November 23, 2020
Christmas Tales: Christmas Eve
The smells of frankincense and myrrh are the epitome of Christmas Eve for me. If I close my eyes, and conjure these heavy scents, I am transported to a darkened chapel, with candles flickering in the ...
November 3, 2020
Christmas Tales: The Christmas Tree
As children, we were heady with excitement in anticipation of the Christmas Tree. This began with a rigorous selection process. My mother was very specific about the proportions of The Tree. It was no...
September 21, 2020
C&B Spotlight: Tree Thuis – Ambassador of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Our resident bee expert and Miss Green Fingers Katrina (Tree) Thuis has been part of the Corney & Barrow family for over 10 years. When she is not busy supporting our Fine Wine and Broking teams, ...
July 17, 2019
Tales of the City – Riesling Carmel Road 2014
If you’ve never read The Tales of the City I truly envy you. Armistead Maupin started his iconic series in 1976 following Mary-Ann Singleton moving from conservative Cleveland to decadent San Fran...
June 18, 2019
Olivia Marsh: Why Corney & Barrow is So Eventful to Work At
There must be times working for a major wine merchants when you feel you’ve left the core job you started out with well behind you and turned into all singing, dancing events organiser such are th...
May 21, 2019
Edouard Labruyère’s Château Rouget
Our latest Bordeaux 2018 release comes from Château Rouget. A quintessential Pomerol from our good friend Edouard Labruyère, Rouget 2018 combines soaring aromatics with a substantial, age-worth...
May 20, 2019
The making of C&Bee
Corney & Barrow is proud to be a member of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust as part of our C&Bee initiative. Tree Thuis, a member of the C&B Fine Wine team, explains how we got there̷...
May 12, 2019
Talking Bordeaux with Edouard Moueix
What to expect from Bordeaux 2018? We caught up with Edouard Moueix at a recent tasting of the new vintage. Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks for updates and releases from some of Bord...
May 10, 2019
Domaine Bonneau du Martray
Following the acquisition in January 2017 of Domaine Bonneau du Martray by US businessman Stanley Kroenke, the dynamic new management team comprises Armand de Maigret and Thibault Jacquet, previously...
May 2, 2019
An interview with François Mitjavile
The man behind Tertre-Roteboeuf and Roc de Cambes: François Mitjavile shares his thoughts on the new Bordeaux 2018 vintage. Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks for updates and releases ...