearly a Forge! We battled the wind with lashings of fine wine and merriment.
A huge thanks to everyone who has come and supported us so far.

And and thanks to…
.jessop .design

The Wine bar will be open every Friday and Saturday 4-10pm 🕯️

29/11/2024

This December 🎄

5th Dec - Our Festive Tasting is back for a second year! Pop in and sample dozens of wines and gather inspiration for the Christmas season. 6-9pm in the wine shop and our new space next door.

6th Dec - our friend will be setting up his forge for an evening of Iron & Wine. Swing by for demonstration and libations. The bar will be serving mulled wine, as well as wines, beer and cider by the glass.

7th Dec - we’ll be setting up a mini market with artisan gifts and Christmas bits, lead by our Head of Christmas Spirit The bar will be mulling and pouring.

The shop will be open 6 days a week throughout December, with new bar space open Fridays and Saturdays.

29/11/2024

WINE TASTING - CHANGE OF LOCATION
Slight change in plans - our Festive Wine Tasting next Thursday will now be held at the shop and in our new space next door. 6-9pm. Same terrific offering, more convenient location! Tell all your friends. Tickets available online, in the shop at on the door. It’s a wonderful way to sample Christmas options for enjoying this Yuletide. Come, sip and be merry!

19/11/2024

This December.🎄

5th Dec - Our festive tasting is back for a second year! Pop in and sample dozens of wines and gather inspiration for the Christmas season. 6-9pm at the Royal British Legion Hall.

6th Dec - our friend will be setting up his forge for an evening of Iron & Wine. Swing by for demonstrations and libations. The bar will be serving mulled wine as well as wines, beer & cider by the glass.

7th Dec - we’ll be setting up a mini market with artisan gifts and Christmas bits, lead by our Head of Christmas Spirit, The bar will be mulling and pouring.

The shop will be open 6 days a week throughout December, with new wine bar news to come…

04/10/2024

Introducing some beauties from the Côtes du Jura.
Smack bang between Geneva and Dijon, the Jura offers some of the most interesting and complex wines in France.
Patrick Ligeron of .des.carlines organically farms eleven pristine hectares, producing wines with crystal clear purity. All the while maintaining the authentic character of the region.

These beautiful wines are the perfect thing for the changing season 🍂 and those earthy autumn flavours.

Available now 💥

27/09/2024

Good luck to all those hard working wine makers and growers who have, are or will be harvesting this season. Fairly challenging to say the least. A cold spring got things off to a slow start and lower than average temperatures have kept things slow. Let’s hope for a good spell of Autumn sunshine to ripen off the last of the berries! 🍇

We have a lovely and expanding range of English wine including Swing by the shop to support a local farmer!

20/08/2024

Gennaro is one of our fantastic importers. He never ceases to amaze us with unique, thoughtfully produced, low intervention wine. Hailing from Napoli, his wines are exclusively Italian, but always an interesting representation of grape and region. We always look forward to a visit from

Please stop by the shop to learn about his fantastic wines.

25/07/2024

S A T U R D A Y S are for wine bars. Each week we look forward to choosing our current favourite wines - some new in, some cellared selections - to feature by the glass. We all get a say and we get excited to pour characterful choices for you. Whether you stay for one glass or several, you all add to the good vibes and that easy Saturday feeling. Long live the Summer!

11/07/2024

CANCELLED/POSTPONED due to stupid weather

S T E A K S A N D W I C H E S
You don’t make friends with salad. A steak sandwich is the way to our hearts. Our friends are popping up this Friday 12th July with a menu of bavette steak sandwiches cooked over fire from around the world, with wines to match:
Italian - on focaccia, with roasted peppers
Argentinian - with chimichurri and pickled chillies
French - with onions, tarragon and confit garlic mayo

Stop by from 1pm for lunch, dinner or in-betweensies. We’re crossing our fingers for sunshine. 🤞

09/07/2024

S T E A K S A N D W I C H E S
You don’t make friends with salad. A steak sandwich is the way to our hearts. Our friends are popping up this Friday 12th July with a menu of bavette steak sandwiches cooked over fire from around the world, with wines to match:
Italian - on focaccia, with roasted peppers
Argentinian - with chimichurri and pickled chillies
French - with onions, tarragon and confit garlic mayo

Stop by from 1pm for lunch, dinner or in-betweensies. We’re crossing our fingers for sunshine. 🤞

26/06/2024

N O W O P E N ‘T I L 6pm O N F R I D A Y S
More time to make good wine choices. It’s something we all need. Stop by after work and let the weekend flow by selecting the right wine for the job.
To recap:
Tuesday-Thursday & Saturday 10am-4pm
*Friday 10am-6pm*
Plus Saturday Wine Bar, 12-8pm (sunshine permitting)

08/06/2024

B E E R. New fridge, new stock. With a growing selection of imported beers and English ales, we now have some options to cover all the bases. 🍇 🍺
There’s wine in the fridge too, just in case you left it too late to chill before drinking. Phew.

23/05/2024

A few new recruits for the summer:
- Big Salt’s kid sister, an Orange Rosé with attitude.
- A trio of Colleformica 🐜, heavy hitters - without a doubt some of the most delicious Italian wines we’ve tasted this year.
- the latest vintage of Chardonnay from Domaine de Cognettes, precise and refined, but with a natural edge.
- Vé - a whisper dry rosé from the Camargue 🦩

All available now in the shop, alongside more newbies and the usual suspects.

23/04/2024

T H U R S 2 M A Y - Hungry for Spring? Eat and drink the season with a celebration of new ingredients and fresh flavours. Each course will be lovingly paired with characterful wines to bring out the best of Andy’s dishes and to revel in the bounty of Springtime.
Tickets available via Soulshine’s website.