A blog from Jeroboams

4:50 wake up call. 5:15 taxi. 8:15 flight to Bordeaux. It’s Primeurs Week and it’s as though the Covid pandemic never happened, apart from being reminded by EasyJet that face masks are still mandatory on …

The Veneto wine region of Italy stretches from the shores of Lake Garda in the west, across to Venice at its south-east corner, and up into the Dolomite mountains and the border with Austria in …

Tuesday 29th March 2022 was a very special evening indeed – our first large scale event in 2 years! The wait had seemed never ending, but finally it was time to throw open the doors …

Having spent a week tasting the new vintage of Barolo (over 300 of them!) I found it hard not to fall instantly in love with the wines – which is not what I was expecting …

The Chef’s Room, Pollen Street SocialWednesday 9th February It felt serendipitous that our first post-lockdown private client dinner was hosted by Brad Grimes, the inimitable winemaker of Abreu Vineyards. Back in February 2020, Brad had …

Jeroboams is proud to have offered Burgundy En Primeur for well over 30 years. Over that period, we have witnessed huge changes in both how wine is offered En Primeur, the broader Fine Wine market …

The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and… Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap Trilogies have long been popular in literature and movies, providing plenty of space for a story …

Whilst gin is the original spirit to be used as the base of a Martini, vodka martinis are now seen as equally ‘classic’ and, indeed, classy – they never go out of style. There are …

In terms of the weather, 2020 follows the path of 2016, 2018 and 2019 in that they were all defined by a mild and wet spring, followed by long dry summers and hot and dry …

On Monday 12th April restaurants and pub gardens will be allowed to serve customers in outdoor areas in what we hope is a big step towards a return to normality in the UK. Among the …

All keen gardeners will know the pain of popping down to the allotment and seeing that Peter rabbit has been at your carrots, turbo the snail has feasted on your lettuce, and there seems to be a plague of aphids hell bent on sucking your raspberry plants dry. Well, the same goes for grape growers. Maggie MacPherson takes us through all the lovely pests and diseases of the viticultural world.

Probably not the sexiest of topics when it comes to learning about wine, however trellising and training vines have a surprising impact on the end product. Maggie MacPherson takes us through all the important details.