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For the latest round of Highbury Library Wine Clubs, we had a different winner on each night even though the bottle line-up remained the same. Were the conditions of the Universe different or did we just have drinkers with different tastes?...

Samuel Párraga works across a handful of different vineyards in Andalusia, producing a number of cuvées ranging from dry, sweet and oxidative in their style. (Samuel looking out over the ‘Montes de Málaga’)   I have been lucky enough to travel...

We are happy to announce a few new arrivals (of mainly old wine) from the elusive Domaine Dandelion in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. Demand for the wines of Christian and Morgane is sky high and with good reason. These are...

I'm sure I am not the only one that always feels a huge sense of relief when December and the year finally come to an end. Over-indulgence is hard to avoid at Christmas time, and in the wine world, the...

Now that the hectic month of December is over, it's time to catch up on a couple of visits I made in November, starting with Cantina Ortaccio... This is the winemaking project of Massimo Antonuzi and his partner Patrizia Montanari...

After Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship came to an end in the 1970s, Manuel Valenzuela returned to his homeland in the south of Spain. He had escaped to Paris but it was now safe to come back and after working with high quality...

The wines of Bodega Cauzón were among the first natural wines we sold when we first opened Highbury Library at the end of 2015. They were always so exciting as they truly reflected the hot, dry and wild landscape from...

Charlie Prymaka relocated from London to Majorca to start his new Jugo Vins project in 2020. On a recent trip to the island, I got in touch and arranged a quick visit. When he first made the move, Charlie worked...