
Richard's trip to Champagne
June 09 2022
by Richard Wilson
A late spring visit to the Champagne region is often full of tension: will th...
June 09 2022
by Richard Wilson
A late spring visit to the Champagne region is often full of tension: will th...
April 28 2022
by Pippa Hayward
Alentejo, the vast region that accounts for a third of all Portugal’s land ...
April 21 2022
by Pippa Hayward
April is Portuguese Wine month at The Good Wine Shop – a very welcome chance ...
March 30 2022
by Richard Wilson
Saying Auf Wiedersehen to the bag, gallop on a thoroughbred, visit the seasid...
November 08 2021
by Pippa Hayward
International Sherry week began 8 years ago – 7 whole days devoted to tasting...
October 22 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Viña Gravonia – THE icon of white Rioja made by Lopez de Heredia, beloved b...
October 14 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Fresh from the coolest slopes in Rioja, a new iteration of Spain’s most famou...
September 23 2021
by Pippa Hayward
It began in the Middle Ages, after the discovery of the relic of St James led...
August 19 2021
by Bastian Fischer
Chablis… one of those magic words that makes the eyes of many wine lovers tw...
July 14 2021
by Pippa Hayward
Bierzo’s location in the most remote corner of Castilla y León - between Gal...
June 10 2021
by Charlie Carter
This month, we’re delving into the world of Grower Champagne, and making an i...
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 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 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...