Category: New World

From one year to the next

As vintners south of the equator are busy harvesting, Catriona Felstead MW – New World Buyer – considers the importance of vintage variation in sunnier climes. On this side of the globe, it’s easy to forget that the vintage in the southern hemisphere takes place in February, March and April. Areas of Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, […]

Notes from Down Under

Following a trip Down Under, Katherine Dart MW, Buying Manager of our wholesale arm, ponders the exciting potential and remarkable appeal of Australia’s wine-scene. “The people are immensely likable— cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging…The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn’t […]

A character-driven tale

As Commercial Director of our wholesale arm Fields, Morris & Verdin, Damian Carrington is all too aware of the need for ‘personalities’ in the world of winemaking One of the primary drivers of my love for the wine industry are the characters that you meet along the way. On a pre-Christmas trip to South Africa, […]

New World order

Catriona Felstead MW – New World Buyer for both Wine Club and the business as a whole – recalls the bottle that first drew her to wine, and outlines the winemaking regions inspiring her today My husband remembers things by football matches – he has an amazingly accurate ability to recall where he was and […]