Tag: French wine

Five of the best bottles in our Autumn Sale

During our recent Autumn Sale, we asked George Turner, Assistant Manager of our London Shop, to recommend five of the most interesting bottles on offer. Delectably complex Jura 2018 Arbois Trousseau, Singulier, Domaine Tissot, Jura Don’t be fooled into thinking that light- to medium-bodied reds can’t be complex: Tissot’s Singulier will certainly prove you wrong. […]

First taste: Bordeaux 2010

Despite the French strikers’ best intentions to keep me out, I made it to Bordeaux eventually to visit some great châteaux and have the first taste of new juice with a handful of our international customers last week. Highlights of the week included watching the harvest come in, tasting the juice and hearing what the […]

Ch. d’Issan, Bordeaux

Following on from our very successful Bordeaux 2009 tasting in London last Monday, Emmanuel Cruse from Ch. d’Issan (Margaux’s oldest château, no less) came in to give us a taste of some of his vibrant, floral back-vintages and explain to us a little about the history of this beautiful estate.