Robert Mason, Author at The Buyer

By Adam Partridge on March 20, 2023

Victoria Sharples on creating Swains, London’s latest wine bar

Victoria Sharples is a long way from her original home in Melbourne, but with her new Swains Wine Bar & Store she wants to bring a little bit of that Victorian vibe to the local community next to Hampstead Heath in north London. Sharples is well placed to know what makes a good wine bar for not only did she used to run venues in Melbourne, she was, for a number of years, wine director at London institution, St JOHN, and hopes all that experience can bear fruit at her first UK venue. Richard Siddle took a trip to Hampstead Heath to enjoy the Swains experience for himself.

Posted In: hospitality, victoria sharples, wine, wine bar

People

By Mike Turner on March 18, 2023

Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges 2023 with Edouard Delaunay

The Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges is a special annual wine auction held on the second weekend of March in this famed Burgundy village. Every year since 1961 the wine trade congregates to raise money for the historic hospices by bidding on the specially crafted barrels of wine. This year, the 62nd auction raised over €3.5m and gave buyers the first chance to try the generous 2022 vintage straight from the barrel. To find out more about the Côtes de Nuits’ version of the better known Hospices de Beaune auction, we sent The Buyer’s Mike Turner to find out more under the tutelage of Laurent Delaunay. As Turner found out, there could be few better guides to the auction than this fifth generation owner of the fabulous Maison Edouard Delaunay.

Posted In: Burgundy 2022, Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges, Maison Edouard Delaunay, Mike Turner

Suppliers

By Richard Siddle on March 17, 2023

Licensed Trade Charity

Website:
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Key people

CEO
James Brewster

Chairman
Annette King

Address
Heatherley
London Road
Ascot
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Email
enquiries@ltcharity.org.uk

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Posted In: drinks charity, drinks industry, licensed trade charity, spirits, wine

People People: Producer

By Richard Siddle on March 17, 2023

Malee Estate: Looking to make a splash at ProWein

Riverland Uprising producers on what to expect at ProWein

If you have any room in your diary for an extra few meetings at ProWein then here’s why you should spend some time and go over to Wine Australia’s stand and pick out the five producers who are making the journey from South Australia to represent the Riverland wine region as part of the Riverland Uprising initiative to shine the light on the alternative winemaking scene in what is largely regarded as one of the country’s biggest sourcing areas for bulk wine. If you do there are five producers just waiting to meet you.

Posted In: australia, Australian wine, male east, Oxford landing, riverland uprising, Riverland wine, sixty eight roses, unico zero, wine

Tasting: Wine

By Victor Smart on March 17, 2023

Vincent Chaperon & the “sheer simplicity” of Dom Pérignon 2013

The new Dom Pérignon 2013 is being described in some circles as ‘the last pre-climate change’ vintage. Vincent Chaperon, DP cellar master, was in London to launch the new cuvée, talk about its sheer simplicity, how he harnessed its energy and power and why there’ll be no 2014 and 2016 Dom Pérignon. Victor Smart was The Buyer’s scribe at the tasting.

Posted In: champagne, Dom Pérignon 2013, Victor Smart, Vincent Chaperon

People People: Supplier

By David Kermode on March 16, 2023

Lanchester’s Porton on working with all kinds of producers

As the wine industry’s great and good prepare to descend on Dusseldorf for ProWein ‘23, the team from Lanchester Group, its subsidiaries Lanchester Wines and Greencroft Bottling, will be putting the finishing touches to a rebranding, to be exclusively unveiled at the show. Revealed across the group’s biggest ever stand, the new messaging will have the sustainability message front and centre – as you might expect from a business that champions itself as a restless pioneer of renewable energy. David Kermode caught up with Andrew Porton, managing director of Lanchester Wines’ Wine Division ahead of ProWein, to find out what to expect.

Posted In: andrew porton, greencroft bottling, lanchester group, lanchester wines, wine supplier

Tasting: Wine

By David Kermode on March 15, 2023

Enotria’s portfolio ‘never better’ as it faces 2023’s challenges

The theme of Enotria & Coe’s annual tasting this year was ‘cognoscenti’ although it could have been ‘fortis’, writes David Kermode who suggests that strength in the face of adversity is just as key in 2023 as being well informed. Kermode talks to E&C’s managing director Ants Rixon about his priorities going forwards, the new agencies in the portfolio – Bodegas Maranones (Madrid DO), Bodega Cerron (Jumilla), Mayfield (Orange, NSW) and Champagne A Robert – and highlights 10 wines from the tasting that he thinks should be on every wine buyer’s radar.

Posted In: David Kermode, Enotria&Coe

Conference

By Helen Arnold on March 15, 2023

Vom 15. bis 17 Mai 2022 präsentieren sich 5.500 Aussteller aus über 60 Nationen. Während die ProWein das Fachpublikum adressiert, adressiert „ProWein goes city“ alle Weinliebhaber in und um Düsseldorf. Ausgesuchte Partner aus Gastronomie, Hotellerie und Weinfachhandel gestalteten erlebnisreiche Genuss-Events in Düsseldorf und Umgebung.
ProWein in Düsseldorf is the world’s leading trade fair for wine and spirits, and is the largest industry platform for professionals from viticulture, production, trade and gastronomy. From 15 – 17 May about 5,500 exhibitors from over 60 Nations showcase their products. While only trade visitors are admitted to ProWein, "ProWein goes city" addresses all wine lovers in and around Düsseldorf. Selected partners from the gastronomy, hotel and wine trade sectors organized wine events in Düsseldorf and in the surrounding areas.

ProWein’s Michael Degen on putting on world’s biggest show

Next week sees ProWein return to its traditional timeslot in the drinks industry’s events calendar after 2022’s show was switched to May, and in 2020 and 2021 cancelled entirely due to Covid restrictions. Not surprisingly, ProWein’s executive director, Michael Degen, is hugely relieved at the return to some semblance of normality for the world’s biggest international wine and spirits trade show. He talks to Helen Arnold about the impact of the pandemic, what visitors can expect from the 2023 show and his vision for the future of the event.

Posted In: spirits, wine, wine buyers, wine distributors, wine producers, wine tasting, wine trade fair

Tasting: Wine

By Robert Mason on March 14, 2023

Why the future is looking green at the 2023 Alliance Wine tasting

Alliance Wine has set out its stall with sustainability and diversity at the core of its business. Nowhere was this more evident than at its 2023 portfolio tasting where it was trialing an ingenious ‘anti-waste’ policy, which is one of the pillars of its sustainability strategy. Alliance is also making its own wine range, Terres Fidèles, in partnership with winemakers in the South of France which further enables it to meet its goal of responsible production and consumption. Robert Mason talked to sustainability manager Marta Juega Rivera, and took a tour of the new wines.

Posted In: Alliance wine, robert mason

People People: Supplier

By Richard Siddle on March 14, 2023

Watermill Wines’ 10 years of connecting producers & retailers

Richard Dennis has the kind of CV you wonder where he has managed to pack all his experiences into such a short period of time. A career that has seen him work on both sides of the trading fence – at Sainsbury’s and as a supplier and importer. He is now part of the Watermill Wines team that is working closely with major multiples and operators to source wines that can work primarily for their own label and exclusive ranges, as he explains to Richard Siddle.

Posted In: own label wine, Richard Dennis, watermill wines, wine, wine brands, wine buyers, wine importer

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