Every year I try to assemble a collection of wines for Financial Times readers that I think should be drinking particularly well for celebrations over the year end. There is a horrible shortage...

There were some very serious and well-made wines here – quite a change from the mass-market retailers. None of the wines is cheap and a few are overpriced, but they are generally satisfying....

Is there no end to Berry Bros’ imperialistic ambitions? Not content with owning most of St James’s in London, they are already oldtimers in both Hong Kong and Ireland with a thriving retail...

Following in the wake of Howard Ripley and Café Anglais, whose forthcoming London wine dinners we announced here last week, Berry Bros and Bordeaux Index are also organising some high-flown...

Australian viticulture consultant (and viticultural editor of the first two editions of The Oxford Companion to Wine ) Dr Richard Smart has paid Berry Bros' recent report “A glimpse into...

Think of Italian wine and what do you see? Something deep purple or dusky crimson? While it’s true that Italy makes far more red than white, the dramatically improved whites of the...

See Dr Richard Smart's reactions to this report here . My morning paper devotes the top half of its page 11 to a story headlined 'Chateau China, a taste of wines to come with climate...

This time last year I met Berrys' Simon Staples for the first time to record this audio podcast on the 2006 bordeaux .  We met again this week to discuss the Bordeaux 2007s, still in...

This is one chunk of Julia’s and my notes on more than 1,250 samples of 2006 burgundy written either in Burgundy in December 2007 or at one of the rash of tastings held in London in the...

Those who have read this lively thread on members' forum about the prices of 2006 burgundies might be interested in the following discussion on the subject with Jasper Morris MW of Berry Bros at...

Julia had the toughest day yesterday, at both the Bouchard/Fèvre/Guigal tasting (no, Guigal don’t make Burgundy but they share a UK importer with the first two) while I concentrated...

‘Tis the season to be merry, and to disregard society’s disapproval of the strong and sweet. Sweet wines are some of the world’s most delicious, and most difficult to make well....

I was really enjoying my margarita sitting at the bar of Green & Red, the hugely popular Mexican cantina in increasingly fashionable Bethnal Green, E1, until I asked its owners, Will Beckett...

We have the first significant set of prices for 2006 Bordeaux now – as usual from the relatively moderate house of J P Moueix. They are often first to announce their prices and steer clear...

We have been discussing likely pricing levels for 2006 bordeaux on members’ forum  and now Berry Bros wades in, with the following statement from our old friend sales director...