
July 24, 2023
What on earth are the neighbours up to?
It is somewhat my fault that Corney & Barrow are members of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. As a volunteer ambassador for the science-based educational charity, I cannot help but enthuse about b...

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...

March 6, 2019
#BalanceForBetter in Novel Pairings
#BalanceForBetter International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day taking place on Friday 8th March, to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also ...

March 4, 2019
Book & Bottle #NovelPairing: The Clasp
Quintessential New Yorker Sloane Crosley made her UK debut back in 2010 at my Literary Salon at Shoreditch House with her ruthlessly personal essay collection I Was Told There’d Be Cake. She’s oft...

December 16, 2018
What’s your Christmas like?
Whether you’re into sitting by the fire, or rocking around the Christmas tree, everyone has their own festive traditions. Scottish Ballet’s Sophie Martin tells us how she usually spends he...

November 16, 2018
Book & Bottle #NovelPairing: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Unlike French wine, French literature doesn’t travel. You’re thinking de Maupassant and Genet and Flaubert and Collette and De Beauvoir and Nin. I’m not saying there are no good French books, fa...

September 10, 2018
Book & Bottle #NovelPairing: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is the kind of book you find on a shelf in a holiday home, well-thumbed and swollen with seawater from trips to the beach. A sensational bestseller in 1994, it continues t...

July 9, 2018
Book & Bottle #NovelPairing: The Burning Chambers
The first in a quartet, The Burning Chambers sees Kate Mosse return to Carcassone as Catholics and Huguenots clash in the Wars of Religion. It’s a truly epic tale of love and loss. Mosse joined us a...

June 21, 2018
Book & Bottle #NovelPairing: White Houses
White Houses reveals the passionate and hidden love affair between patrician Eleanor Roosevelt and outsider Lorena Hickok – known as Hick. Then, as now, the White House is full of secrets. James Fra...