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&...

This blog has been updated – please see updated version here. February is dull: shades of grey (despite the flash of pink on 14th), cold, wet. But there are a few up-sides at least. Firstly, Feb...

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...

The Loire lies at the heart of France, in so many ways, literally and symbolic.  A fascinating region of great beauty, the Loire is steeped in history and culture, a land of contrasts –of religious...

Chile is a land of drama, of contrasts and vast extremes within formidable natural boundaries. Chile is the longest country in the world, unfurling itself over four thousand kilometres of Pacific coas...

Wines from the UK – and particularly our sparkling wines – are garnering critical acclaim worldwide, and for good reason: they are world-class. The best are earning the UK a deserved place o...

With such diversity of geography, climate, grape variety and above all, vineyard husbandry and winemaking talent, it is incredibly difficult (some would say impossible), to make generalisations about ...

The wine culture of the Iberian Peninsula is truly ancient. Vines are most likely to have been introduced by the maritime Phoenicians, even before the Romans and the church but the latter two had a ma...

‘We are in unprecedented times’ goes the standard phrase. Running any business at this time presents its challenges, so you can only imagine what life has been like for vine-growers and winemakers...

Producing wine is a delicate balancing act, producing it well is another thing entirely. Wines that are truly exceptional often come from producers or areas on the margins of grape-growing, whether th...