Lifestyle

Perhaps unsurprisingly the team here at Yapp Brothers are enthusiastic about planning their Christmas celebrations and there is much discussion in house about what wine and food we are all intending to serve over the holidays. I have the rather daunting prospect of hosting my father, our founder, Robin Yapp on Christmas Day so will […]

1. What was your first wine revelation? It was being taken out for dinner by a university boyfriend and realizing that wine didn't have to taste as hideous as the very cheap gutrot we bought from the college bar. We had a bottle of white then a bottle of red in a candlelit bistro in […]

As the cognoscenti of Social Media may recall our beloved 1979 Citroën 'H-van' was set upon by a would be 'road warrior' last September who stripped it of parts and promptly disposed of them. Somewhat to our surprise and thanks to both Twitter and a vigilant lorry-driver the perpetrator of this outrage did not evade […]

I was taught how to make screen prints by a fellow inmate as a teenager when I was incarcerated at Sexey's School in Bruton in the late 1970s. It is a time-consuming and fiddly process but boarding with scant supervision and few extra-curricular activities time was one thing we had plenty of; so I was […]

We often get enquiries at Yapp HQ for vintage bottles of wine to celebrate anniversaries and birthdays and the such like, and today we had a question about 'what was actually good in 1973'? Well, other than it being the year that Bowie killed off Ziggy Stardust, the UK entering the EU and The Exorcist […]

The clocks go forward, the clocks go back, year in and year out. As we fall into B.S.T. we inevitably see biblical swarms of lycra-clad cyclists (mainly men, it has to be said) descend on Yapp HQ on the Sunday as we host the only 'Cheese & Wine' feeding station on the Lionheart Cycle Sportive […]

The cave personelle is going to take a hit this year as my partner, Pippa, racks up her half century in September and our eldest son, Alfred, turns 18 in November. Finding suitable wines to mark both occasions is going to be an interesting challenge. Alfred had the good fortune to be born in 1998 […]

  Music may be the food of love but wine has helped fuel romance since biblical times which leads us to the critical question: What wine to serve this Sunday on Valentine's Day? The default answer is Champagne with rosé Champagne being the obvious choice. A good 'growers' Champagne such as the J Dumangin Fils […]

Those who follow Yapp Brothers on Social Media may have seen various team members not looking exactly as they should recently. December is always a busy time for any reputable wine merchant so it's all hands to the pump at Yapp HQ – it's only when we close the cellar doors on Christmas Eve that […]

As we spend a great deal of time advising people about pairing wines with specific dishes we thought we should let you know what some of the team here at Yapp Brothers are planning on eating and drinking this Christmas.     Tom is hosting on Christmas Eve with a bit of theatre - attempting […]