Yapp Brothers celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It's hard to believe that half a century has passed since Robin Yapp (then a full-time dentist, now turning 80) ventured forth to befriend artisanal winemakers from the little-known Rhône & Loire valleys and began shipping their wines. Much has changed since we produced our […]
To Burgundy for 'Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne' a brilliant, bi-annual, Behemoth wine tasting which starts in Chablis on Monday morning and trails its way southwards across the world's most illustrious viticultural real estate over the rest of the week. After an early start, and despite the best efforts of striking air traffic […]
Catching early flights from Bristol and Heathrow respectively, Tom and I were uncorking bottles in the grand setting of Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms by 11am on Saturday in preparation for The Wine Gang’s annual Scottish tasting. We were soon met by our winemaker friends Christine Campadieu from Collioure and Thomas Schmittel and Antoine Graillot from Crozes […]
