Writing a blog piece occasionally leaves me wondering where to begin – not with New Wave South Africa, I almost witnessed its birth. I was...

  December saw Pippa celebrating 10 years with the Good Wine Shop! For the occasion, we surprised her at our Kew shop to congratulate her and...

The region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (very easy to get confused with the grape variety called Montepulciano d’Abruzzo which has nothing to do with...

  Recently, after I described a particularly juicy, easy-drinking wine that we had both just tasted as a ‘luncheon claret’, my colleague did a double...

This year we need all the reasons we can possibly find to be cheerful. Thanksgiving is a perfect excuse to crack a great bottle –...

The Almacenista story in Jerez Few wines are subject to as many misguided assumptions as Sherry – it’s all brown and sweet, it keeps forever,...

 The Papal Palace in Avignon In 1405, fed up with the Vatican’s double-dealing and intrigue, Pope Clement the fifth fled to France settling in Avignon....

 October is “Shop Rioja” month here at TGWS. Welcome to a month of immersion therapy in Spain’s most successful liquid export….   My own Rioja...

    Now that the Autumn equinox has passed and we see the nights beginning to draw in, I must confess that I’m relieved to...