Charlie’s Road Trip to the Loire - 1/3
May 06 2021
by Charlie Carter
After a restful night in central Nantes, we are ready to hit the road ear...
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Spring Frost - the enemy of winegrowers
April 29 2021
by Pippa Hayward
“April is the cruelest month…” – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland Those of us f...
Richard's Spring Picks
April 20 2021
by Richard Wilson
The buying process at The Good Wine Shop during the pandemic has taken a v...
Vinho Verde - Re-visiting Portugal’s most famous white wine region
April 08 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Vinho Verde hugs the northwest corner of Portugal, bordered by the Atla...
Why you should drink more English Fizz!
April 02 2021
by Charlie Carter
How English wine found its fizz For Easter, we participated in the Big E...
Meet some of Richard's much loved German producers
March 26 2021
by Richard Wilson
Unsurprisingly, it has been just over a year since I was last abroad. I mi...
German wine – red, white and never better
March 10 2021
by Pippa Hayward
A miracle has happened in Germany. A generation ago there were good German...
Old Vines, Young Winemakers – New Wave South Africa
February 18 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Writing a blog piece occasionally leaves me wondering where to begin – not wi...
Congratulations to Pippa on 10 years at The Good Wine Shop!
December 17 2020
by The Good Wine Shop Team
December saw Pippa celebrating 10 years with the Good Wine Shop! For the o...
Avignonesi – the re-invention of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
December 17 2020
by Pippa Hayward
The region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (very easy to get confused with th...
Luncheon Claret
December 03 2020
by Richard Wilson
Recently, after I described a particularly juicy, easy-drinking wine that ...
Thanksgiving Wine Picks
November 23 2020
by Pippa Hayward
This year we need all the reasons we can possibly find to be cheerful. Thanks...
A piece of Sherry’s history to celebrate International Sherry Week
November 06 2020
by Pippa Hayward
The Almacenista story in Jerez Few wines are subject to as many misguided as...
The Pope, the Palace, his Court and the Wine
October 21 2020
by Pippa Hayward
The Papal Palace in Avignon In 1405, fed up with the Vatican’s double-dea...
Get your glasses out for some Rioja!
October 08 2020
by Pippa Hayward
October is “Shop Rioja” month here at TGWS. Welcome to a month of immersion...
Compass Box – Twenty years of innovation in Whisky
September 25 2020
by Ben Craighead
Now that the Autumn equinox has passed and we see the nights ...
Getting you through 2020 with Richards top Rieslings
September 19 2020
by Richard Wilson
As a self-confessed Riesling nut and whilst in the midst of an Indian summ...
California’s ‘new wave’ – keep on keeping on.
September 15 2020
by Richard Wilson
The term ‘new wave’ is such a cliché, isn’t it? However, I cannot think of a...