By Ed H-B on 10/04/2014
A wonderful way to start the week Recently Moet Hennessy arranged a seamlessly well organised and enjoyable trip to Reims (North East of Paris) to visit two of the large Champagne Houses – of which I will be concentrating on the second – Dom Ruinart.
By Charles Lea on 07/04/2014
In recent vintages the Bordeaux primeurs campaign has been an unruly affair, stretching out until the beginning of the summer holidays with no one wanting to be the first to jump. This year it seems to be the opposite..
By Charles Lea on 05/04/2014
This offer is now closed. The two wines listed from L&S in the offer, to which thare are links below, below can still be purchased on this site. Today's Weekend Telegraph has an offer of a mixed case comprising two bottles from each of the six members of THE BUNCH.
By Ed H-B on 02/04/2014
“I arrived in Bordeaux on Sunday to taste the 2013 wines which are being shown en primeur. I think we knew all the way through last year, right from the beginning, that it was going to be a difficult vintage. “Making wine in 2013 was like sailing through a storm,”
By Ed H-B on 28/03/2014
March Sale Ending this Sunday at Midnight Just a note to say that our March Sale draws to a close at Midnight this Sunday 30th March. Late additions include Luigi Einaudi Barolo and Gonzalez Byass Fino Palmas Sherries.
By Andrew Hooper on 28/03/2014
With the days getting longer and warmer (hopefully), this Spring-like Season calls for wines from the Jardin de France. The majestic beauty of France’s longest river immediately calls to mind white wines – from crisp classic Sancerre at one end (actually nearer the middle, but let’s not split hairs)(oh, go on, let’s) to the flinty minerality of Muscadet at the other.
By David Porter on 27/03/2014
This is serious stuff. As it hits the glass there is a huge mousse, you can sense the wine and the bubbles, bursting to get out of the bottle after nearly 12 years in the cellar. This soon subsides into a very gentle, beading bubble. Fresh, driven and powerfully mineral – tasting young, despite its fabulous age this will no doubt settle down in 6 months or so to be a wonderful, intense yet balanced Champagne.
By Charles Lea on 26/03/2014
Following on from the fantastic 2006 vintage, the Tassinaia 2007 has been extremely popular in our shops of late and as Victoria Moore points out in her piece ‘Best Wine Deals’ in The Telegraph last Saturday
By David Porter on 22/03/2014
On Sunday the 6th of April the 160th Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race will take place. A brilliant event, steeped in history, of which we are enthusiastic supporters; not least because it passes so close to two of our shops in Barnes and Chiswick.
By David Porter on 21/03/2014
A whistle-stop trip to Bollinger has been a great reminder of just how good this Champagne House is. From the outset it is clear that at Bollinger they really do not cut corners in their efforts to make the most of the raw materials they have.
By Charles Lea on 18/03/2014
Now that Latour has withdrawn from the annual en primeur circus, we can expect regular releases of wines the Château deems ready to drink. This year it is the turn of The Forts 2006 and the Grand Vin 2004, which is a wine we liked at the original en primeur tasting in 2005 but sadly not had the opportunity to try since.
By Ed H-B on 18/03/2014
Rose Murray-Brown of the Scotsman puts the straight chardonnay Legras Blanc de Blancs NV Champagne in the top spot on a recent park bench tasting in Champagne with Christophe Constant of JL Vergnon: