Demetri Walters MW looks back to the days when Bordeaux’s Left Bank, home to some of the world’s finest wines, was no more than a murky swamp and ponders the road not taken: if the Dutch hadn’t drained the Médoc, revealing its now celebrated soils, what would we be selling and drinking today? It is […]

One can almost sense vinous expertise in the air at No.3 St James’s Street, seeped into the very building over the three centuries it has stood there. So while between our eight Masters of Wine and our expert Account Managers (frequently to be found tasting their way through the latest releases), Berry Bros. & Rudd […]

Originally published in the spring of 1970, this month’s article from Number Three ponders the future of the independent merchant, considering both the impact of climate change and the rise of the supermarket. No doubt it is cowardly of us, but we sometimes feel we should have more heart to face the future if we were not […]