Bancroft was founded by the late Adam Bancroft MW and is now owned by chairman Peter De Haan and run by CEO Jon Worsley. Since Berry Bros & Rudd decided to downsize FMV, Bancroft have taken on no fewer than five ex-FMV employees, including Lenka Sedlackova MW...
From FMV to Bancroft
Tuesday 23 March 2021
As a complement to From FMV to Liberty we publish this selection of tasting notes on wines now available to buy online from a company that has taken on even more producers from Fields, Morris & Verdin. Above is the Rioja village of Briones where my favourite white in this collection was made.
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