On Monday the wine trade will convene for its annual Sherry tasting. Not wanting to miss out, we gave Berry Bros. & Rudd staffer (and paid-up Sherry enthusiast) Emily Monsell free rein to extol the finer points of Fino, Oloroso et al. Here’s her guide to appreciating this most under-rated style of wine. Mention that […]

Fortunate enough to have laid down some decent Port? Tom Cave, our Cellar Plan manager, goes into his archives to find those bottles which are showing at their best right now. Anyone lucky enough to own Vintage Port from the decade preceding 1970 will likely have consumed their 1960s and be well into their 1966s […]

Have you tried En Rama Sherry? This relatively unknown type of Sherry has a very distinctive flavour and, thanks to unique wine making processes, is best drunk relatively soon after purchase. With this in mind, I decided to compile my list of top things to eat with En Rama Sherries to help you enjoy this […]

A large family gathering gave a very good reason to put my new Taylor’s Port Tongs to action.  We’d seen these used at Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas a week earlier to worthy effect and Adrian Bridge had kindly given us each a pair to take home. The principal purpose of Port Tongs is to open a […]