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Lamy!
.. it that time of year when very very small amounts of top league Burgundy arrive in our cellars. In this case it’s the 2023 vintage of Hubert Lamy’s top notch Saint-Aubin. … read more
News
– The Argy 100 –
The Argy 100 may sound like a throw back to the good olde days of National hero Juan Manuel Fangio, known locally as ‘el Chueco’, the winner of five… read more
Nineteen Fifty Nine Haut-Brion
The first case of proper wine I ever professionally sold, August 1985, was a sealed Original Wooden Case of Chateau Haut-Brion 1959. We gently opened the case in the… read more
… Vini homogeni!
The most striking thing about some of the wines that I have been tasting (& drinking of course) these last July days, whether at Trade tastings… read more
Il Duemilaventuno e cento punti!
Il Duemilaventuno di Sergio Manetti is 100% Sangiovese harvested from the estate’s oldest vineyards, that we know as Le Pergole Torte. Aged for two years in a single Slavonian oak cask. Only 1,000… read more
Deo Optimo Maximo
What an odd year we all seem to be having so far. This June 2025, alas, began more or less well for us thank goodness, and as… read more
… our cup of Tea-tolo!
.. well, the great Basilicatian Aglianico ”Titolo”, yes! and as part of our 40th anniversary of being in the fine wine business, we have & will host this year various… read more
En Primeur is dead! Long live En Primeur!?
May 2025, Pauillac, Bordeaux (21°C with blue skies and a lovely light breeze) It has been almost 3 years now since our last Bordeaux ‘En Primeur’ purchase and along… read more
1er Cru witchcraft….
The wicked witch of the north blew into town last night on her Gredos broomstick, all the way from Madrid to Buenos Aires. She bought with… read more
a little under the Radda
Italy in the 1970’s had important winemakers making useful and big changes to the Italian wine scene. Going from the plonkish wines we where all once used to quaffing… read more