2018 Burgundy En Primeur
Luke Cianfarani onAquaplaning our way up the A6 from Geneva, the road illuminated by sheet lightning, was the rather unnerving manner in which we arrived late Sunday evening into Beaune. A fitting welcome from a wine region whose …
Continue readingA Day in the Life of a UK Wine Merchant: Bordeaux En Primeur Week
Xavier Hornblow onOne of the most traditional aspects of the wine trade is the annual phenomenon that is a Bordeaux en primeur campaign. I’m coming to the end of my eleventh en primeur vintage so I ought …
Continue readingNow The Dust Has Settled
Ben Pearson onNow that the dust has settled following our Summer Tasting, we wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our customers in attendance, and to all the producers who made the trip …
Continue readingA Tour de Taittinger
Pippa Mistry-Norman onPippa Mistry-Norman takes us through a visit of the sights and sounds of Champagne, courtesy of Taittinger. The forecast in Champagne was ideal for the Jeroboams retail team trip hosted by Taittinger (Official Champagne of …
Continue readingIt’s Cocchi o’Clock!
James Phillips onMatteo Danisi, Assistant Manager of Jeroboams Elizabeth Street, tells us about the joys of a recent trip to Cocchi in Asti, where he discovered the unbounded pleasures of aromatised wines. If you happen to find …
Continue readingBelle Époque: Visiting Maison Perrier- Jouët
Loick Tyson on‘Will a magnum of Brut be enough?’ At the beginning of a trade trip to Champagne, these are the important decisions to be made. It was reasoned to our host, Jonny from Maison Perrier- Jouët, …
Continue readingFeudo Disisa: Discovering Sicily
Ben Pearson onSicily has a somewhat tense relationship with the rest of Italy. It is the kind of sentiment a lot of islanders have towards the mainland: where the customs and way of life of one are …
Continue readingVisiting MontRubi: the Producer’s Perspective
Ben Pearson onIt’s always great to receive international visitors to the cellar of MontRubi. Even more so if the visitor is one of our customers, and even better still if the visitor is someone with whom we …
Continue readingBubbles: On the Wine-ding Road with Laytons
Ben Pearson onRecently Michael Robins, our Wholesale Director, embarked on a trip to Italy to visit our prosecco producer. This is his story… Perhaps I am getting too old and cynical about wine trips: been there, done …
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