Wine Tasting & Events

The Bunch is a convivial group of wine merchants who got together in the early 1990s with a view to promoting the independent wine trade, protecting consumer interests (in the wake of some scandalous business failures) and enjoying each other's company over a few decent bottles of wine. The founding fathers have now all retired […]

Four times a year we throw open the doors to Yapp HQ and host one of our ever-popular sale and wine tastings. This Saturday, 29th March, it’s our perennially popular Spring Bin End Sale where we endeavour to create some cellar space for forthcoming vintages.     We’re in full swing getting ready this week, […]

At the end of last year after a whistle-stop trip down the Rhône sampling the promising 2012 vintage Jason Yapp took the opportunity to catch up with Antoine Dürrbach in the stunning new winery at his family's celebrated Domaine de Trévallon in Provence.     The 2012 vintage looks to be 'bien classique' with all […]

The Broughton Gifford Wine Club (the BGWC) meets fairly sporadically but meets all the same as it’s an excuse to get everyone out for an evening, break the routines – and, well, eat, drink and be merry. Normally there’s a theme – we’ve journeyed along the Rhône (although we’d did it south to north not […]

Our 'not to be missed' Christmas Sale where over 30 wines will be open for tasting and on offer so that you can 'try before you buy'. It provides a fabulous opportunity to stock up for the Festive Season! For the past few years, the one event for me that personally triggered thoughts that Christmas […]

"While most of France's major wine regions struggled in 2012, the Rhône stands apart. Vintners are positive after a growing season and harvest marked by dry, sunny weather and well-timed rains." James Molesworth - The Wine Spectator Having read extensive reports about the success of the 2012 vintage in the Rhône Valley over recent months […]

It was my pleasure last Thursday to co-host a tasting of wines from Domaine d’Eugénie and Château-Grillet in the private dining room at the Square restaurant in Mayfair. The Eugénie wines are represented in the U.K. by Armit Wines whose Head of Marketing Lucy Marcuson and Managing Director Mike Laing had done a terrific job […]

  I'm not sure if there was a foie gras stand opposite a wine shop on mount Olympus but here at the House & Garden 'Spirit of Christmas fair' at Kensington Olympia luxury goods and high-end comestibles are very much the order of the day. Unfortunately, so are jazzy carols, on loop, which almost is […]

Wednesday 23rd October Posted by Jason Yapp & Andrew Stanning     Having schlepped south to Châteauneuf-du-Pape we had a reviving beer and a review of our tasting notes and photographs at the Mule de Pape bar then we repaired to La Mère Germaine restaurant, an old favourite of culinary doyenne Elizabeth David, for a […]

Tuesday 22nd October 2013     After a splendid supper at Le Mangevins, one of the best but smallest restaurants in the Rhône valley with a minimalist Franco-Japenese menu and an extensive and modestly priced carte des vins (so worth booking well in advance) we turned in early with the prospect of a busy day […]