‘Aperitivo’ culture has swept the streets of Florence, Milan and Turin for years and now has finally reached the shores of Britain.  From the Aperol spritz to...

Rioja is Spain’s vinous calling card, a powerhouse of a region with a long history of traditional and innovative wine-making dating back to the mid-nineteenth...

North America has a long and proud tradition of producing Whiskey brought to the new world by immigrants from Ireland and Scotland who sought to...

A buying trip to Argentina is the stuff of wine merchants’ dreams (along with happy customers and record sales), so I jumped at a recent...

At The Good Wine Shop we’ve been cheekily calling the Compass Box Whisky range our ‘local scotch’ for a while. The company is based in...

Because Cabernet Sauvignon has so much more of everything – body, tannin, alcohol, colour – it is often supposed to be superior, but here at...

We are always on the look out for that which is new, exciting and delicious, so when it’s local too we are liable to get ourselves into...

Pairing wines and food together is one of life’s great pleasures…and skills. A great match will enhance both the wine and food – with the...

The 2000 vintage was magnificent in Bordeaux, properties on both sides of the Gironde produced wines with power and great longevity.  Many will continue to...