
February 4, 2022
Furmint February: FFS!!!
Updated from – Furmint February – the ferment about Furmint Sometimes, you just have to read the riot act. ‘Let’s face it, February!!!’, we remonstrated. ‘FFS!*You’ve been pretty dar...

February 2, 2022
Producer Spotlight: Cakebread Cellars
Our focus this month turns to one of our most loved wineries – Cakebread Cellars from California. Bruce Cakebread talks about his passion for winemaking, their organic kitchen garden and updat...

February 2, 2022
C&B Spotlight: Neville Kirkpatrick
This month we are introducing from the C&B team, Neville Kirkpatrick, our Fine Wine Sales Executive based in the London team. Q) Tell us a bit about you and your role at Corney & Barrow? My N...

December 16, 2021
Burgundy 2020 Vintage Report
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...

October 19, 2021
WHAT IS ‘TRENDING’ HERE AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
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 ...

October 19, 2021
C&B Spotlight: Lorena De Andrade
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 ...

October 19, 2021
Producer spotlight: Arboleda
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&...

October 5, 2021
German Sausage and Potato Salad
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...

September 28, 2021
Squash and Sage Risotto
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...

August 18, 2021
Producer spotlight: Le Colture
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...