In an interesting piece in today’s edition of ‘The Times’, writer Patrick Kidd discusses the recent trend for stating the calorie content on the back label of wine bottles. But is it really something consumers want to see? Berry Bros. & Rudd’s Mark Pardoe MW argues not… Calories are creeping up on us, and there […]

Celebrity winemakers are often met with a cynically cocked eyebrow in the wine world but, as their second vintage launches, there’s no shortage of critical acclaim for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s 2013’s Miraval rosé. Last February, Hollywood super-couple Brangelina launched their debut vintage of Miraval. It wasn’t just the A-listers’ fans who were queueing […]

With the UK wine market in the grip of Burgundy-fever, we caught up with Olivier Merlin and Dominique Lafon – the preeminent producers behind one of this year’s most exciting white wine stories: a rarely seen collaboration to create the stunning 2012 Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Quarts While Olivier Merlin has been buying grapes from the […]

Accompanying the Fine Wine team as they tasted Burgundy 2012, new Berry Bros. & Rudd recruit Emily Miles found that getting to know this complex wine region was going to be a lifetime’s (extremely pleasurable) work As I spat my umpteenth mouthful of wine on the cellar floor, and shuffled my feet to coax reluctant […]