A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux
I didn’t get to do primeurs in Bordeaux this spring. In fact I never do primeurs in Bordeaux because it’s
Read more
Bordeaux
Restaurants: dinner at La Trompette, Chiswick, with three interesting wines
Website: https://www.latrompette.co.uk/ La Trompette is one of my favourite restaurants in London. Tucked away in Chiswick, it has an upmarket
Read more
The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense
Buying wine en primeur has two potential benefits. First, if the wine is sought after, you secure your allocation. If
Read more
Saison Wines, an exciting new UK importer of organic French wine
Website: https://saisonwines.carrd.co/ Daphne Teremetz was previously a wine buyer at Waitrose where she worked for 8 years, before setting out
Read more
What are we to make of Lafleur’s decision to leave the Pomerol and Bordeaux appellations? (Updated)
What are we to make of the hot news from Bordeaux that Société Civile du Château Lafleur (who make six
Read more
Dinner with friends including three interesting Chinese wines
Eddie McDougall was in town so a gathering of the new Canary Wharf Wine Club was convened to welcome him
Read more
Château Pavie deep dive, with Jane Anson and João Pires
As part of the Wynn Signature Chinese wine awards 2025 there was a series of seminars, and this was was
Read more
Bordeaux 2022: tasting the wines from this much-hyped vintage now they are in bottle
Each year I look forward to tasting the most recently bottled vintage of Bordeaux. These wines will have been shown
Read more
Bordeaux 2021 in bottle: ratings of many of the top wines
I don’t taste the cask samples of the new vintage of Bordeaux en primeurs, for quite a few reasons, but
Read more
Highlights: Les Cadrans de Lassègue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020
Slightly surprised to see a wine this good in the Flagship AA lounge in Dallas Fort Worth Airport. It’s the
Read more