By Ed H-B on 26/02/2016
‘2011 is another great vintage which could easily have produced a high quality Riserva, but sadly there just wasn't enough fruit to be able to make it.’ These were the words of Roberto Fuligni, who was in London recently to present his new releases, the Brunello 2011 and the Brunello Riserva 2010.
By Ed H-B on 23/02/2016
Azienda Agricola Andrea Oberto [caption id="attachment_23362" align="aligncenter" width="498"] View over Barbera vineyards - Piedmont[/caption] Dear {}, We've just a few cases left of this outstandingly good value Barbera from one of our top Piedmont producers. A small family run business based in La Morra with over sixteen hectares of vineyards and producing ten wines, The San Giuseppe is made from a selection of grapes from one of Andrea Oberto's best vineyards.
By Charles Lea on 22/01/2016
Jancis Robinson has published a list of wines she regards as bargains of the 2014 vintage on www.
By Charles Lea on 20/01/2016
We are extremely pleased that Jancis Robinson has selected Chablis Fourchaume 2014, from L&S long-term suppliers Adhémar & Francis Boudin, as her 'Wine of the Week' on www.
By David Porter on 16/01/2016
We were delighted to kick-off ‘Burgundy Fortnight’ in London with one of the opening tastings for our 2014 Burgundy primeurs on Monday. There is clearly great interest in this latest vintage release and rightly so – there are many delicious wines at every price level.
By Ed H-B on 25/10/2015
Brilliant '99 point' Brunello - First release of Fuligni's 2010 Riserva 'The year 2010 for Brunello di Montalcino is the greatest modern vintage of Italy’s most famous red wine region. Never have the wines been so profound in quality, character, and quantity from the best hillside vineyards of Montalcino.
By Andrew Hooper on 22/10/2015
With eager anticipation we gathered. On the day that marked Back to the Future Day, we were jouneying back before Marty McFly to a time when the height of sophistication was a cheese and wine party. But there were to be no cubes of supermarket cheddar and pineapple on cocktail sticks for us, we were going to do cheese properly.
By Andrew Hooper on 09/10/2015
“London’s award-winning independent merchant has a penchant for the great and the very good from Europe but picks its New World offerings with great care (and success) too, and all of this at very nice prices to boot.”
By Ed H-B on 11/07/2015
July Special Offer For the next 3 weeks we are pleased to offer special prices on Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut Champagne. Please note we can offer our usual case price discount on 6 bottles when bought from one of our shops with an L&S bag for life. Pricing: 75cl bottles £37.
By Charles Lea on 16/06/2015
Once again L&S is on many shortlists for the International Wine Challenge Merchant of the Year Awards. We are delighted to feature not only on the hotly competitive list for Regional Merchant of the Year for London, but also on a shortlist (of only two) for the nationwide 'Large' Merchant of the Year.
By Charles Lea on 05/05/2015
Good to see Okwui Enwezor (head of this year’s Venice Biennale) is a man of taste in more ways than one. It this week’s FT ‘How to Spend it’