December 28, 2016
English Sparkling Wine – the perfect fit for New Year’s Eve
After being squished into their distinctive mushroom shape and holding firm like the Thames Barrier against the 5 or 6 atmospheres of pressure fighting to escape, the arrival of December represents t...
December 14, 2016
A dinner with Bastien Tardieu at 28-50 Fetter Lane
Article written by Will Hargrove, our Head of Fine Wine. Find out more on his blog This dinner ten days ago was one I had been massively looking forward to. I love the wines from The Tardieu family....
November 24, 2016
Three Wine Men London Christmas Tasting – Ticket giveaway
Join the Three Wine Men for a free London Christmas Tasting Join the Three Wine Men, Oz Clarke, Tim Atkin MW and Olly Smith at a fantastic Christmas wine tasting at Church House in Westminster – a...
November 18, 2016
Winter Comfort Food: Pheasant Recipe
Courtesy of our friends at Game-to-Eat is this recipe for Pheasant breast. Of course you’ll want to bag your own Pheasant if you can, so we’d recommend a few tots of our Sloe Gin while you’re ou...
November 13, 2016
Cantina Giacomo Conterno “Paulée” with Roberto Conterno
Back in May I made the annual trip to see Roberto Conterno and taste the new releases at Cantina Giacomo Conterno along with a few other wines (I love my job). One of the things we discussed with Ro...
August 11, 2016
Our Own Label Saint-Emilion
We treated our twitter followers to a live tasting of our Saint-Emilion. It’s such a delicious wine and perfect for matching with meat. Take a look for yourself! Who makes your favourite Saint-...
July 1, 2016
Soldera 1981-2006: A Dinner Through The Ages
This was a brilliant Vinous dinner tasting on led by Antonio Galloni, it was surely one of the most historically significant vertical tastings of Gianfranco Soldera’s Brunellos ever staged. It follo...
December 20, 2015
Bonneau du Martray Tasting with Jean-Charles
A few weeks back before everything got ever more manic with Christmas and the pre-Burgundy season (January) workload we were delighted to have Jean-Charles le Bault de La Moriniere of Bonneau du Ma...
November 10, 2015
Clos de Tart day…
Now I’ve had some fun Grand Cru Burgundy days in my time but this is right up there. We originally planned to have a dinner for Sylvain Pitiot as he retires from his position as head of Clos de...
October 20, 2015
Phélan Ségur – Mini vertical at No. 1 Lombard Street with Véronique Dausse
The idea for this dinner came about at a splendid evening at Phélan Ségur back in March during the 2014 En primeur tastings. It was a celebration of 30 years of the Gardinier family’s ownersh...