Tag: New World

The power of restraint

Sophie Thorpe, a member of our Marketing team, caught up with Dr Alexander Waibel from Constantia Glen, one of the properties raising South Africa’s wine-making profile. Alexander Waibel appears restless in his enthusiasm as he speaks to a room full of Berry Bros. & Rudd staffers about Constantia Glen, and the exceedingly elegant wines they […]

The New, New World? – Lunch & Learn 3

Become a wine buff in your lunch-hour with our series of education pieces from the experts. Today, Martin Hudson MW brings you up to speed on the brave new world of emerging wine regions. In the trade, we have used the term “New World” as shorthand over the last 30 or so years for the […]

From Australia to Argentina – highlights from the Berry Bros. & Rudd sale

“A vintage is a story without end,” one producer told Berry Bros. recently – which seems a rather nice way to think of those wines which have been selected for the January Sale. Because the beauty of wine, of course, is that (unlike clothes) our Sale choices aren’t going out of fashion or out of […]

My Favourite Wine – Fergus Stewart

Working in the Fine Wine department, Bordeaux and Burgundy are the mainstay of my working day and tastings, but when at home, I often turn to something completely different. I am especially fond of the bone dry, kerosene and lime charged Rieslings from the Clare and Eden valleys in South Australia, with my cellar having a […]