The newest member of our Fine Wine team, Nick Stewart, recounts the adventures of the team’s trip to the decidedly chilly Rhône, from transport concerns to canteen offerings, via a few of the wines from the 2013 vintage. I first visited the Rhône Valley four years ago and suffice to say that the itinerary wasn’t […]

In his concluding chapter, Stuart Rae, a member of our Fine Wine team, share his notes from a rare tasting of Penfolds’ exceptional 1990 vintage Without further ado we started the 10-wine flight. Proof that even the more ‘basic’ wines have the ability to age is seen in the first instance. The 1990 Penfolds Koonunga […]

  A member of our Fine Wine team, Stuart Rae has an ardour for wines the world over. While he maintains a love of the classics, today he professes a particular penchant for the wines of the New World. Here he expands on the extraordinary pleasure – and precious knowledge – derived from a rare […]

Roman Kauls is a sales assistant at our Warehouse Shop, and an ardent fan of finely-constructed German Rieslings. For our latest blog entry he considers a trio of solutions for a perennial enquiry, namely how best to keep wine in the bottle One question that comes up time and again at our Warehouse Shop is […]