Month: July, 2018

Hitting the sweet spot

Artfully balancing sweetness and acidity, enjoyed with food – or just with the cricket – German wines are a pleasure we should indulge in argues chef, restaurateur and journalist Rowley Leigh

When size matters

In our most recent essay for Cellar Plan members, Fine Wine Account Manager Peter Newton offers a breakdown on different bottle sizes – from the magnum to the methuselah – and their ageing potential

Battle of the sommeliers

The sip-slurping masters of our wine lists do much more than just pour wine. We sent Sophie Thorpe to watch Britain’s finest sommeliers pitched against one another and to find out just what it takes to become the best

Heading for the hills

As a nation, we’ve wholeheartedly embraced Prosecco, but the resulting glut of cheap, uninteresting wines has wreaked havoc with its reputation. Here, Davy Żyw tells us where to find the region’s best bottles The first reference to “Prosecco” the wine was in 1754, by Italian poet Aureliano Acanti: “And now I would like to wet […]