Our most recent article devoted to Yapp Bros dates from 2020 and was written during the dark days of lockdown when we invited various independent wine merchants we respected to send us wines to taste since professional tastings were verboten. In the 2020 article you can read about the background to this family-owned wine importer started by dentist Robin Yapp as a Rhône and Loire specialist. Today it is run...
Yapp Brothers autumn 2024
Wednesday 25 September 2024
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New premises and increased ambition for a family company that's spreading its wings. Above, Jean Lacugue, maker of a particularly satisfying and well-priced red from Château Milhau-Lacugue in St-Chinian.
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