
Testimonials
Read on to see what our customers think of Carte-du-Vin!
You can post your own experience here too.
Thank you everyone for your kind words.
We love our work and it is so good when we hear from happy customers.
Get in touch if we can assist with any events or wine purchases.
Marian & Torquil
David Davis
Wine sales and Tastings
I have dealt with Marian & Torque for some years now and they have become friends, they provide an excellent choice of wines, SA mainly for us and have supported our local Classic Car Club Transport Picnic with a stall providing wines tasting and sales. Friendly efficient service, is there anything else you need, I think not.
27/11/20
Gary Taylor
Wine sales
I visit a lot of South African wineries and normally bring my faves back home. With current travel restrictions in place it was a treat to stumble across Carte du Vin and their small but perfectly formed selection of SA wines. Clos Malverne Auret is one of my favourite reds ever, thanks for stocking it!
19/10/2020
Terry Gander
Wine Sales
We had the Snow Mountain Sparkling Vonkel at my daughters birthday celebration -limited numbers in the garden -but we think it was the last hot Sunday . The Snow mountain was lovely everyone praised it in comparison to the other sparkling offerings -thoroughly recommend to any one .
1st Oct 20
Beth Turner - USA
Wine Sales
Just used carte-du-vin for the first time! Marian was so helpful in assisting me with a local gift delivery for a birthday. This is a great shop and I hope to visit in person some day! If you live in this area, please support them, or if you need to make a remote purchase for someone local there, shop carte-du-vin
Apr-20
David Burton - CAWC
Tasting Event
Dear Torq & Marian,
Chalfont & Amersham Wine Club had our AGM last night, where we vote for the Wine of the year
I am pleased to report that Domaine Bourdon Pouilly Fuissé which you showed at our meeting, emerged as the white wine of the year.
Normally our club favour red wine but on this occassion the Pouilly Fuissé was voted overall 'Wine Of The Year'
On behalf of the committee, please can you accept our thanks for introducing such a high quality wine to our club.
Dec18
Jo - Festival goer
Tasting Event
Dear Carte-du-vin,
I am sure you receive lots of appreciative emails after an event like CarFest.
However, I will continue anyway.
We discovered you at the festival three years ago and have come back each time as irritating repeat visitors who then forget to use you throughout the normal year.
You really are rather marvellous and should be congratulated for it.
You allow us each time to buy wine, then you keep it cold for us until we drag ourselves away from the fun to collect and drink it.
Not only is your wine lovely but you are all lovely to deal with on the stand too despite being faced with people like us when you have worked for an incredibly long weekend.
We had south African white which was delicious and new to us. Thank you. Three bottles later and we happily stumbled home.
I promise faithfully to actually remember to look at your other wines now that we are all back to normal after the bank holiday festivities.
I hope you had a productive weekend. I sincerely hope it is worth your while to work the stand. We do tell everyone about you throughout the year. I hope you continue to find the event worthwhile.
Aug-18
Ron
Wine Sales
Dear carte-du-vin,
Just a quick message to thank you for your prompt dispatch of the two posters I ordered to be sent to Paris.
They have arrived safely, and my daughter and her partner are delighted with them. The posters are, as I write, being framed and already have earmarked wall space in Le Tablier Rouge!
Many thanks.
Jul-19
Richmond Park Conservative Association from Barnes London Private Wine Tasting -Fund raising event
Tasting Event
Huge thanks to Marian and Torq for driving all the way to Barnes, SW London, for our fund-raising wine-tasting event. It was a great success and people are already asking about a follow-up later in the year. Torq's description of each of the wines hit just the right note......informative and entertaining. Marian and Torq mingled with the crowd while the wines were being tasted, and this was an added bonus for those who wanted more information. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable evening, and lots of orders still coming in for the wines we sampled. Thank so much for an excellent evening.
Mar-18
David - Chairman of IBM Wine Appreiciation Society.
Tasting Event
What an excellent, innovative and fun idea your 22tipple deal is. We love getting two, great quality, surprise wines each month that you have carefully selected and then delivered to our door. When I signed up I liked the idea of trying wines I wouldn’t have the imagination or time to seek out; what I didn’t expect was the fun of the whole deal. It feels like we receive a present each month and the anticipation of opening the box makes it a really enjoyable experience and that’s without opening the bottles! Your wines are very good and we have genuinely enjoyed every bottle you have selected. We’re enjoying a wider selection of wine and benefiting from your experience, the notes you enclose are concisely informative and help us select the right meal with which to enjoy wine – a great service thank you!
Mar-19
Simon Hughes
Monthly Club
What an excellent, innovative and fun idea your 22tipple deal is. We love getting two, great quality, surprise wines each month that you have carefully selected and then delivered to our door. When I signed up I liked the idea of trying wines I wouldn’t have the imagination or time to seek out; what I didn’t expect was the fun of the whole deal. It feels like we receive a present each month and the anticipation of opening the box makes it a really enjoyable experience and that’s without opening the bottles! Your wines are very good and we have genuinely enjoyed every bottle you have selected. We’re enjoying a wider selection of wine and benefiting from your experience, the notes you enclose are concisely informative and help us select the right meal with which to enjoy wine – a great service thank you!
Jan-19
John Clarke
Tasting Event
Dear Marian & Torq,
The tasting last night was a brilliant evening. I know it’s your business but that’s not really the point. The welcome, the company, the food and the wine were superb. All was so professional but understated - as things should be.
I really enjoyed it.
Dec-19
Jackson Family
Tasting event
Thank you so much for agreeing to return to prepare and present a delicious lunch and fantastic selection of accompanying champagne and wines for our birthday celebration. As always, Torq’s descriptions of the champagne and wines were very engaging and informative, and we really appreciated the effort you both went to to make it a very special day again. We hope we can persuade you to return another year! Thank you again for a really memorable occasion.
Cheers from the Jackson family
Jan-20
Jonathan & Karin Bowler-Platts
Wine Sales
The wine arrived safe and sound last Friday and we were impressed with the care taken over packaging
Unfortunately a more traditional British Summer has returned, so our weekend plan to braai and open a few bottles in the garden was postponed. As soon as we have the opportunity to fire up the Weber I'll let you know what we think of the wine. I've already allocated the 2015 South Hill Cabernet Sauvignon to 30 day dry-aged ribeye.
Aug-20
Chris Jenkins
Wine Sales
Having tried the Bellevue Malbec at the estate in South Africa I haven't been able to get it here in the UK before. Ordered from Carte-du-vin and it arrived in 2 days. Tried the Malbec with a really good steak and the memories of South Africa came flooding back.
Excellent service and an excellent wine'
Aug 2020