Our Chairman Simon Berry has compiled a short list of those literary works that he deems ‘essential’ for every young wine-lover; here he introduces, and justifies, those titles that made the cut. When I got my first proper job in the wine trade, in November 1976, my father gave me a copy of Hugh Johnson’s […]

As our team board the plane for a week in Bordeaux, our Chairman Simon Berry reflects on the current state of en primeur, the quality of the 2014 vintage and what the future holds for the world of Claret post-Robert Parker. The 2014 Bordeaux vintage, if you believe what you read in the newspapers, marks […]

Our Chairman Simon Berry examines the origins of an extraordinary in-house publication, the Number Three magazine, whose articles today offer a portal to the wine trade of the past. Had he not joined the wine trade, I suspect my father Anthony Berry might have been a publisher. There was a possibility – as a younger […]

Back on home turf, having tasted more than 200 wines and chalked up visits to 40 châteaux and three négociants, our Chairman Simon Berry reflects on the potential of Bordeaux 2013. Now that the craziness of en primeur week has finished, and my mouth, tongue and teeth are beginning to recover, it’s possible to look […]