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Fizz ‘n’ Chips – The Launch of Salon ‘99
How to launch a wine whose reputation as the Ultimate Insiders Champagne demands both discretion and celebration… a fun challenge for any Marketing Manager. Our answer – serve it with fish & chips. The idea came to Rebecca – our buyer for Salon – one Sunday night when returning home,...
Read More Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. A Very Special Dinner with Aubert de Villaine
It is always a treat to have Aubert de Villaine in the UK to show the Domaine’s wines but for a whole evening, over dinner, was a real privilege. The setting of the Drapers Hall (as recently seen in ‘The King's Speech’) was perfect. We had Salon 1997 from magnum...
Read More Exclusive Interview with Lodovico Antinori
Click below to see an exclusive interview with Lodovico Antinori, taken at the C&B launch of Tenuta di Biserno:
Source: Decanter...
Read More Corney & Barrow’s Burgundy 09 Tasting at the Tower
Last Thursday saw the 5th C&B Burgundy tasting - not quite sure where the time has gone but the 2005 was a good vintage to start on. Nearly 300 customers managed to make it along to the Tower to taste – our largest tasting ever. I think people sometime have...
Read More Bonneau du Martray’s Jean-Charles is in Town
Last Thursday was Bonneau du Martray (BdM) day at C&B with Jean-Charles le Bault de la Morinière in town. For some crazy reason since we won the agency for the two wines of BdM - the 2009 is our 10th vintage - I have always managed to be away when...
Read More The World Wide Launch of Lodovico Antinori’s new project: Tenuta di Biserno (Exclusive to Corney & Barrow)
It is relatively rare to witness such excitement about Italian Wine at HQ, but then, this is no ordinary Italian Wine. This is Tenuta di Biserno, the new Tuscan estate from Lodovico Antinori. Lodovico is famed for his vinous triumphs Ornellaia and Masseto – the latter of which nestled itself...
Read More The First Day of the Annual C & B Scottish Tasting
Its been 21 years since Alison Buchanan chaired her first Autumn Tasting at the Turnberry Hotel in Ayrshire and much has changed with the fabric of the hotel but the service, food and the quality of our exclusive producers remains top notch.
Yesterday saw 150 guests taste wine from some of...
Read More Notes from Hong Kong : A dinner demonstrating just how much fine wine is being drunk and enjoyed over in Asia
This is short and to the point - the line up does all the talking:
On reception:
Henri Giraud, Fut de Chêne, 1998 Champagne in magnum
White Wines:
Le Montrachet, Henri Boillot, 2000
Le Montrachet, Domaine Ramonet 1988
Red wines:
Château La Mission Haut-Brion 1989
Château Haut-Brion 1989
Clos des Lambrays 1949 in magnum
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château Rayas 1990
Clos St Denis,...
Read More The Mitjaviles come to Town…
We've been dealing with François for over 20 years, and it has taken the last 12 of those to succeed in getting him and his delighful wife Miloute to come to London. The rough plan of attack was a tasting for "Team C&B" then a brief lunch and dinner with...
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