Your staycation guide: the South of France

Forget airline meals, waiting for your luggage or the queue for car rental, and get set for a seriously luxe staycation. Here’s our holiday hit-list, with everything you need to bring the South of France to you this summer Pack your imaginary suitcase, because we’re whisking you away to the South of France. Virtually, of […]

The cocktail hour: Lavender Gin Fizz

Make time for a cocktail hour – smart attire optional – on the patio, in the garden or, if the weather really isn’t playing fair, indoors. This long and exceedingly elegant concoction is guaranteed to bring a taste of Provence to wherever you are Lavender Gin Fizz 60ml No.3 London Dry Gin30ml lemon juice15ml sugar syrup4 […]

Stock secrets: BBX

It’s been 10 years since we first launched our fine wine marketplace, BBX. Since then almost £200 million worth of wine has been traded on the platform. Just in the last year, £30 million worth of fine wine changed hands – with over 28,000 transactions taking place. But it remains something of an insider secret, […]

Barolo versus Barbaresco: what’s the difference?

These two regions in Piedmont produce the world’s most famous styles of Nebbiolo: but how do the wines differ? Taking its name from the autumn mists, or nebbie, which roll amongst the hills of the Langhe when this late-ripening variety is picked, Nebbiolo produces wines of serious structure. Its distinctive combination of high tannin and […]