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...
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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...
Dolomites Elisabetta Foradori - the Dolomation “fore-mother” of Biodynamics
September 10 2020
by Richard Wilson
Walking in the Dolomites during an adventurous family summer holiday, I traum...
London's Best Neighbourhood Wine Shop!
September 07 2020
by Mark Wrigglesworth
A brand-new shop, open for only nine months, three of which behind closed ...
Bierzo and the Wizard of Mencia – Raul Perez
September 04 2020
by Pippa Hayward
How many memorable discoveries begin with “why don’t you try this?” In this i...
Natural Wines - what’s it all about?
August 27 2020
by Pippa Hayward
“Natural Wine” is a catch-all term used – and sometimes misused, to denote so...
The future is bright, the future is ‘orange’ wine
August 17 2020
by Richard Wilson
You must have noticed how predicting the future has become a whole lot more d...
30 years of hurt and our latest exclusive addition
July 20 2020
by Richard Wilson
None of my three boys, whose Great Uncle was once the Liverpool manager, has ...
Think you know Rioja?
July 11 2020
by Pippa Hayward
Rioja, A world-famous wine region, beloved of the Brits, whose wines have a v...