Every lunchtime this week we’ll be posting tips and tricks from the experts to help you get more from your glassful. First up, head of Wine School Becky Lamont demystifies the art of wine tasting. It’s easy to be a good taster. Like anything (football, playing the flute, baking bread) the more you have a […]

Welcome to one of the big questions in the world of wine: to decant or not to decant. Anne McHale MW, our education expert, takes to the floor to explore the issue. As I have discovered over the past eight years of working in wine education, the answer to nearly every single wine-related question is […]

In the first of a series about popular grape varieties, Anne McHale MW, one of our brilliant education team, helps you identify and understand the finer points of Cab Sav. Cabernet Sauvignon has become a famous international grape variety. Interestingly, genetic profiling has shown that it is the offspring of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc, […]

Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia and Moldova are, in reputation at least, a long way from the Old World wine regions of countries such as France. But recent investment and development means that they are fast becoming the source of some of the world’s most exciting wines. Martin Hudson MW, the buyer who selected some Central European […]