A blog from Jeroboams

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 …

It’s a real privilege and pleasure to be out in Bordeaux, tasting the 2021s with the team. Monday, our first day on the road, was spent checking in with top addresses in Pomerol and St …

Piedmont is probably best known for the fine wine giants Barolo and Barbaresco, though alongside these are also plenty of other excellent wines to explore, such as Barbera and Dolcetto, as well as high quality …

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 …

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 …

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.

The Languedoc is one of the most important regions for supplying the UK and the source of some excellent value wines. This is still the largest vineyard in the world at (with the Roussillon) 235,000 hectares and produces over 130 million cases of wine each year. To put that in perspective, the production averages more than any of Argentina, Chile, Australia or South Africa. Peter Mitchell MW takes us through this wonderful region.

Fortified wines once held a far more important position in the world of wine than they do now. Peter Mitchell MW gives us the inside track on all things fortified, which will almost certainly leave you wanting a glass!