Wine Tasting & Events

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes – but there is a third certainty, and as much as I try and pretend it's not happening my children will not let me forget that Christmas is on the near horizon. My son is after numerous gizmos for Christmas that […]

  Now that we have got Halloween and Bonfire Night behind us it is a busy time of year here at Yapp Brothers, our Christmas offers went live last week and, after extensive barrel tasting in France last month, we publish our full 'Rhône Report' on the 2014 vintage this week.That will coincide with our […]

The International Wine Challenge Merchant Awards has been a routine fixture in the Yapp calendar for many a year and we're also now acclimatised to the summer slot in July for the ceremony having moved from later in the year.     It's always good fun to be part of the proceedings and digging out […]

As we head towards the summer solstice we're not donning druid attire here at Yapp HQ but preparing for our habitual Summer Wine Tasting and Sale, and getting out on the road.     If you are around Wiltshire this weekend, there's our Summer Wine Tasting and Sale to tempt you here in Mere on […]

To 43 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair in my least constrictive suitings to meet Silvano Giraldin, Michel Roux and super sommelier David Galetti to select the menu and wines for our keenly-anticipated Spring Lunch next Thursday. If I had £1 for every time I've been told that I have an enviably cushy job and that this […]

On Sunday we once again opened the doors of Yapp HQ to host a feeding station on the route of the Lionheart Sportive (http://humanrace.co.uk/events/cycling/lionheart-sportive) where over 1000 riders clad in various shades of lycra appeared like a swarm of near biblical proportions.     We'd stocked up well with Vin de Pays de Vaucluse: Le […]

We were delighted to play host last Saturday to our good friend and frequent collaborator the artist David Chandler - whose work you may recognise from our seasonal offer leaflets and new ‘own label’ wines. David tutors a group of urban sketchers of various ages and denominations who all share a passion for drawing the […]

  Last Saturday saw the great, and the very good indeed, on display at the Saatchi Gallery in London when the Robert Parker Matter of Taste road-show came to town. This event featured over 200 wines from around the world, the ‘only’ requirement for entry being that they needed to have scored 90 or more […]

For the third year in a row it rained cats and dogs on the day of The Wine Gang Tasting. However, it didn’t dampen the spirits (or palates) of the many imbibers gathered together last Saturday, in the Georgian splendour of The Guildhall in Bath.     We were on hand to show a dozen […]

Great to see so many Yapp customers at our tasting at Vintners' Hall on Tuesday evening, many of whom gamely had a crack at identifying our blind wine. We never find blind tasting easy (indeed, it's often humbling), but it keeps one match-fit and focuses the mind.     The wine was Patrick Jasmin's Côte […]