Jonathan Ray on picking favourites

This month Jonathan Ray – Berry Bros. & Rudd alumnus and drinks editor of The Spectator – steps up to the plate as our guest blogger, considering the question he is asked most and its answer. After many years in the wine trade (including several at Berry Bros. & Rudd) and two decades writing about […]

Clerkenwell Boy’s top three BYO restaurants

Here London foodie and Instagrammer extraordinaire, Clerkenwell Boy, recommends his favourite wine-friendly restaurants, the establishments which allow diners to bring a cherished bottle (or two) with them. Have you got that special bottle at home but haven’t quite found the right occasion to crack it open yet? Why not ditch the fridge-buffet and treat yourself […]

The Leap

As we release the first wine made under his own label – the exquisite 2013 Cedalion Chardonnay, Sam Harrop MW thinks back to the point where this particular journey began, the moment when – perhaps unknowingly – he took a leap of faith. It was a typically grey chilly December day in London when the […]

Dan Keeling on London’s wine scene

This month’s guest blogger is Dan Keeling, half of the duo behind Noble Rot and recently crowned Champagne Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year 2015. Here he discusses how Bordeaux, Burgundy and Barolo have made their way into East London’s edgiest bars; with fine wine no longer solely the remit of hushed restaurants […]