By Andrew Hooper on 12/07/2013
i Clivi was created when Ferdinando Zanusso bought two dishevelled old vineyards in the early 1990's. They were in a poor state but were rescuable and their age has become key to i Clivi's success.
By Andrew Hooper on 01/07/2013
At the time of the infamous 1985 “antifreeze” scandal a story did the rounds that the Japanese government had briefly and erroneously banned the importation of Australian wine, comedically confusing Australian with Austrian. It was, almost certainly, an urban myth but one does wonder what the fabled and lexicographically challenged Japanese civil servant would have made of Bert Salomon.
By Andrew Hooper on 01/04/2013
Of course, by now, we should be diving into cool crisp dry white wines and whipping open pale pink rosés for the delectation of our friends, but the weather isn't playing ball and it still feels like mid-Winter. Time, therefore, for some flavourful, satisfying and reasonably-priced red wine.
By Andrew Hooper on 27/02/2013
Father and son Fernand and Laurent Pillot are 4th and 5th generation winemakers in Chassagne Montrachet and LEA & SANDEMAN are proud to have sold their wines for a number of years now. The 2011’s that we showed recently continue their fine tradition of quality.
By Andrew Hooper on 22/02/2013
UPDATE 20/01/14 You can browse all of our current Côte de Nuits listings here on our website. There can’t be too many wine making families with a type of grape named after them, but there exists a strain of Pinot Noir called Pinot Confuron, reflecting a tradition of careful vine selection and propogation in a family history which dates back to the times of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
By Andrew Hooper on 20/02/2013
In these days of concern for our planet and concern for our own inner well-being we are quite used to seeking out cruelty-free meat from reputable butchers, fish from sustainable sources and reassuringly specky fruit and veg from farmers’ markets.
By Andrew Hooper on 06/02/2013
If you agreed to try something tasty in the alcoholic beverage line from the Czech Republic you would, in all probability, be expecting a frothing glass full of chilled bright amber-gold lager beer. Few of us, Czechs included, would expect to have a glass of wine thrust into our hand.
By Andrew Hooper on 29/01/2013
Another exhaustive taster of new vintage Burgundies is Tim Atkin MW, who has been hard at work, both at the tasting table and the lap-top, of late. If for nothing else than the beautiful photographs, his opus on the 2011 vintage is well worth a look.
By Andrew Hooper on 24/01/2013
In these straitened times, splashing out on a few cases of 2011 Burgundy might seem a tad indulgent. Well, with a miniscule (but, by all reports, excellent) 2012 vintage to follow and the Burgundians making ever more successful overtures toward the Chinese market, it could turn out that 2011 was the smart vintage to buy.
By Andrew Hooper on 13/11/2012
We are delighted to offer the second release of Gonzalez Byass’ rare and delicious Palmas range of sherries. Since the 1880s Gonzalez Byass has used the Palmas system to classify its highest quality Finos.