Tag: Californian wine

Au Bon Climat: now and then

The late Jim Clendenen will never be forgotten. Our own Sarah Adwalpalkar reports on a visit to the Au Bon Climat tasting room in Santa Barbara and reflects on the legacy of one of California’s great winemakers.   When planning a trip to California’s Santa Barbara County earlier this year, I sought guidance from the Berry […]

A closer look: our new Own Selection Chardonnay

We are lucky enough to work with some of the world’s best producers to create our Own Selection wines. Each new addition comes about as the result of our strong relationship with a particular producer, and our total belief in the wines they’re making. We’re extremely proud of our dazzling Californian Chardonnay Berry Bros. & […]

A Leap to Napa Valley

In an attempt to live up to Charles Walter Berry’s famous 1930s definition of a wine merchant: ‘The closest link between the people who make the wine and the people who drink the wine’, I recently headed to Frog’s Leap Winery in Rutherford, Napa Valley to help out for a week during the harvest. I’d […]