Throughtout April in the UK if you buy any two different Montana wines - one of which must be Montana Sauvignon Blanc - you can get a free copy of The Wine Travel Guide to the World from Footprint travel guides.

Montana wines are available at many UK wine retailers including Sainsburys, Asda, Oddbins, Morrisons and Tesco.

To get the free travel guide you need to send in till receipts for two different Montana wines and a cheque for £2.80 to cover postage.

Search Bottletalk for a wide selection of Montana wines.

How many times have you bought a wine based on a promotional price?  Or bought multiple wines you didn’t really want because of a three for two type offer?  We may be all falling for “artificial promotions” that are anything but a good deal. 

According to a fascinating article in The Guardian, brought to our attention by regular Bottletalker Wine-Scribbler, up to 80% of sales of some wine brands are generated through “half price” offers that are anything but genuine.

There are some good quotes in the article from wine industry insiders confirming that what have long been speculated to be dubious “offers” are exactly that and give no real value to the wine drinker at all.

 Read more for the full story.

Old but innovative, the London based wine merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd have started a regular series of podcasts which can either be accessed from their site or subscribed to through iTunes.

According to the company, the ‘podcasks’ provide the latest updates on wine news, en primeur releases and wine events as well as featuring exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in the world of fine wine.