Disgorgement & Dosage - and why they matter to your Champagne
June 17 2021
by Pippa Hayward
The style and taste of every bottle of Champagne you buy will have been shape...
June 17 2021
by Pippa Hayward
The style and taste of every bottle of Champagne you buy will have been shape...
June 10 2021
by Charlie Carter
This month, we’re delving into the world of Grower Champagne, and making an i...
May 27 2021
by Richard Wilson
Hailing from that hotbed of winemaking talent, Leicestershire, Katie Jones...
May 21 2021
by Charlie Carter
We hug the Loire river’s South bank on our journey east, passing numerous ...
May 14 2021
by Charlie Carter
After a sound night’s sleep, our second continental breakfast of the trip an...
May 06 2021
by Charlie Carter
After a restful night in central Nantes, we are ready to hit the road ea...
April 29 2021
by Pippa Hayward
“April is the cruelest month…” – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland Those of us f...
April 20 2021
by Richard Wilson
The buying process at The Good Wine Shop during the pandemic has taken a v...
April 08 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Vinho Verde hugs the northwest corner of Portugal, bordered by the Atla...
April 02 2021
by Charlie Carter
How English wine found its fizz For Easter, we participated in the Big E...
March 26 2021
by Richard Wilson
Unsurprisingly, it has been just over a year since I was last abroad. I mi...
March 10 2021
by Pippa Hayward
A miracle has happened in Germany. A generation ago there were good German...
February 18 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Writing a blog piece occasionally leaves me wondering where to begin – not wi...
December 17 2020
by The Good Wine Shop Team
December saw Pippa celebrating 10 years with the Good Wine Shop! For the o...
December 17 2020
by Pippa Hayward
The region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (very easy to get confused with th...
December 03 2020
by Richard Wilson
Recently, after I described a particularly juicy, easy-drinking wine that ...
November 23 2020
by Pippa Hayward
This year we need all the reasons we can possibly find to be cheerful. Thanks...
November 06 2020
by Pippa Hayward
The Almacenista story in Jerez Few wines are subject to as many misguided as...