As our team boards the plane for Bordeaux, our Chairman Simon Berry sets the scene for the 2015 en primeur campaign. I was in Bordeaux last July, just after Bastille Day, in weather hotter than I have ever known there. There were a few grumbles – vignerons are farmers after all, and no farmer will […]

Here our Chairman Simon Berry comments on the importance of balance, not only in the bottle, but in the business. This article was originally written for The Spectator, who has kindly given us permission to republish the piece here. Aubert de Villaine’s office in Vosne-Romanée has a wonderful view of the hill-side of his legendary […]

To celebrate the re-launch of our new, beautifully designed own-label range, we are giving customers the chance to win a golden ticket to an exclusive event with our Chairman Simon Berry. This September we are channelling the spirit of Willy Wonka, hiding golden tickets in unmixed cases of our new-look Own Selection range. While only […]

We awoke to a wet, dark Monday morning on the Left Bank in Margaux and the poor weather continued throughout our journey to the Right Bank and St Emilion.  There is something special about tasting wine at the site where it is created and having the chance to take in a vineyard’s terroir, topography and […]