The fear of every wine collector is that, in the quest for perfect maturity, carefully nurtured bottles can slip past their prime. Worse still, is the bottle opened in haste – too young to be fully appreciated. In a series of blogs from our buyers, we unearth those wines which are ready to show their […]

We are delighted to announce the launch of our 2009 Extra Ordinary Claret, one of our most popular wines since its launch in 2005, and the older cousin to our Good Ordinary Claret. The 2009 vintage in Bordeaux is considered to be one of the finest in many years, and the quality was superlative across […]

It is a glorious sunny morning in Bordeaux and we are currently wending our way through St Julien, passing by Leoville-Las Cases and Latour as we head to our first appointment of the day at Ch. Montrose. Yesterday’s flight was packed full of the UK wine trade; the annual pilgrimage to Bordeaux had certainly started […]