A Drink On The Wild Side “Fundamentally, it just feels right to be encouraging wild fermentation in a place where we are surrounded by nature,”- Gen Mills   Some try to keep nature at bay, to control, to dominate it. Jonny and Gen Mills take a rather different approach, from their small brewery in-between Berkeley…

In bygone days if someone mentioned non-fortified Portuguese wines thoughts would turn immediately to a squat bottle encased in a garish straw basket with the words ‘Mateus Rose’ in prominent letters. Thankfully, Portuguese wines have come a long way since then. Portuguese fortified wines are rightly regarded as some of the best in the world,…

“Ooh, ABC darling! ABC!” Is a familiar expression heard when someone is asked what wine they would like to drink. The ‘Anything But Chardonnay’ contingent are zealous in their mistrust of the Chardonnay grape, but as spring begins to arrive and the (hopefully) more favourable weather starts to encourage us to yearn for a chilled…

As soon as the month of September slips into the early days of October, rosé wine – a close friend throughout the summer months – is abruptly forgotten in favour of robust reds or hearty whites. But surely we are missing a trick here? Drinking rosé in the summer we are often than not favouring…

The festive season is almost upon us and that means getting together with friends and family to indulge in great food and (of course) wine. Here are some of our favourite wines that we believe will complement your Christmas and New Year festivities this year.   Aperitif All good festivities should start with a glass…

“Pass the Port? Actually, I’ll have a glass of Madeira…” The Island of Madeira is located about 400 miles off the coast of north Africa in the Atlantic Ocean and has, for the past 500 years, been producing some of the best fortified wines in the world.  Malvasia was the first grape to be introduced…