In part five of our series, food writer Susie Carter takes a look at how to successfully pair wines with key ingredients. This month she tackles one of the trickiest areas: what to drink with spicy food After the rich fare of the Christmas period, I find myself craving fresh, spicy dishes in January to […]

In the first chapter of our series on which bottles to dust off for drinking in 2015, our Cellar Plan Manager Tom Cave looks at the Bordeaux vintages coming into their own The 1995 and 1996 vintages seem to belong to a different era these days, with the 2000 vintage acting as a watershed in […]

As shopping-fever seizes the nation, we pick out a few ‘unmissables’ from our January Sale. These choice bottles come recommended by those in the know: the journalists with their ear to the vine and – of course – our expert buying team Champagne J.L. Vergnon, Conversation, Brut, Grand Cru Recommended by both Olly Smith and […]

Our Burgundy Director, Jasper Morris MW, braces himself for the annual tasting sortie into the wilds of this fêted winemaking region, only to be reminded of its unending delights Another Burgundy campaign is under way, and after two months of intensive tasting of the 2013s – and three weeks of chasing up allocations and prices, and […]