“In vino veritas”: sometimes no doubt, but Forbes had been told too many lies and tall stories in too many bars – and told such himself in his heavy-drinking years – to take the old adage seriously. Nevertheless a coin has two sides, and just because someone is deep in liquor doesn’t mean he is […]

Our Buyer Adam Bruntlett details the 2016 growing conditions, and how Burgundy’s vignerons triumphed against the odds The 2016 growing season was one of the most testing for many years. For the Côte d’Or and Chablis, the most significant climatic event of the season came shortly after budbreak, on the night of the 26th and […]

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year from everyone at Berry Bros. & Rudd

With Burgundy on the mind ahead of January’s en primeur, we sent Sophie Thorpe to sample the list at Cabotte Last week, I tasted a cheese like no other. A cheese that – bizarrely – I couldn’t devour a block of. A cheese so mesmerising that I have thought about it at least once every […]