Category: Miscellaneous

From our kitchen: pearl barley paella with pot-roast partridge

As we shine a light on Spain’s vinous offering, our Head Chef Stewart Turner takes a classic Spanish recipe – paella – and adds his own, thoroughly English autumnal twist

Why wine is really just geography

Wine isn’t fine art or strict chemistry – or not so Fine Wine Account Manager Jared Ehret claims. Here he argues that wine and its endless variety is simply the product of geography

Mystery in miniature

Julian Wiseman – the author of a new reference book, Port Vintages – attempts to unravel one of the smallest secrets of our history; the identity of a few bottles in a rather special cellar

Initial success: how to celebrate passing the MW

Today 10 new Masters of Wine have been announced – including our very own Barbara Drew. After three intensive years of study, we asked her what she’ll be uncorking in celebration of those two hard-earned initials…