For Mark Pardoe MW, our illustrious Wine Buying Director, Christmas is business as usual – in as much as he intends to be on hand throughout to provide just the right bottles for all eventualities Our Christmas tends to be an extended affair. The family’s diaspora means that the holiday often lasts from Christmas Eve […]

Katie Cooper, our Wine Club Manager, plans some suitably indulgent repasts for a traditional Cooper family Christmas par excellence Having been married in Dorset earlier in the year, it seems fitting that my new husband and I spend Christmas there this year. I’ll enjoy spending some time with my side of the family while my […]

In part four of our new series, food writer Susie Carter takes a look at how to successfully pair wines with key ingredients. In the run up to Christmas, she’ll be looking at the most harmonious partners on the cheeseboard. With such a wide range of flavours and textures among the different cheeses, it’s only […]

In our new series food writer Susie Carter takes a look at how to successfully pair wines with key ingredients. This month she tackles the best bottles to make the most of the British game bird season Feathered game tends to fall into two categories – the paler meat of partridge and pheasant and the […]