Wine Trips Archive

Video Interview with Enrico Santini

Earlier this week we were delighted to welcome Enrico Santini from Bolgheri to London for two lunches and a dinner. I hope you enjoy the interview. The 2000 and 2001 I refer to were both great but in very different ways.  The 2000 fresh, red fruited and juicy, amazing for a...
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Episode 6 – Christian Moueix

Episode 6 - Christian Moueix Christian Moueix at home with a general and, as always, honest appraisal of 2011 Bordeaux. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux Part 1: Part 2: ...
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Episode 5 – François Mitjavile

Episode 5 - François Mitjavile François Mitjavile of Tertre Roteboeuf and Roc de Cambes in forthright and philosophical mode on 2011 Bordeaux. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux ...
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Episode 4 – Patrick Maroteau of Château Branaire-Ducru

Episode 4 - Patrick Maroteau of Château Branaire-Ducru Patrick Maroteau from Château Branaire-Ducru on the 2011 vintage (during a lot of background noise in the cellar). Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux, St-Julien ...
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Episode 3 – Peter Sisseck, Château Rocheyron

Episode 3 - Peter Sisseck, Château Rocheyron Peter Sisseck of Château Rocheyron and Dominio de Pingus, in an informal and rather noisy setting at lunch in St-Emilion. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux, St-Emilion ...
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Episode 2 – Paul Pontallier, Château Margaux

Episode 2 - Paul Pontallier, Château Margaux Paul Pontallier from Château Margaux is interviewed by Adam Brett-Smith, Corney & Barrow Managing Director about Bordeaux 2011. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux, Margaux ...
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Episode 1 – Anthony Barton of Château Langoa/Léoville Barton

Episode 1 – Anthony Barton of Château Langoa/Léoville Barton Anthony Barton talks to Corney & Barrow about this 2011 vintage. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, C&B Managing Director Camera man: Graham Moss, C&B Sales Team Location: Bordeaux, St-Julien ...
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Out and About in Bordeaux

Team Corney & Barrow is currently in Bordeaux tasting cask samples of the 2011 vintage at the annual Union des Grands Crus event. After four days of intense tasting, we would like to share our thoughts with you to help shape your views on what to buy this year. First...
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Port, Starboard and Port Again – A P&O Cruise to Oporto

Dan Senior sails with P&O Cruises to Oporto I’ve certainly done a few interesting gigs in my time with C&B, but this one probably takes the biscuit… P&O Cruises is a very important customer of ours and we proudly supply their cruise ships with a number of our wines.  With small armies...
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C&B Expedition to Rhône

The metallic tone of my alarm clock rang at 3.30am to awake me from my slumber.  Usually a start this early would make me incredibly grumpy indeed (as colleagues at C&B would attest to) but this day was different.  Our destination was Marseille and more specifically the Rhône and our...
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