Wine Industry
How “Cru Bourgeois” Came Back From The Brink
Just over ten years ago, in 2007, the Cru Bourgeois ranking system was in tatters. The system brought in to give consumers a better view of the great and the good of the red wines of the Médoc (outside the 1855 classifications) was at breaking point. Legal battles, rumours of nepotism by ruling councils, and even …
My Top Ways To Spend A Summer
Got asked a few weeks back by the chief himself, Richard Siddle of The Buyer, to answer a few questions on what I like to get up to in the summer. Well we’ve only got a couple of weeks left of it, so let’s get this one out there. We’ve got DIY, Red Dwarf, and …
Stunning Place For A Wine Festival
A lifetime or so ago, when I was living up in Edinburgh and studying for my postgrad, I came across Norway for the first time. We had two on the course, one of who introduced me to my Norwegian wife, tussen takk for det, Anders! The other lad, Gisle, was from far up north, in …
Is Winebuyers.com the future of internet wine buying?
At the recent London Wine Fair, in the Innovations Zone, I met the team from Winebuyers.com, a new online wine club that claims to be trying to drag the wine world kicking and screaming into the 21stcentury. Definitely not a bad thing I think we can all agree. So what are they planning and how …
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Slick Service Makes The Difference
Berry Brothers and Rudd are the oldest wine merchant in the UK. Based out of St James’s in London’s trendy Mayfair area, this is where they’ve been operating in one guise or another since 1698. When I was coming through in the banking world all those years ago, all the senior lads and lasses had …