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When I first heard of Romorantin, it immediately evoked a sense of mystery. Any story about a grape variety on the brink of extinction always gets me going. The idea that that some brave maverick of a farmer has taken...

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Last week we hosted a very special wine club with La Ferme des Sept Lunes. Jean Delobore is the third generation to run his family farm and now he is handing things over to his daughter Aurore. It was an...

The Brutal!!! wine project started around 2009 when two Catalan natural wine trailblazers, Joan Ramon Escoda (Escoda-Sanahuja) and Laureano Serres (Mendall) visited Antony Tortul (La Sorga) over the border in France. The word "brutal" is a positive descriptor in Spain...

I had a lot of fun at the 38th round of Highbury Library Wine Club and I hope everyone else did too. I thought all the wines were showing really well and as usual, each night provided a different winning...

On February 18th we welcome La Ferme des Sept Lunes from the Northern Rhône for a special edition of Highbury Library Wine Club... Jean Delobre has been making exceptional wine in the famous village of Saint Joseph since adopting organic...

Due to record attendance, we held a third night as a special one off!!THE BOOK: This is slightly longer than usual - lots of us felt the pace was gentle but didn’t drag, although some found it slow and with...

Brachetto! Ever heard of it? I certainly hadn't until Francesco (aka Tenuta Foresto) text me at the beginning of the year to let me know he had made a wine from this rare Piemontese grape variety and that I should...

Back in 2020 we released a special wine from the Brand Brothers to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the bar. This comes from a single plot known as Hill of Flags which is home to some of their best Riesling...