In an extract from our Wine School’s introductory book, Exploring & Tasting Wine, we explain why Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes on Bordeaux’s Left Bank, producing some of the world’s finest and most long-lived wines. Cabernet Sauvignon rose to international wine stardom thanks to an almost perfect CV. Its referees include the Bordeaux châteaux everyone on the […]

Enraged by a band of Bordeaux-bashers, Guy Davies declares his love for the most famous and historic of wine regions, one that he believes offers surprising value and ultimate satisfaction. People are often surprised when I tell them that Bordeaux is one of the best-value wine regions on earth. This flies in the face of a […]

With a new year comes the challenge of keeping up to date with one’s cellar, unearthing only the vintages that are drinking well, and leaving no bottle behind to go past its peak. While much of the trade is occupied with the latest release from Burgundy, our Cellar Plan Manager Tom Cave offers the briefest […]

Tom Cave – our Cellar Plan Manager – reports on yesterday’s tasting of Bordeaux 2014 en primeur, listing a few personal highlights of this supremely drinkable vintage. It was a true credit to our customers’ enduring enthusiasm to taste Bordeaux en primeur which meant, in spite of travel disruption, we were pretty much a full […]