Category: Miscellaneous

Glass: an industry that’s starting to flex?

Our inaugural Sustainability Forum in June considered the prospects of a carbon-free glass industry. Barbara Drew MW examines the arguments and debates how much still needs to be done.   After a lively panel discussion spanning Bordeaux to the Barossa valley, digging into sustainable ways of working in the vineyard, you’d be forgiven for thinking a […]

Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur tasting

As part of our Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur offer, we brought 400 customers and almost 60 producers together for a tasting of both the new wines and some older vintages. Alexandra Gray de Walden reports on how the evening unfolded.   On Tuesday 11th July, The Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Hall played host to our […]

Bringing nature into the conversation

In late June, we invited a number of our producers to London to our inaugural Sustainability Forum. In the gleaming rooms of the BAFTA building, we gathered to discuss ideas around sustainability in the wine industry. Here, we bring you the highlights from a morning packed with insight and inspiration.   Built on 325 years […]

A finger to the wind: changes

As we celebrate our 325th anniversary, we asked industry specialists to consider the future of wine and spirits. Here, we reflect on some of the changes that they’d like to see. It’s impossible to predict the future, even for a 325-year-old wine and spirit merchant. Perhaps the only sure thing is change itself. And for […]