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Desert Island Wines

Our Desert Island Wine Event was a corker. We showcased 128 wines in five different sections. Find the full list here. In 'Island Wines' we presented wines from Islands across the globe, Gusbourne and

La Rioja Alta Dinner at Opera Tavern

In deference to Spanish eating hours, dinner with La Rioja Alta SA didn’t finish until nearly midnight the other day, but what a dinner it was. The venue was the Opera Tavern in Covent Garden, which I

A Journey Through Giacomo Fenocchio's Catalogue

We recently had the pleasure of tasting some of Giacomo Fenocchio’s wines. Fenocchio produces some brilliant examples of Barolo wine; in particular his single crus offering the drinker a chance to exp

Highlights from Armit Wines Annual Italian Tasting

Whether sommelier, collector or just an avid fan of Italian wines, expectations were high at this year’s annual Italian tasting. On show were exciting new releases from Querciabella and Agricola Puni

The Man & The Terroir – A tasting with René Rostaing

The vines of the Côte-Rôtie plunge into 300 million year old Hercynian rock and the history of the Rhône itself dates back to 2,000 years when it was cultivated by Romans. The Rhone river has sculpted

Mike Laing's Trip to Piedmont

I was back in Piedmont last week. With snow on the ground, bright sunshine and blue sky overhead and the Alps soaring in the background, I felt I got the better end of the swap for an overcast London.

New Tastings from the Legendary Ornellaia

This week we were very lucky to receive a bottle of Ornellaia’s 25th anniversaryspecial edition to try in the office as well as a bottle of Le Volte 2011. It’s safe to say we were all very excited to

Super Calon Is Fantastic! (Thankfully though…) Nothing Is Atrocious.

After a month of tasting the new releases from Burgundy (2011) and Bruno Giacosa’s sensational new Barolos, it seemed only appropriate to change tack and delve in to the archives to see how some older

A Day with Didier Gimonnet

Didier Gimonnet recently came to London to spend a day with the Armit Wines team and it’s safe to say he was a hit with us all. The afternoon consisted of a very pleasurable lunch at Bubbledogs follow

Gaja Wine & Bruno Giacosa In House Tastings

We recently had the pleasure of tasting some of the finest new vintages from two unrivalled Italian wine makers. It is occurrences like these that make working with wine an absolute pleasure to us all