March 18, 2024
Wine pairings for those difficult-to-match ingredients
Herbs, spices and dishes that are every wine lover’s nightmare! Approx 10 minute read When you’re a wine lover through and through, like me, it can be to your detriment. Evening meals can sometime...
March 18, 2024
Chocolate and Easter-spiced ricotta tart
Recipe by Helen White – from her blog helskitchen.co.uk. Makes: 1 tasty tart Takes: c. 45 mins prep + at least 30 mins chilling time for the pastry (you can make this the night/2 nights before bu...
March 12, 2024
Women in Wine: Celebrating the ladies of Corney & Barrow
Approx read time: 4 minute read Continuing our celebration of women in wine, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of our own ladies! As a company whose workforce is predominantly female, it is fair ...
March 5, 2024
Spotlight on Marissa Weatherhead-International Women’s Day
Approx time to read: 3 minutes Marissa Weatherhead Marissa Weatherhead is an artist known for her imagined ‘tablescapes’ that are laden with seafood, fruit and flowers, along with the odd ...
February 15, 2024
A Deep Dive into Syrah
By Tiffany Vernon Approx time to read: 6 minutes 30 seconds It is likely that many of you will already be familiar with Syrah being a major star in the Rhône Valley, France. In fact, in the No...
January 15, 2024
Burgundy 2022: The Market
Will Hargrove, Head of Fine Wine 1 minute read It feels to me, and I sense I am not alone, that both the 2022 (and 2023 that will follow) are important vintages for Burgundy. Why? Well, let’s start...
January 15, 2024
ON THE ROAD WITH JOE MULLER
Head of Monopole 2 minutes read Visiting Burgundy always nourishes me in both heart and mind. It is the vinous Mecca in my eyes and each trip offers something new. My outings this year to taste the ...
January 15, 2024
20 YEARS ON FROM THE SCORCHING 2003 VINTAGE
Is Burgundy learning to live with climate change? Guy Seddon, Head of Fine Wine Buying 2 minutes read Édouard Labet commented, “Global warming is a real challenge for our viticulture, but it is als...
January 15, 2024
In conversation with Graham Moss…
Senior Fine Wine Sales Executive 4 minutes read The first thing that struck me was when you arrive, you are whisked down to their cellars… And they’ve got a very full cellar of the ‘22 and...
January 9, 2024
What is ‘En Primeur’?
By: Tiffany Vernon 4 minutes read When it comes to fine wine, the reference to buying bottles en primeur is batted around a fair bit. To the uninitiated, this can seem complicated and confusing or jus...