Tag: wine school

Win tickets to Wine School

To celebrate the launch of our Autumn/Winter season of tastings, dinners and events, we are offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to a rather unusual Wine School event. For those who really love their wine – and it seems safe to assume that, as you’re reading this, you do – there […]

The great decanting debate

Welcome to one of the big questions in the world of wine: to decant or not to decant. Anne McHale MW, our education expert, takes to the floor to explore the issue. As I have discovered over the past eight years of working in wine education, the answer to nearly every single wine-related question is […]

3 by 3 in Burgundy

Barbara Drew, our Wine School Administrator, has recently returned from a training trip to Burgundy, and has shared her thoughts on the visit in a triumvirate of triplets! 3 things about Burgundy which particularly struck me during the trip (and why): 1. The landscape. It’s one thing to see pictures of vineyards in books but […]

Pursue your Palate – Top Tips for Tasting

In the run up to Christmas, our cellars beneath our No. 3 St James’s Street shop are always buzzing with tutored tastings, fine wine dinners and wine schools. What I love about teaching at Berrys is that our customers are always so keen to learn, and I suppose it’s easy to be enthusiastic when you’re […]