tales of a sommelier

Its almost something of a cliche, ask any sommelier what their favourite grape is and I can almost guarantee the answer will be either Riesl...

The wines of Henschke always seem to have an intensity and richness that is much like an Aston Martin - sleek and elegant on the outside, bu...

Not been posting recently because i only got back from my holidays a few days ago and it been mad trying to catch up on everything.

Many thanks to anyone who voted for me in the imbibe taste sommelier of the year awards, and thanks to anyone who voted for anyone else too!...

Ive started a new initiative in an effort to move some top-end burgundies. Only available on a friday and saturday night, we have two burgun...

This morning I got a strange letter from one of our suppliers informing me that our trade rep - Noel was leaving the company effective tomor...

Imbibe magazine, the trade arm of Square Meal magazine, are holding a competition to recognise the talents of the sommeliers in this country...

I was sat in the office earlier on, working on the wines for New Years Eve, when our F&B director asked me to join him in the drawing ro...

What is it with crappy websites for wines/wineries? As a sommelier I live for information - I want to know how the wine was made, was it st...