Month: November, 2010

Burgundy 2009 preliminary report

In preparation for our offer of 2009 Burgundy in January a small yet perfectly-formed squad from our Fine Wine team visited the region last week, headed by one of our greatest assets: Jasper Morris MW.  The week proved to be a very busy and rewarding one.  These trips are a treat, and a treat that I […]

Wine’s Great Diversity: Musings of a Wine Lover

Congratulations to our colleague Anne McHale, from Berrys’ Wine School, for being crowned Young Wine Writer of the Year 2010 by the Circle of Wine Writers. This award is by no means the first during Anne’s career at Berrys and probably not the last. Asked to write an opening chapter to an imaginary book Anne […]

Win a Best of British Hamper!

This year we’ve dutifully tasted our way through lots and lots of chocolates, cheeses, crackers and even held a Christmas pudding tasting to make sure that the contents of our Christmas Gift Parcels were nothing short of exceptional.  The star in our collection is the Best of British Gift Hamper, a collection of Britain’s top […]

Planes, trains and automobiles – part 1

It’s been a few weeks since my arrival back in HK and yet my thoughts are still very much in Europe in what was a defining trip for the HK Sales Team, to Piedmont and Burgundy. Granted my ever-expanding belly is the proof of this trip, however, I think the ever-expanding enthusiasm of our sales […]