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 […]

At Christmas, it has to be Claret says our Creative Director Geordie Willis. Here he shares his passion for those wines closest to his heart. “For most of the year, I like to be adventurous in the way I approach wine; I seek out new producers, styles and regions,” explains Geordie Willis, Berry Bros. & […]

Our Good Ordinary and Extra Ordinary Claret are some of our best-selling wines – but what is the difference between these two red Bordeaux? Bordeaux specialist Philip Moulin explains Good. Ordinary. Claret. Three words that our customers probably associate with us more than any other. “GOC”, as it is known affectionately, has been our best-selling […]

As 2020 lies before us, our Cellar Plan Manager Tom Cave provides the first instalment of our annual series on the vintages to uncork this year. He reports on how the past two decades of reds from Bordeaux are drinking At last, with 2020, we have a year that trips off the tongue. Let’s hope […]