Pierre Vincent’s pedigree speaks for itself, the Domaine de la Vougeraie winemaker having scooped both the Red Winemaker of the Year award and a quartet of gold medals for his 2011 Corton-Charlemagne at last year’s International Wine Challenge. We caught up with him at last year’s en primeur tasting. My winemaking style is very soft.  My […]

We are fortunate enough to have some of the savviest buyers and sharpest noses in the wine industry at Berry Bros. & Rudd. With an eye on the New Year, we asked them to predict which regions we will see on the rise and what changes the industry will see for the year ahead. With […]

We met up with Mélanie Tesseron to discover what makes Tesseron Cognac a veritable treasure. Ours is a small company. It was founded by my great-grandfather, Abel Tesseron, who believed that Cognac should be light coloured, aromatic and smooth. My grandfather, Guy Tesseron, then established us as the major supplier of all Cognac houses. We […]

Amelia Rope is the dynamic founder of her eponymous range of luxury flavoured chocolate bars, just one of the artisanal British producers we are proud to collaborate with for our seasonal gift hampers. We caught up with her at to talk couverture, Colombia and kraft paper. I set up my business by mistake. I always […]