Carbon negative, recyclable, natural – not to mention the best possible closure for fine wine – there are countless reasons to love cork. Here, Adam Holden tells us more about why pulling a natural cork from a delicious bottle is a small, but important, step towards sustainability. Wine and cork have long been bedfellows. In […]

As autumn hedgerows hang laden with berries, orchard fruits start to fall and mushrooms begin to spring up, we asked forager Julius Roberts to show us the abundance of good things he finds on his doorstep. In the first installment, he goes mushroom hunting. Come September, I am to be found rootling through woods, my […]

This family-owned estate is at the forefront of the sustainable winemaking conversation in Bordeaux. For more than 15 years, Château Montrose has been championing vineyard health, waste management and greener ways of thinking. Here, we speak with Sales Director Lorraine Watrin. Bicarbonate of soda is a rather unlikely product for a Bordeaux wine estate, but Château Montrose […]

From Champagnes aged on the seabed to wines matured in a barrel made from a kilo of gold, Leclerc Briant’s more extreme ideas read like marketing stunts. But the wines are no gimmick. In fact, in the words of our Buyer Davy Żyw, these Champagnes are “imaginative, creative, terroir-driven and vinous”. Here, we speak with Pierre Bettinger, […]