Tag: Benjamin Leroux

Three favourites from our Summer Sale

Our Summer Sale offers savings of up to 30% on a selection of fine wines and spirits. Here, Victoria Bull from our Wine Buying team shares three of her favourites. 2019 Vouvray, Spring Sec, Vincent & Tania Carême, Loire We’re Carême fans in my family. Vincent and Tania Carême truly understand the character and potential […]

A spotlight on Benjamin Leroux

Benjamin Leroux is the first-generation vigneron behind our Own Selection Bourgogne Côte d’Or Pinot Noir. We speak to him about the multigenerational nature of winemaking and the beauty of Burgundy. Over the past decade, Benjamin Leroux has firmly established himself as one of Burgundy’s biggest names.   But a winemaking career in Burgundy hadn’t always been an obvious route. “I’m not from a grower family – I’m a […]

A moment with Benjamin Leroux

First-generation vigneron Benjamin Leroux is one of Burgundy’s best-known figures. We talk to him about his motivations, job satisfaction and the logistical challenge of making over 50 wines per year. “I used to be offended when people would open my wines after a year or two,” says Benjamin Leroux – the 45-year-old vigneron who in the past decade or so […]

Tasting highlights from a trip to Burgundy

Leaving the teeming metropolis of Hong Kong for the quiet alleys of Vosne Romanée on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is quite an experience. Along with five colleagues, Private Account Manager David Jones recently joined Jasper Morris MW for a two-and-a-half day tour of region to taste the wines and to meet the people who made […]