Archive for the 'General' Category

“The hippest wine merchant in London”?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

During an office tidy-up (August is always a slightly slow month in the wine trade) “Tatler’s thousand most socially significant people in 1992″ came to light.

Pichon Baron 1993

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

On Saturday night I drank a bottle of Ch Pichon Baron, 2eme Cru Pauillac 1993. If anyone has this in their cellar, you should drink it now and really enjoy it.

Warm Wine – No Thanks!

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Our recent Tuscan trip was basked in heat that ranged from 30-38C. It was glorious coming from a grey, cool London; however, for wine tasting, it was another story.

Talk about an epiphany

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Tom spotted this on Bloomberg earlier this week. We haven’t tasted the wines, but it is such a brilliant story.
“Ray Walker was happily employed as a financial adviser

Tanks…

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

As a small boy my hero was a tank commander friend of my father called David Glazebrook and all I wanted to do was roar around in heavy metal as he did.