For any company, it is always interesting venturing to new geographical areas because you are never quite sure of response.  Cardiff was one of these such places, Berry Bros. & Rudd having only ventured into the Welsh fold for tastings with our spirits business in years gone by. So the opportunity to explore the Welsh […]

Recent news headlines regarding wine fraud have brought to the forefront the importance of provenance. The high profile arrest of Rudy Kurniawan earlier this year, exposed one of the greatest cases of fine wine fraud. The commitment from Laurent Ponsot of Domaine Ponsot to protect the name of his estate and expose the fraudulent dealing […]

Row upon row, layer upon layer of wooden wine cases stacked from floor to lofty ceiling. 1959 Ch. Margaux, 2000 Ch. Lafite, 1934 Ch. d’Yquem… Our state-of-the-art bonded wine warehouses are some of the most hi-tech in the world, all maintained at optimum temperature and humidity, and are a world away from our historic, museum-like St James’s Street shop. […]

The story goes that The Marquis de Ségur, who also owned Ch. Lafite and Ch. Latour, adorned the label of Ch. Calon-Ségur with a heart claiming “I make my wine at Lafite and Latour, but my heart is in Calon.” The most northerly of the châteaux we visit each spring, it’s also nearly always our […]