Skip to content

News » David Roberts MW

Archive

2017 Burgundy | A glorious expression of poise and precision

After three weeks’ tasting the 2017 vintage in Burgundy I have come back excited and energised. This time last year many of our growers were strangely subdued. While they were thrilled to have some volume after six consecutively small harvests,...

Read More +

The Wine Dinner at The Savoy 2018: Bordeaux 2005s Part 1

Expectations can be a dangerous thing, but sometimes, happily, they are exceeded. This was most certainly the case at last week’s 14th Wine Dinner at The Savoy hosted by Johnny and Laura Goedhuis and the Wentworth-Stanley family in aid of...

Read More +

Southwold Tasting: 2014 Bordeaux

The “Two Years On” tasting of Bordeaux, commonly known as the Southwold Tasting, owes its origins to the journalist Clive Coates MW and the former chairman of Adnams Brewery, Simon Loftus. Simon hosted the first event at his home in...

Read More +

2000 & 2001 Red Burgundy revisited

We were delighted to act as hosts again for Sarah Marsh MW’s second “Time to Mature Tasting” at our offices on Bermondsey Street last week. In June last year Sarah had arranged a wonderful selection of mature white Burgundies to...

Read More +

Burgundy 2016 – The surprise vintage

Mother Nature can be both extraordinarily cruel and unexpectedly kind, generous and thoughtful.

Read More +