A merchant’s house wine should be the best it can offer for the price: a standard by which it can be judged. And so it was with no small sense of responsibility that Mark Pardoe MW, our Wine Buying Director, embarked on a project to refresh and improve our own-label offering. The Berrys’ Own Selection […]

Picpoul de Pinet is undoubtedly becoming a fixture on restaurant lists and, increasingly, on our tables at home. Simon Field MW, our Wine Buyer for the region, writes on the merits of bringing PdP into your vinous repertoire. Picpoul de Pinet is rather like its Iberian cousin, Albariño, in that it is frighteningly modish and […]

As our Loire campaign launches, David Berry Green, our buyer for the region, introduces us to the faces of Berry Bros. & Rudd’s suppliers. Above, from left: David and Sandrine Sautereau, of Domaine David Sautereau; Eric Morgat, and Sebastien Branger of Domaine La Haute Févrie. Above, from left: Jean-Christophe Mandard with his father Jacky; Denis […]

In the second instalment of his tour of Sicily’s history, geography and wine, David Berry Green takes us through the patchwork of geology that makes up this fascinating island. Topographically and climatically, Sicily is far from homogeneous; instead diverse terroirs favour specific, indigenous grapes and unique wines. The Mediterranean west and south-western corner, part of […]