29 Nov
Burgundy 2022: Back to the Future
Following the 2021 vintage’s return to classicism coupled with its devastatingly low yields, 2022 ...
04 May
Bordeaux 2022 Vintage Report
The 2022 growing season is well remembered as a year of extremes in terms of heatwaves and drought...
28 Apr
Revealing The Right Bank
The confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne rivers dissects Bordeaux into the Left Bank, Entre-Deux...
21 Apr
Breaking down the Left Bank
Comprised of over 100,000 hectares of vineyards, Bordeaux and its wines are divided and influenced...
14 Apr
Buying Wine En Primeur: Bordeaux 2022
Buying wines En Primeur, particularly in Bordeaux, can seem like a very daunting prospect with con...
24 Feb
An unmissable vintage: Bordeaux 2019
It may not be fashionable to say, but nowhere else competes with the prestige, power, longevity, a...
25 Jan
Burgundy: A Nature Forward Approach
From organic and sustainable to low-interventionist and biodynamic, the variety in viticultural ph...
17 Jan
Power and Poise in the Cote de Beaune
The Cote d’Or’s natural escarpment is split into the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune. Much li...
17 Jan
Bitouzet-Prieur: Our One to Watch
“We should expect some great things from this producer.”
Neal Martin (Vinous)
We are always on t...
14 Jan
The Irresistible Cote de Nuits
Taking its name from the abbreviation Cote d’Orient (Eastern slope), the Cote d’Or is divided into...
04 Jan
The Unsung Pillars of Burgundy
In Burgundy, negociants are widely considered the glue that holds the region together. Their role ...
20 Dec
Vintage Report: Burgundy 2021
It is no secret that the Burgundy 2021 vintage will be one of the smallest in recent history, larg...
01 Jun
Bordeaux En Primeur 2021 Overview
It has been an intense couple of weeks with the releases from Bordeaux En Primeur flooding in over a...
31 May
How To Buy Wine En Primeur
Buying wines En Primeur ultimately means purchasing wines that are still in barrel, yet to be bott...
06 May
Bordeaux 2021 Vintage Report
For the first time in three long years, the international wine trade was able to make their annual p...
11 Feb
The versatility of Chateau d’Yquem
It needs little introduction. Chateau d'Yquem, often described as the greatest sweet wine in the wor...
04 Feb
Best of Brunello: Our top buys of 2017 & 2016 Riservas
February marks an exciting month for fans of Tuscan wines as it heralds the release of the 2017 Brun...
11 Jun
Bordeaux 2020 Vintage Report
The parts that form this report were being passed digitally, yet calmly around the office, taking fo...
13 Jan
Burgundy 2019 Vintage Report
It is no secret that climate change is making a significant impact on the majority of Europe’s viney...
09 Dec
Rhone 2019 Vintage Report
As 2019 marks the fifth consecutive vintage in which the wines can be considered very good or even t...
26 May
Bordeaux 2019 Vintage Report
Over the past few months, the world has experienced the greatest disruption of our lifetime and whil...
28 Feb
Brunello 2015 Vintage Report
The 2015 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino is quite simply one which approaches an unprecedented lev...
13 Jan
Rhone 2018 Vintage Report
The arrival of the 2018 vintage marks yet another resounding success in a series of four vintages wh...
15 Apr
Bordeaux 2018 Vintage Report
The 2018 Bordeaux vintage seeks to contrast two extreme weather cycles. The two excesses taken in is...