The year ahead: understanding 2022’s Italian wine releases

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 […]

What is a bin-end?

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 […]

Beyond Provence rosé

Rosé is strongly associated with summer, and one particular style dominates: pale, bone-dry Provence. But beyond the well-known and familiar, there are a handful of exciting regions to explore. Barbara Drew MW turns her focus to the lesser-known rosé wines which should be on your radar this season.  As the sun finally arrives, bringing with it warmth and […]

France and the frosts

With temperatures plummeting across France, the vignerons have been fighting back against the frost. While it’s too early to tell how the vintage will be impacted, Barbara Drew MW talks us through this seasonal peril. No doubt you have seen some of the evocative images coming out of France in the past week; dark vineyards […]