A rewarding night for Berry Bros. & Rudd

Berry Bros. & Rudd stole the show last night at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) – the Oscars of the wine world – to pick up the most coveted title: Wine Merchant of the Year 2014. We were fortunate enough to be nominated in four categories in total (finishing runners up in the Wine Club […]

A piece of Pickering Place history

As a symbol of the enduring friendship and partnership between the United Kingdom and Texas, Governor Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry presented Her Majesty’s Consul General Andrew Millar with a new plaque marking the site of the former Texas Legation at Berry Bros. & Rudd recently (18th October). The ceremony took place in […]

Jancis Robinson MW Book Launch

I was privileged to join book buyers, magazine editors and representatives from the wine industry gathered for an intimate tasting led by Jancis Robinson MW on Thursday (14) for the unveiling of the first copy of a soon-to-be-published wine book. Wine enthusiasts will certainly be taking their appreciation to a new level with the publication […]

From ‘legendary’ to ‘double triumph’ – a decade of Ch. Haut-Bailly

A small gathering of some of the UK’s most renowned wine writers assembled in our Pickering Cellar to taste a vertical of 11 vintages of Ch. Haut-Bailly recently (4th October), where the general manager of the chateaux in Pessac-Léognan, Veronique Sanders, gently guided us through 11 vintages from 2000 to 2010. You could hear a […]