Month: June, 2008

Austrian Success

Ivica Vastic must be a national hero after last week’s stay-of-execution for Austria in Euro 2008. Austria might not often find itself celebrating the success of its football heroes (last September over 4,000 Austrian fans actually petitioned for their national side not to play in the tournament, given the team’s poor form) but it should […]

2007 Bordeaux

We are nearing the end of the 2007 Bordeaux en-primeur campaign, with the last few wines expected to be released in the coming days. This time of year is usually a busy and hectic one in the Fine Wine office, though this year it has been a little quiet. Our favourites have sold relatively well, […]

Mojito o’clock

Since recently returning from a captivating holiday in Cuba, my boyfriend Barney and I (below) have been trying to recreate a little bit of Havanan cocktail magic of our own. We might be lacking the Caribbean sunshine and fading grandeur that Havana has to offer, but Barney has become an expert at making Mojitos. They […]

Gerry Casey

Gerry Casey, who died in Bordeaux last week, was an integral part of the Wine Division for 20 years. Already well known to the company through his work with the negociant house of Mahler Besse, he was the obvious choice to run our Bordeaux Office when it was established by Christopher Berry Green in 1974. […]