Barbara Drew MW explains what biodynamic winemaking is, why it’s practised and what to expect from biodynamic wines. Burying cows’ horns in the vineyard. Fermenting flower heads in a stag’s bladder. Harvesting grapes when the moon is in front of a fire constellation. It is easy to see how biodynamic farming has been misunderstood and […]

Bordeaux’s négociants: are they anachronistic middlemen or a vital cog in the local machine? Barbara Drew MW takes a closer look. The négociants have been a fixture of the Bordeaux wine world for centuries. On one level, they help reinforce the stereotype of Bordeaux as corporate and commercial rather than romantic: they are middlemen, just […]

There are many exciting Italian releases in our fine wine calendar. Barbara Drew MW – our Content and Education Manager – provides an overview of the different styles, regions and vintages to look out for.   What differentiates Italian fine wine releases from other regions? In somewhere like Bordeaux, producers release their new vintage for sale […]

When it comes to buying wine, what does the term “bin-end” actually mean? And are bin-ends something we should look out for? Barbara Drew MW explains. Bin-end. It is a term that is ubiquitous in the wine trade and yet one that, before I started working at Berry Bros. & Rudd, I would have had […]