International Wine Challenge – Wine Merchant of the Year; Direct Merchant of the Year and Rhône Specialist of the Year Decanter Online Wine Merchant of the Year The excitement has almost lowered to a low buzz following our success in last week’s wine awards.

Wine Matters will be hosting a live Twitter tasting of three biodynamic wines on Monday 7th September at 7pm.  Wine Matters has been delving into the topic of biodynamics over the past couple of months, so be sure to take a look at the posts to refresh your memory, or visit Jamie Goode’s series of […]

As I looked out of my window yesterday morning, everything seemed perfect – as expected it was one of the hottest days of the year at around 35c and, so far, August has been absolutely delightful. There was enough rainfall early in the year to keep the water table up and avoid the risk of […]

Week 13 of wine adventures in Piedmont August 15th marks ‘Ferragosto’, from the Latin ‘Feriae Augusti’ as the holiday was conceived by Emperor Augustus during the heady days of the Roman Empire in honour of the Gods, particularly those responsible for fertility and ripening, of course. So Italy empties to the coast while the luckless […]