Tag: wine

New World order

Catriona Felstead MW – New World Buyer for both Wine Club and the business as a whole – recalls the bottle that first drew her to wine, and outlines the winemaking regions inspiring her today My husband remembers things by football matches – he has an amazingly accurate ability to recall where he was and […]

Pairing wine with spicy food

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 […]

What to drink in 2015: Bordeaux

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 […]

Highlights from the January Sale

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 […]