“I can certainly see you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn’t know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.” Basil Fawlty...

Welcome to Bordeaux! It’s Bordeaux Wine Month here at The Good Wine Shop this September and we’ll be pouring a lot of it - throughout...

I visited the Neusiedlersee DAC in September last year upon joining a press trip to this neglected corner of Austria’s Burgenland. I had zero pre-conceptions...

This June here at The Good Wine Shop we celebrate the joys of Organic and Biodynamic wines. Something we feel very passionate about and have...

Tucked away in France’s remote north-eastern corner, you could be forgiven for missing Alsace entirely on a map of French wine regions. Just sixty miles...

A very good friend of mine and guest at my wedding once proclaimed rather loudly to the entire Breakfast party, “Rob, this Pinot Noir is...

Risk-taking Germans – Sexy MF, brothel keepers, hip hop and graffiti artists. The world felt a much more stable, certain place when I was growing...

It has long been espoused by many that the great wines of Burgundy are inflating like a giant balloon. However, the heat of each passing...

My long-standing love affair with Spanish Wines is an open secret amongst my shop colleagues – and many of our customers too. I travel there...