Under the Radar Producers – Domaine Confuron-Cotetidot, the cream of the Côte de Nuits 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. Read more
Wine of the Week: 2011 Gruner Veltliner – Wachtberg DAC – Erste Lage – Salomon Undhof By Ed H-B on 20/02/2013 Why L&S 'Wine of the Week'? This wine was a unanimous favorite by all four Lea & Sandeman shops and just reviewed by Ben from our Barnes shop: ‘We re-tasted this terrific Gruner at the last generic Austrian Wine event a few weeks ago. A scintillating effort from a top-tier vineyard and producer. Read more
Organic & biodynamic wines at Lea & Sandeman 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. Read more
Valentine’s Billy & Bolly Rosé Special Offer – available in-shop and online. By Ed H-B on 13/02/2013 Seeing as it's Valentine's day tomorrow, we thought we'd put together two great champagne offers available to pick up in the shop any time from 10 am tomorrow. Firstly we are taking £10 off each bottle of Bollinger Rosé - so £39.95 instead of £49. Read more
Under the Radar Producers – Nicolas Rossignol in Volnay By Charles Lea on 12/02/2013 At our 2011 Burgundy tasting I was discussing with Will Lyons (L&S alumnus, now Wall Street Journal wine correspondent) how it is that some producers manage to get into the ‘on allocation only, cannot be bought’ category, while others making wines which rate just as highly are overlooked. Read more
The 2013 Annual Bin End Sale – Open! By Ed H-B on 11/02/2013 As per tradition (and after a false start due to a technical hitch!) we are pleased to announce our annual bin end sale is now open. There's plenty of great wines in there which is why we hesitate to use the phrase 'Bin End' - so feel free to go ahead and fill your boots, shoes and shopping carts. Read more
The pursuit of Pinot finds value and variety 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. Read more
2011 Burgundy – the Wine Gang have their say By Andrew Hooper on 04/02/2013 The Wine Gang have published a list of their picks from the recent round of Burgundy 2011 tastings and, we are pleased to say, LEA & SANDEMAN's wines have performed predictably well. All prices quoted below are In Bond prices. For Duty Paid prices and all other conditions please see the LEA & SANDEMAN web-site. Read more
2011 Burgundy – the thoughts of Tim Atkin MW 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. Read more
2011 Burgundy – Jancis recommends 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. Read more
Where’s my wine day… The team that delivers By Charles Lea on 24/12/2012 6 am Christmas Eve and all the warehouse and delivery team are at our Battersea warehouse, where the vans are being loaded with the last runs before the Christmas break. And they've done it! On Friday things were looking good first thing, with all the runs fully routed. Read more
Londoners, there is still time… By Charles Lea on 19/12/2012 The deadline for deliveries before Christmas outside London is past, but if you live in (central-ish) London, you can still order online for delivery today (Wednesday), or, if you really insist on taking it to the wire, tomorrow (Thursday). Even then our magnificent warehouse crew will get your wine to you before Christmas. Read more