Tastings and Events for your diary

We host many events and tastings for you to come along to, do join us, we love seeing you there.

Please contact us if you would like to arrange your own event with Bat and Bottle. emma@batwine.uk

Winter shop

Bat and Bottle's Christmas Pop-up Shop

Monday 8 December to Saturday 13 December 2025

Our Oakham Pop-up this year is on the 'Bond Street' of Oakham (Mill Street), in Cristina and Adam's lovely Fōrm and Blōm. We will have a selection of our wines available to purchase that week.

We will be open 10am-4pm everyday, Monday to the Saturday.

We do hope to see you there.
We may also be having some special events during the evenings, so keep your eyes peeled!

Fōrm and Blōm.
17a Mill Street,
Oakham,
LE15 6EA

Fōrm and Blōm

online tasting

January Online Vini Curiosity Tasting

Thursday 15 January 7pm   

Live Online Tasting

To take part in this live online tasting, hosted by Ben, buy a home tasting kit, or become a Wine Club Member of our Vini Curiosity case subscription.

Our tasting kits are £43.33 each or choose a quarterly membership option of either a Vini Curiosity case, Vini Curiosity Tasting Kit, or both!

Wine club cases are not available online, to receive January's case (and enjoy other membership benefits) why not join?

Buy a January Tasting Kit

Italian Dinner

Hambleton Hall Tasting

Wednesday 25 February 7.15pm

Italian Wine and Dinner

"A dinner focusing on Tuscan wines hosted by Ben Robson. Ben is the amiable proprietor of the award winning Italian wine  specialist retailer “Bat and Bottle”. He is a respected judge of the “Decanter World Wine Awards” and has chosen for us some of his favourite wines from Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and neighbouring vineyards."

Please contact Hambleton Hall directly for tickets by following the link below.

Tickets

online tastings

Book your Corporate Tastings

Bring people together with an Italian Wine Tasting; a relaxed and engaging way to discover hidden Italian gems, while making positive non-sales contact with several touch points, whether online or in person.

"Thank you Emma and Ben for the superb service you provided to Greenwoods GRM LLP. Our virtual tasting ran smoothly, the wine kits arrived perfectly, and Ben’s fascinating insight into each wine’s origin was highly praised for being both informative and engaging. Everyone loved the fantastic selection!"

To plan your event, contact emma@batwine.uk

Browse Corporate Gifting

Online Course

Learn Italian Wine

Please contact us if you are interested in attending our virtual masterclasses from your own home, focusing on specific Italian regions; we will get in touch when the next course dates have been confirmed.
In the meantime, we highly recommend subscribing to Vini Curiosity, a truly pleasurable way to learn about Italian wine.

Get in touch

Information

Shop Hours

When we Robsons are in the warehouse it becomes a shop, and we would love to see you, the hours are updated daily in our Shop Hours Diary.

However, when we are away the warehouse is only open for collections: Monday to Thursday from 9am to 11am.

To arrange your collection date/time please place your order online and email: wine@batwine.uk

We are very happy to bring wine out to your car if you feel safer using our 'click and collect' service.

Shop Hours

Tasting Kits and e-Tickets