By Charles Lea on 03/05/2016
Harry Eyres was very taken by our Stapleton & Springer Pinot Noirs at our spring press tasting. and mentions as such in last week's edition of Country Life magazine: 'Delightful surprises are perhaps the best aspect of of the wine-writer's profession.
By Charles Lea on 01/05/2016
The L&S team are so used to me going on about how the fun of wine is in the complexity and nuance, the origins, the whys and wherefores of how the flavours get into a glass of wine, that they might wonder if I had inspired this weekend's article by Victoria Moore in the Telegraph, which, coming rather late to the party, I read over breakfast this morning.
By Ed H-B on 29/02/2016
As the NSPCC celebrates the 30th anniversary of Childline, we were delighted to be involved in one of the longer-running fundraising events for the NSPCC for our tenth year. This year's City Fine Wine Challenge raised a wonderful £186,500, so a big thank you to all who attended who make our work for this event so rewarding.
By Charles Lea on 22/01/2016
Jancis Robinson has published a list of wines she regards as bargains of the 2014 vintage on www.
By David Porter on 16/01/2016
We were delighted to kick-off ‘Burgundy Fortnight’ in London with one of the opening tastings for our 2014 Burgundy primeurs on Monday. There is clearly great interest in this latest vintage release and rightly so – there are many delicious wines at every price level.
By Andrew Hooper on 27/11/2015
Yes, it’s Friday, but no, we’re not going to mention it. In fact we’re going to talk about something completely different (and a lot more interesting): Czech wine, specifically Pinot Noir.
By Charles Lea on 14/10/2015
I met Angela Clifford (the ‘Tongue’) in North Canterbury at Easter this year, and fell in love with this project, with these wacky labels, but above all with the wines.
By Andrew Hooper on 09/10/2015
“London’s award-winning independent merchant has a penchant for the great and the very good from Europe but picks its New World offerings with great care (and success) too, and all of this at very nice prices to boot.”
By Andrew Hooper on 09/04/2015
Allow us to introduce you to the charming world of Spätburgunder. Like the proverbial London bus, you wait ages for a German Pinot Noir and..
By Andrew Hooper on 04/04/2015
Allow us to tempt you with a perfect selection to see you over the Easter break. Of course, you'll be chomping away on a joint of Spring lamb with the family on Sunday, something that'll be washed down luxuriantly by the Château Paloumey 2009 Haut-Médoc - classic Bordeaux, superb vintage, great balance, ripe fruit and class.
By Ed H-B on 02/02/2015
We have picked twelve wines – 6 white, 6 red – from our 2013 Burgundy offer. Twelve wines that excited us and excited the critics, and say something about the vintage, about us and/or about their producers.