It’s difficult not to swan-dive into pretension when describing wine in the same terms as music – let alone naming your wine after a musical device. So I’m not even going to try to avoid it. If we go there, we go full-tilt, I’m even bringing art into it; the word quixotic may appear. In […]
4 / 5 ( 1 vote ) It’s Independence Day on the 4th of July. This means it’s the perfect time for our USA Spotlight Tasting. Almost perfect, anyway. Strikes in Californian ports delayed the arrival of some amazing new wines. We’ve worked around the clock to get them in time for the Spotlight Tasting. One highlight is Chronic […]
Chardonnay. Victim of fashion, champion of versatility, or destroyer of variety? It’s been the darling of the wine world, then the scourge. It was everywhere, then it was everywhere. It is the most versatile grape variety planted worldwide. It is a blank canvas on which the winemaker can daub the terroir and paint their masterpiece. […]
5 / 5 ( 3 votes ) Suzie Harrison, our California Buyer and Justin Apthorp our Buying Director have just returned from a trip to California to visit existing and potential wine suppliers, taste the new vintage and seek out some exciting new wines. Suzie brings us up to speed on their recent trip to […]
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