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R.D. Recollections
My first experience of R.D. was on a very cold day in January 1992 at Great Peter Street; the ’73; a dribble was remaining in a bottle left in the first-floor dining room. Anthony Leschallas (the M.D) and a customer were out for lunch, and I was allowed to finish off the bottle. This was […]
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Paxton & Whitfield and Fonseca Cheese and Port Pairing
Paxton & Whitfield and Fonseca Port recently held a cheese and port tasting at their flagship Jermyn Street shop
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Fladgate Partnership Harvest Trip 2019
The Fladgate Port Harvest press trip took place this year from 16-18 September and saw journalists, Tom Cannavan, David Kermode and Phoebe French join us for a visit to Porto and the Douro Valley.
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Champagne Bollinger Welcomes IMW Auction Prize Winners on a VIP Visit to Champagne
Champagne Bollinger was delighted to welcome the successful bidders of the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) Auction Prize for a VIP visit to the House in Aÿ in Champagne.
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Eroica Montalcino 2019
Andrew Hawes, Justin Liddle and Alan Montague-Dennis from Mentzendorff joined Brunello di Montalcino producer Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona and 3,000 other riders for the Eroica Montalcino at the end of May this year.
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Mentzendorff tackles sustainability at 2019 Portfolio Tasting
The Mentzendorff Portfolio Tasting was recently held at 1 Great George Street, London; the theme of this year’s tasting was sustainability and the topic was explored in depth at a seminar and panel discussion chaired by Peter Richards MW and featuring a selection of speakers from across the Mentzendorff Portfolio, including Denis Bunner – Champagne Bollinger, Federico Ceretto – owner, Anthony Hamilton Russell of Hamilton Russell Vineyards, Andrew Donaldson – founder of Akitu from New Zealand’s Central Otago and Adrian Bridge CEO of the Fladgate Partnership.
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South Africa: Hamilton Russell Vineyards and Klein Constantia
At the very end of January this year we travelled to South Africa to escape the drudgery of another English winter for some much sought for sun!
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Christmas Food & Wine Pairings with AFJ
Get inspired by Mentzendorff’s Fine Wine Sales Manager, Anthony Field-Johnson, with some great Christmas food and wine pairings!
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Taylor’s Port with Paxton & Whitfield… Perfect Christmas Pairings
Paxton & Whitfield and Taylor’s Port recently held an event at Paxton’s headquarters to offer some guidance on those all-important Port and cheese purchases for the festive season.
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Eroica Gaiole 2018
That idea of “ beauty of fatigue and thrill of conquest ….” Giancarlo Brocci
On October 7th 2018 , Andrew Hawes , Justin Liddle and Alan Montague-Dennis travelled to Pisa with their vintage steel bicycles to join our Italian agency Principals , Ciacci Piccolomoni D’Aragona to form “Team Ciacci” and participate in L’Eroica di Gaiole.
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