Category: Wine School

Why wine is really just geography

Wine isn’t fine art or strict chemistry – or not so Fine Wine Account Manager Jared Ehret claims. Here he argues that wine and its endless variety is simply the product of geography

How to make wine: rosé

As we officially kick off all things summer this week, we dive into opening the first of our 12 essential summer wines – our Own Selection Provence Rosé. We ask Wine and Spirits Education Specialist Barbara Drew to don her rosé-tinted spectacles and explain the different ways of making wine pink Looking out the window at […]

Advice: Sir Lunchalot

The second in a series of our advice column, Berry Bros. & Rudd in-house expert Sir Lunchalot answers all your wine-related questions… This month, the conundrum of which is better – cork or screwcap? Dear Sir, When faced with the decision of purchasing wine in screw top or in cork, there are many conflicting pieces […]

Lunacy: the increasing obsession with biodynamics

Biodynamic winemaking continues to take centre stage in the debate of both its use and meaning. Is it all moonshine? We asked Alexis Self to find out. It is estimated that every two years, more data is added to the universe than in the entirety of human existence before that point. A not inconsiderable amount […]