Sophie Thorpe, a member of our Marketing team, espouses the virtues of all that effervesces in Italy’s wine industry and discovers it’s not all about the Prosecco As far as the Italian sparkling wine category is concerned, Prosecco is the dominant style, thanks to its easy-drinking nature and association with Giuseppe Cipriani’s fêted cocktail, the […]

Are you looking for something to do next weekend? Perhaps something with wine? Good news: we are giving away a pair of tickets to Wine Festival Winchester, run by the brilliantly talented Susie and Peter (of Saturday Kitchen fame). The married Masters of Wine have set up a wine festival for any and all, whether […]

Sophie Thorpe, a member of our Marketing team, caught up with Dr Alexander Waibel from Constantia Glen, one of the properties raising South Africa’s wine-making profile. Alexander Waibel appears restless in his enthusiasm as he speaks to a room full of Berry Bros. & Rudd staffers about Constantia Glen, and the exceedingly elegant wines they […]

To tackle the subject of pairing wine with chocolate, we invited Adam Lee from English chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker and Francis Huicq, our shop manager, to find some winning partnerships. At Easter, chocolate takes centre stage, undoubtedly the “grande dame” of our gustatory gorging. The problem is what to drink alongside our leading lady: beautiful […]