The other day David Roberts MW and I were discussing one of the downsides of being a wine merchant. On arrival at a dinner your host tells you he has opened something a bit special. Panic sets in

Room Three, which is largest gallery at the Saatchi, featured a series of wines from the lower Northern Rhône. It was buzzing with excitement.
Four domaines were pouring. Domaine Barret’s Crozes Hermitage

The finest art space coupled with an array north to south of our celebrated Rhone growers made for a fascinating and highly enjoyable evening last Tuesday.

In order to have the samples for our Rhone Tasting in the best possible condition, we sent our latest recruit, Harry Scott-Dempster, off in a Transit van to collect the bottles.

Room One had to be the most diverse room certainly in flavours and also geographically speaking as all the estates came from different parts of Southern France.