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“2022 is a singular vintage that merits a place in every cellar.” Martin Tickle, Fine Wine Buyer If 2021 was a vintage of the past, then 2022 is the vintage of the future. The product …

Our Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their fourth day they continued to …

Our Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their third day, it was time …

Our Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their second day, they were …

Our Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage… Since their first mention at Château …

“From the moment grapes were picked, there has been great excitement over the potential of the 2019 vintage.” Maggie MacPherson, Group Buyer After two warmer than average vintages, 2019 heralded a return to the norm, …

“What has been produced is rather magical.” Tasting En Primeur is always a slightly odd experience; you arrive in Burgundy shortly after harvest, but rather than talking about the vintage they have just brought into …

“The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” Muhammad Ali Just as the …

Not the vintage of the century, rather a vintage from the last century… The 2021 vintage The 2021 European harvest was born under literal and figurative storm clouds with France, Spain, and Italy reporting losses …

Our final day of Bordeaux En Primeur tasting took us to the Pessac-Léognan region, just a few kilometres South West of the city centre of Bordeaux. The first thing that really strikes you is just …

Another still, fine day dawned, perfect conditions for tasting, after weather reports had forecast rain all week, which is disastrous for tasting – weather really does matter when trying barrel samples. Luck in weather for …

Day 3. Another early start. C’est normale. Yesterday morning’s Gironde mist is now replaced by bright sunshine. We headed north for about an hour reaching Bordeaux’s famed Route D2; a roll call of the great …