Novel Wines Press Release

New independent online retailer to launch at Hilton Hotel in Bath, specialising in undiscovered wines from across the globe
100-bottle strong range, hand-selected by wine journalist Ben Franks and Hungarian wine importer Gyorgy Zsiga, to be flag-shipped bywines from England & Wales and Hungary.
New online retailer Novel Wines Ltd is launching its product range at the Hilton Hotel in Bath city centre on 24th September 2016. The evening event starts at 5pm, offering guests the opportunity to taste all 102 of the wines selected by Ben and Gyorgy.
All the wines have been hand-selected to show the best of regions from around the world you don’t ordinarily find in other retailers.
Ben said: ‘We’re ecstatic to be sharing these wonderful wines from producers you may not have heard of before. It’s an amazing journey of discovery and we hope you will be as excited as we are to explore the range.’
Alongside the wines, cheese and nibbles will be provided by local purveyors Taste of Bath, and live music will start from 8pm by local duo The Gramophone Twins. There will also be two ‘speed-tasting’ masterclasses at 5.30pm and 7.30pm respectively.
The event is ticket-only and limited to 300 spaces. Guests can book online atwww.novelwines.co.uk, by email hello@novelwines.co.uk or by calling 07545353147. Tickets cost £15 in advance or £30 on the door.
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For more information, please contact Ben Franks on +44(0)7545353147 or by email at ben@novelwines.co.uk.
Notes to editor:
– Novel Wines Ltd project started in April 2016 and will launch on 24 September 2016.
– Successfully raised over £5,000 in crowd-funding in May 2016. More details are available here: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/novel-wines-discoverwine
– 17 wines from England & Wales, 15 from Hungary, 2 from Austria, 4 from Bulgaria, 8 from Croatia, 1 from Cyprus, 2 from France (charitable project), 4 from single vineyard estates in Germany, 8 from Greece, 2 from India, 2 boxed wines from Italy, 1 from Japan, 2 from Lebanon, 3 from Macedonia, 5 from Romania, 7 from Simonsberg Mountain in South Africa, 3 from Thailand, 3 from Turkey and 4 from Uruguay.
Ben Franks
Director
Novel Wines Ltd | e: ben@novelwines.co.uk | t: 07545 353147
www.novelwines.co.uk