By Ed H-B on 12/04/2014
We are delighted to offer two of our favourite ‘Grandes Marques’ Champagnes at very special prices to help you enjoy the Easter break, it doesn’t have to be all about the Chocolate!
By Ed H-B on 10/04/2014
A wonderful way to start the week Recently Moet Hennessy arranged a seamlessly well organised and enjoyable trip to Reims (North East of Paris) to visit two of the large Champagne Houses – of which I will be concentrating on the second – Dom Ruinart.
By Ed H-B on 02/04/2014
“I arrived in Bordeaux on Sunday to taste the 2013 wines which are being shown en primeur. I think we knew all the way through last year, right from the beginning, that it was going to be a difficult vintage. “Making wine in 2013 was like sailing through a storm,”
By Ed H-B on 28/03/2014
March Sale Ending this Sunday at Midnight Just a note to say that our March Sale draws to a close at Midnight this Sunday 30th March. Late additions include Luigi Einaudi Barolo and Gonzalez Byass Fino Palmas Sherries.
By Ed H-B on 18/03/2014
Rose Murray-Brown of the Scotsman puts the straight chardonnay Legras Blanc de Blancs NV Champagne in the top spot on a recent park bench tasting in Champagne with Christophe Constant of JL Vergnon:
By Ed H-B on 28/01/2014
Nicolas Rossignol was born in Beaune on 26 July 1974. He is the fifth generation of the Rossignol family born in Volnay. On his maternal side, his grandmother was from Pernand Vergelesses and his mother is from Pommard.
By Ed H-B on 20/12/2013
Following on form Gusbourne Estate’s recent award ‘2013 IWSC English Wine Producer of the Year’, they were also featured last night in BBC2’s ’12 Drinks of Christmas’ with Giles Coren and Alexander Armstrong: https://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03mjypr/
By Ed H-B on 18/12/2013
“The NV R & L Legras Blanc de Blancs. It’s our house Champagne here at Sotheby’s and we drink cases of it. We were having a glass of it at our auction on Saturday and I was just reminded how good it is: light, elegant and extraordinarily good value…”
By Ed H-B on 11/12/2013
There are not many delivery days until Christmas and New Year are upon us. Even if you’re sat outside the Christmas melée, then why not send a gift to absent friends / family or to anyone for whom you cannot find the perfect electronic gadget or iTunes voucher? They’d so much rather have wine, or gin, or sake, or Port, or whisky…
By Ed H-B on 04/11/2013
“there are four shops – in Chiswick, Notting Hill, Barnes and Chelsea – and a reputation, achieved through a mixture of hard bloody work and elan, for selling distinctive, cleverly sourced wines, in particular from France and Italy. Lea & Sandeman has become a London institution”
By Ed H-B on 24/10/2013
To celebrate ‘International Champagne Day’ which (apparently) falls tomorrow Friday 25th October, we have put together a ‘this weekend only’ offer on a 6 bottle case of our delicious grower champagnes.
By Ed H-B on 06/09/2013
The ‘en rama’ phenomenon was started by Gonzalez Byass, who released their first Tio Pepe ‘En Rama’ sherry in celebration of their 175th birthday. It caused a sensation and has been released every year since.