Battling with Mother Nature
Head of buying Pierre Mansour on how to handle what Mother Nature throws at you in Bordeaux!
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Tasting the future by way of the past
Sebastian Payne MW has tasted a few Bordeaux en primeur wines in his time. He reflects on how different the 2017 vintage is.
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Photo Gallery
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Bordeaux 2017
Léoville Barton made textbook wine in 2017 and was one of Sebastian Payne MW's picks of the vintage
Experience trips to other countries with our buying team
Beaujolais 2016
Changing Beaujolais
PR Manager Ewan Murray joins buyer Toby Morrhall in Beaujolais and discovers a region moving away from Nouveau and into the crus.
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Burgundy 2016
Assessing Burgundy
Freddy Bulmer joins buyer for Burgundy Toby Morrhall for the last leg of his trip to assess wines from the 2015 vintage. He shares his thoughts on tasting you Burgundy and why it holds more mystery for him than Bordeaux and introduces us to some of the growers he met.
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Loire 2016
The Glories of the Loire
Cheryl Lee joins Joanna Locke MW on a trip to the Loire to get an early taste of the 2015 Muscadet vintage, before heading to Saumur to blend our latest Crémant.
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Australia 2016
Adventures in Oz
Buyer Sarah Knowles MW embarked on a whirlwind tour of Australia, discovering the jewels of the 2016 vintage and scoping out exciting additions to the Exhibition range, overcoming floods, blackouts and hunting down wild orchids along the way.
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Bordeaux 2017
A good year for wisteria at Château Canon!
Bordeaux 2017
Overlooking Fronsac: our buyer for Bordeaux Tim Sykes on one of the rare sunny days during the trip to source 2017 Bordeaux
Bordeaux 2017
Preparing to taste in much more relaxing surroundings than the big organised primeur tastings. Buyer for Bordeaux Tim Sykes with Stéphanie Barousse at La Dauphine
Bordeaux 2017
Old school optical sorters! Photo courtesy of Basile Tesseron at Château Lafon Rochet
Bordeaux 2017
Entrance to Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
Bordeaux 2017
Spotless winery at Château Phélan-Ségur, Saint-Estèphe
Bordeaux 2017
A more modern optical sorter at Phélan-Ségur. The machine photos each berry as it passes rejecting those that are less than perfect
Bordeaux 2017
Time to taste at Château Giscours, Margaux…'Full, rounded and with plenty of body and the structure to age…notes of mulberries and cedar combine with layered, grainy tannins to ensure a long life and plenty of pleasure to come.' Says buyer Tim Sykes…