Category: Miscellaneous

Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur tasting

As part of our Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur offer, we brought 400 customers and almost 60 producers together for a tasting of both the new wines and some older vintages. Alexandra Gray de Walden reports on how the evening unfolded.   On Tuesday 11th July, The Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Hall played host to our […]

Bringing nature into the conversation

In late June, we invited a number of our producers to London to our inaugural Sustainability Forum. In the gleaming rooms of the BAFTA building, we gathered to discuss ideas around sustainability in the wine industry. Here, we bring you the highlights from a morning packed with insight and inspiration.   Built on 325 years […]

A finger to the wind: changes

As we celebrate our 325th anniversary, we asked industry specialists to consider the future of wine and spirits. Here, we reflect on some of the changes that they’d like to see. It’s impossible to predict the future, even for a 325-year-old wine and spirit merchant. Perhaps the only sure thing is change itself. And for […]

A finger to the wind: optimism

As we celebrate our 325th anniversary, we asked industry specialists to ponder the potential changes to come for the wine and spirits industry. Here, we examine their causes for optimism, looking ahead.  Between rising duty, increasing weather extremes and wildfires, it can be hard to view the wine and spirits industry’s future optimistically. What then […]