Videos/Podcasts

In last week's wine of the week, I promised to publish an account of a tasting lunch at Le Gavroche in London with the new man at Ch Lagrange in St-Julien. Bruno Eynard took over from Marcel Ducasse and is seen here with my fellow guests.  You may recognise them. See my tasting notes. More...

The Australians' annual presentation of their wines to the trade and media in their most important export market the UK has long been one of the leading events in the UK wine trade calendar. Now that the Oz export engine appears to have run out of steam, it surely takes on even greater. More...

In this short film, new, small, upmarket négociant Olivier Bernstein discusses how 2008 and 2009 compare with each other and with previous vintages.  You can read more about Bernstein in Notes from Gevrey-Chambertin .   More...

Learn, sort of, how to prune a vine - so much easier to see against the snow - in this short film made by Richard Hemming at last week's Master of Wine first-year educational seminar in Rust, Austria. Tomorrow we'll publish his written account of it. More...

Last week, jostling for attention with all those burgundy 2008 tastings in London, came a substantial delegation of wine producers from ... Japan.  Seen here are scenes from the inaugural export tasting of wines made from Japan's own grape Koshu. As you can see in this short film shot in. More...

On Monday night I was at the historic and very beautiful Guildhall in the City of London to witness this year's awards ceremony for hundreds of successful students at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust . One of the most successful Diploma graduates was Tim Jackson, a frequent and. More...

Today is the only day in the current fortnight when there is no Burgundy 2008 tasting in London. The merchants perhaps assume their customers are too busy getting themselves and their famliies off to their country houses to be able to find the time to taste and order.  There are four. More...

In tandem with my tasting notes on 22 Baja California wines , you might like to hear wha Hugo d'Acosta, who supplied all the wines, has to say about the state of wine in Mexico today.  This was filmed in the offices of his UK importer Bibendum Wine and photographer of the. More...

Eric LeVine, onlie begetter of CellarTracke r, is currently on his first trip to England since winning the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta as a schoolboy cox in 1987. The reason? His wife Suzi LeVine had to come to London for a conference in her role as a leading. More...

Here's a look around the little Burgundy village of Pernand-Vergelesses behind the hill of Corton, including evidence of dramatic expansion at Domaine Bonneau de Martray. More...