Following on from last month’s post on wine forgery, Fine Wine Quality and Authentication Manager Philip Moulin gives us his top tips on how to spot the tell-tale signs of “fake wine” Authentic age Does it look and feel as old as it says it is? Is there a consistent amount of “wear and tear” […]

For wines golden in colour, backed by similarly illuminating words of wisdom, we sent Sophie McLean to an André Ostertag masterclass, to find out what makes him, his wines, and his Grand Cru Muenchberg vineyard site tick What strikes me most about André Ostertag is his “joined-up way of thinking”. Forgive the cliché, but this […]

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 […]

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 […]