Category: Miscellaneous

Notes from Down Under: 30 Years of Frankland Estate

Two of the Berry Bros. & Rudd team are currently under harvest-arrest in Western Australia. Here, Wine Buyer Will Heslop reports on his experience so far, and celebrates 30 years of Frankland Estate I write this from a veranda overlooking a mown wheat field and, beyond it, a forest of blue gums. The forest hides the rocky […]

Advice: Sir Lunchalot

The first in a series of our new advice column, Berry Bros. & Rudd in-house expert Sir Lunchalot answers all your wine-related questions… Dear Sir, I’ve recently been invited to a rather smart dinner party, to which, it would be appropriate to take a bottle (or two). Should I turn up with something special in […]

Rhônes less travelled

In the midst of our 2016 Rhône campaign, we ask Wine Buyer Oliver Barton to highlight wines and appellations which are often, unfairly, overlooked We list a wide selection of top northern Rhônes and Châteauneuf-du-Papes (and, rightly so!). But, there are many other appellations and wines that are commonly ignored but which can offer great […]

A Mother’s Day bouquet

With Mother’s Day in mind, we speak to florist Mairead Curtin from Rebel Rebel, who explores the relationship between flowers and wine, celebratory partners that are often closer than one might think Rebel Rebel owes its existence to wine. Over one delicious bottle around my kitchen table gazing at a bunch of flowers that my partner had bought […]