Last week, we were delighted to reunite the whole Mentzendorff team at Hambledon Vineyard. The day kicked off with coffee and croissants and important ‘One-Team’ presentations led by a member of each department. Next on the agenda, owner Ian Kellet led a fantastic tasting of the Hambledon range; a personal favourite is their Première Cuvée, […]

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 […]

Paxton & Whitfield and Fonseca Port recently held a cheese and port tasting at their flagship Jermyn Street shop

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Get inspired by Mentzendorff’s Fine Wine Sales Manager, Anthony Field-Johnson, with some great Christmas food and wine 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.