The writer William Boyd invented a game in his 2015 novel Sweet Caress, in which anyone can be summed up in four adjectives. We may look at introducing this for C&B tasting notes, but it got me th...

A blog by Gill Perkins, CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust This is a picture of a wildflower meadow. Social and print media is increasingly full of glorious pictures of meadows – both annuals ...

This month our spotlight falls on Lorena De Andrade who works in our On-Trade sales team. Q: Tell us a bit about you and your role at Corney & Barrow? I was born in Brazil and at the age of 22 I ...

This month’s focus is on Francisco Baettig, winemaker at Arboleda, one of our producers based in Chile. Q) Tell us about the Arboleda estate, the history and the different wines you make for C&...

If you’re struggling to find the dream match it often helps to pair a wine with a traditional dish from its region or country of origin. That’s exactly what we’ve done here, a traditional German...

This high altitude Chardonnay from Mendoza in Argentina has rich stone and citrus fruit notes along with toasty notes of caramel and vanilla works brilliantly with this warming, autumnal dish. Serves...

This month we are shining a spotlight on the Owner of the Le Colture wine Estate, Alberto Ruggeri. Q) Please tell us about the Le Colture estate. First and foremost Le Colture is a family business, wh...

This month our spotlight falls on Piers Mortimer who works in the sales team, covering the North of England. Q: Tell us a bit about you and your role at Corney & Barrow? Prior to Corney & Barr...

Well, that was Bordeaux 2020. How was it for you? As we said in our initial report (see here), the 2020s are joyous, expressive wines. There is a particular sweetness and intensity of fruit, which shi...

This month we are shining a spotlight on the wonderfully talented winemaker Wendy Outhwaite, who, through both her passion and determination, created the wine estate Ambriel. Q) Tell us about the Ambr...