Category: Old World

A rising star of the Rheingau: Eva Fricke

Vibrant, energetic and full of potential: Eva Fricke’s character is echoed in her remarkable wines. Here Buyer Fiona Hayes explains what makes this Rheingau winemaker – and her range of dry, mineral Riesling – so exciting Eva Fricke is still a relative newcomer in the winemaking world, but ever since she turned a side project […]

Beaujolais 2018: vintage report

As we get ready to shine a light on Beaujolais’s 2018s, Burgundy Buying Assistant Will Heslop runs through the vintage conditions and the style of the resulting wines

Your guide to Greek grapes

Greece and its various indigenous grapes are turning heads – moving from curiosity to firm favourite with critics and customers. As our own-label Vidiano touches down, we provide a run-down of Greece’s most famous grapes – from Assyrtiko to Xinomavro

On the pour: Pétalos

Every month we put one of the wines available to taste in the London Shop in the spotlight. This time it’s the turn of an old-vine Mencía from Bierzo, crafted by one of Spain’s most famous names