Glaziers Hall in London last night played host to the annual Lay & Wheeler Rhône tasting, with more than one hundred of our clients attending to taste the wines from our Rhône 2011 offer. With 19 producers represented and more than 40 wines available to taste from the length and breadth of the Rhône region,
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Having been introduced to the wonders of Piemonte last year, I jumped at the chance to return last week. Snow lay on the ground but, unlike last year, we were able to appreciate the beautiful scenery under blue skies. As the sun beamed down it was clear which sites were the south-facing vineyards as the
With a lot of ground to cover on our final day (including a change of car in Sienna for one with four wheels), we had an early start with a tasting at Il Poggione just south of Montalcino. This is one of the larger estates in the region at 125 hectares, run by talented father-and-son
Our Tuscan journeyings began again bright and early on Wednesday morning, when we set off from Laura Brunelli’s house for La Gerla, one of the properties that Lay & Wheeler has dealt with the longest. We were a little early at the estate, and while we awaited the arrival of Alberto Passeri we were able to
A lovely wine to ease you into Friday afternoon. Kat and I tasted at La Gerla last week and were very impressed with not only the estate and the wines but also the rather dashing and down-to-earth winemaker/agronomist Alberto Passeri. With two plots of land either side of the town of Montalcino, they are able to
On Sunday 18th June, we flew from London to Pisa for the beginning of our grand tour of Tuscany. To be fair, the schedule was more whistle-stop than grand, but nonetheless, it was an exciting looking itinerary. Flying on the Sunday was designed to avoid Monday-morning stress and for us to be able to hit
Following a couple of years of mentioning how much I would love to visit Piemonte, my requests came to fruition this January so I brushed up my holiday Italian, packed numerous jumpers and set off with great anticipation. This fêted region in the foothills of the Alps was everything I expected and more. Despite almost
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