Marko Fon is perhaps the most underrated winemaker we work with. He is a guy who for us typifies what it means to be a true vigneron, displaying as much respect, love and dedication to the land he farms as any grower we have met. His expressions of local grapes Malvazija, Vitovska and Teran provide an…
Cantina Giardino might just be our most popular producer. Each time a new shipment of their wines arrive in London there is a palpable sense of excitement, with everyone looking to quench their thirst for these vibrant wines from the hills of Campania. Antonio and Daniela Di Gruttola’s work is bound by several principles. They are focus…
Towards the end of last year we made our annual trip to see Antonio and Daniela of Cantina Giardino and as always, it was one of the most rewarding of the year. Walking through their beautiful old vineyards, drinking some incredible old wines and a twelve hour lunch at our favourite trattoria, Di Pietro made sure…
It’s that time of year again, when the dark days of January are brightened up by the news of the arrival of Marco Buratti’s excellent wine of thirst, L’Ombra. From the Colli Euganei’s vibrant volcanic soils, L’Ombra is bottled by-the-litre young, fun and brimming with energy. Nothing is added, nothing is taken a way. It…
The time has come, this Sunday is our winter party and here is everything you need to know in order to have a good time. 1. The party is at Studio Spaces, Level 2, 1 Kingsland Road E2 8AA. It is above a cafe on the northwest corner of Old Street and Kingsland Road called ‘The Old…
We have been bugging him for a while and eventually he had to succumb. We are very happy to announce that our man from San Michele di Ganzaria in Sicilia, Filippo Rizzo of Lamoresca, will be joining us in London in a couple of weeks time to introduce the new vintage of his wines at a couple of…
We are very excited to announce that Giuseppe Ferrua of Fabbrica di San Martino will be joining us in London in a couple of weeks time. From his biodynamic farm in the Colline Lucchesi just outside Lucca, Beppe crafts some of the most delicious wines being made in Tuscany today. His story is an interesting…
Like many of our growers, Jérôme Guichard is a quiet, humble and hard working guy who spends the vast majority of his life out amongst the vines. In 2011 after several years of apprenticeship, he bought an old farmhouse and just under 3 hectares of old Chardonnay vineyards in the commune of Montbellet in the Mâconnais…
After spending seven hours in a tiny hire car, this was perhaps the best thing we could have hoped for when arriving to meet Jean-Pierre Robinot at his farm in Chahaignes. Within five minutes we had trudged down to the cave for aperitif in the form of a magnum of L’As des Années Folles 2013, disgorged…
For lovers of real wine, the name Jean-Pierre Robinot and his story are legendary. He fell in love with wine at a young age, moved to Paris, met some of the natural wine movements true pioneers and subsequently opened one of the first bars dedicated to such wines in the city, L’Ange Vin and founded…