Month: March, 2023

Tasting the Rhône

Our Rhône 2021 En Primeur offer is now live. As part of the launch, we held our Rhône tasting in the Cellars at No.3 St James’s Street last week. Here, Alexandra Gray de Walden shares her thoughts on the wines from this challenging vintage and discusses the real impact of climate change with the region’s […]

The Super Tuscans: 10 years on

Last week, our Pickering Cellar was the setting for a masterclass on Super Tuscan wines. Covering a range of styles, from 100% Sangiovese wines to those using solely international grapes, and across a broad span of sub-regions and vintages, it beautifully illustrated the diversity of this category. Here, Barbara Drew MW picks out a trio […]

Bolgheri: wines born under the sun

In the 1970s and ’80s, a small group of winemakers on the Tuscan coast dared to defy regional regulations, choosing instead to work with the Bordeaux grape varieties. Today, their wines are among Italy’s finest. We speak to two of Bolgheri’s winemakers – Grattamacco’s Luca Marrone and Ornellaia’s Axel Heinz – exploring how their stories […]

On the pour: Port Askaig 12-Year-Old Autumn Edition

Each month, we spotlight a different wine or spirit that’s available to taste in our London Shop at 63 Pall Mall. This month, Account Manager Henrietta Gullifer celebrates a very special whisky: the Port Askaig 12-Year-Old Autumn Edition – a delicious and evocative dram, typical of Islay’s finest whiskies.