After two Covid-impacted years, there is once again a fully-fledged En Primeur tasting week in Bordeaux. Our team is on the ground to get a complete picture of the 2021 vintage across the region. Here, our Wine Director, Mark Pardoe MW, sets the scene for the week ahead. The Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur tastings begin […]

Our Cellar Plan Manager, Tom Cave, offers his thoughts on the best Claret for drinking this year. I hope 2020 provided you with some fine drinking and that Bordeaux featured prominently. It was certainly reassuring to see so many customers withdrawing treasured cases, perhaps earlier than they might have. After all, “‘tis the cask, not […]

Recently, we welcomed over 40 producers to our cellars for a unique customer tasting. They came from all corners of the fine wine world, from Chile to New Zealand – and many places in between. Their wines are currently being sold via La Place de Bordeaux. Below, you’ll find a few highlights from the tasting, […]

As part of our Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur offer, we brought 400 customers and almost 60 producers together for a tasting of both the new wines and some older vintages. Alexandra Gray de Walden reports on how the evening unfolded.   On Tuesday 11th July, The Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Hall played host to our […]