Category Archives: En Primeur

We buy many wines the minute we’re allowed to taste them as barrel samples. Customers are then able to take advantage of buying these from us without paying VAT & Duty at that point, a couple of years in advance of them arriving in the UK.

Touring Torrens, the reliant Robin is back from Bordeaux

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Allowing the dust (or is that hype?) to settle is often a good thing (writes Robin Torrens, one of our Fine Wine Consultants). Stephen Crosland and I enjoyed a full week of tastings from 16th – 21st April, all the way … Continue reading →

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Bordeaux 2011 En Primeur – An Introduction

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

We will be going out to Bordeaux next week to assess the 2011 vintage, when it is a bit less busy following the organised tastings. Some things are however already abundantly clear, the main one being that price will be absolutely … Continue reading →

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Should I invest in wine?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

For previous generations, fine wine buying was all about having a nice big cellar under your house and filling it with an annual order placed during a long and boozy lunch with your wine merchant! How times have changed. Even … Continue reading →

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Bought Bordeaux 2009 En Primeur? Find out how your wines are coming along…

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

A couple of weeks ago, the trade had the chance to taste the Bordeaux 2009 vintage now it is in bottle at a tasting organised by the Union des Grands Crus at the Royal Opera House in London. The first … Continue reading →

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Read all about The Douro Wine Event of the Year!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Where do you find Cristiano van Zeller, Paul Symington, Johnny Graham, Jorges Borges, Jose Luis Da Silva and Pedro Pina Cabral on a Thursday in October? Start looking in Shrewsbury of course, where all were showing their 2009 wines and … Continue reading →

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