Category: Bordeaux Wine

Bordeaux 2013 en primeur IS LIVE!

Whatever the rumours preceding the launch of a vintage, nothing matches the excitement of being on the ground and tasting. As Bordeaux 2013 is unveiled, Jonathan White – our correspondent for the week – sends his first dispatch. Much has already been written about the 2013 Bordeaux vintage prior to this weeks Union des Grands […]

Wine for the weekend: 2009 Marquis de Calon

The Berry Bros. & Rudd offices are full of the TGIF feeling this afternoon. Over in the Hampshire shop, our Assistant Manager Julien Le Pevedic, reveals what he’s selected to toast the weekend. Looking at the weather forecast for the first official weekend of spring, I’ve reluctantly returned my first-choice wine – a robust BBQ […]

Tim Atkin MW – a man on a (wine-based) mission…

A regular in your weekend newspapers, Tim Atkin MW is one of Britain’s leading wine writers. Here, he talks to us about up-and-coming wine regions, how to find your perfect bottle and why the future of wine might just be on Twitter (#noway!) How do you see your role as a wine critic? I would […]

So, you want to be a winemaker…?

For most of us, the idea of strolling around our own vineyards, harvesting the fruit (before enjoying the long-lunches, naturally), blending wine and then uncorking the resulting bottles is nothing more than a pipe-dream. But a new service at Berry Bros. & Rudd, VINIV, means that you can produce and bottle your own barrel of […]