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Thanksgiving Wine Picks
This year we need all the reasons we can possibly find to be cheerful. Thanksgiving is a perfect excuse to crack a great bottle –...
A piece of Sherry’s history to celebrate International Sherry Week
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 Pope, the Palace, his Court and the Wine
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....
Get your glasses out for some Rioja!
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...
Compass Box – Twenty years of innovation in Whisky
Now that the Autumn equinox has passed and we see the nights beginning to draw in, I must confess that I’m relieved to...
Getting you through 2020 with Richards top Rieslings
As a self-confessed Riesling nut and whilst in the midst of an Indian summer with a few more hot days in the forecast what...
California’s ‘new wave’ – keep on keeping on.
The term ‘new wave’ is such a cliché, isn’t it? However, I cannot think of a better term to describe the changes taking place in...
Dolomites Elisabetta Foradori - the Dolomation “fore-mother” of Biodynamics
Walking in the Dolomites during an adventurous family summer holiday, I traumatised my then 12-year-old daughter by mentioning to her that there were wild bears...
London's Best Neighbourhood Wine Shop!
A brand-new shop, open for only nine months, three of which behind closed doors and an entirely new team. Who would have thought anything like...