
December 23, 2020
C&B Burgundy 2019 Vintage Report
2019 is a mouth-watering vintage in Burgundy. Thanks to the flexibility of our brilliant family of producers and the well-worn courier route from Burgundy to London, we have managed to taste widely an...

June 29, 2020
Bordeaux Bulletin #3: A Clean Pair of Heels
Blink and you’d have missed it but that was Bordeaux 2019, folks. That vapour trail you see disintegrating in the clear blue sky? As ephemeral as an allocation of Mouton 2019. Before we get into the...

June 15, 2020
Bordeaux Bulletin #2: Fever Pitch
Phew, what a week. Fears that there would be no 2019 Bordeaux campaign have been swept away in a deluge of releases, reaching a high-water mark last week. Things started positively and, in retrospect,...

May 29, 2020
Bordeaux 2019: virus prone?
Bordeaux finds itself in a dilemma. How to sell the 2019 vintage as the starting pistol is fired on what will likely prove to be the global recession of a lifetime? The elephant in this particular roo...

April 2, 2020
Domaine Francois Carillon Tasting at Otto’s
I am a big, if totally biased, fan of the Domaine Francois Carillon wines. The historic Domaine Louis Carillon was divided from the 2010 vintage by the two sons Francois and Jacques, there are a few ...

June 8, 2019
“Wine is one of the most civilised things in existence” – Jean-Louis Trapet, Domaine Trapet
Bringing Burgundy season to a close are the brilliant 2017s of Jean-Louis Trapet. Guy Seddon, explores how these wines are more than worth the wait… One of the many things I like about...

May 15, 2019
Clos de Tart: The times they are a-changin’
Alessandro Noli, previously of Château Grillet, became the new Régisseur of Clos de Tart in March 2019. Clos de Tart and Château Grillet are two of only seven grands crus monopoles in Fran...

March 18, 2019
Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux: A year on
In 2018, we were delighted to announce our brand new exclusivity, Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux. A year on, on the launch of the 2017 vintage, Guy Seddon (Corney & Barrow Fine Wine Sales & Buyer), t...

December 19, 2018
Introducing: Nervi
“For Gattinara, the arrival of the most prestigious producer in Italy is clearly a huge positive.” – Antonio Galloni Introduction There aren’t many more exciting occasions in wine for ...

December 3, 2018
New Release: Domaine Leflaive 2017
“My recommendation is to open a bottle at dinner and drink it for breakfast… if I am really nice to my friends, I open a bottle in the morning.” – Brice de La Morandière (on when to d...