June 21, 2011

A Special Offer to Celebrate a Great Week at Queens’ Club

Nadal

We love The Queens’ Club here at C & B. Protector and upholder of many similar values, the Club has successfully maintained its position as a true Mecca for tennis in the heart of London. And never more so than at the Annual tournament; the AEGON Championships. Being involved for the...
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June 21, 2011

Dragons and Delamotte…….Paddles Up!

Stanley

The Tuen Ng Festival aka Dragon Boat Day….is for most in this part of the world a sleepy bank holiday. A chance to over indulge all weekend. Wrap gifts of Château Beychevelle etc. Well not for one of the newest arrival’s to the HK office! Ten weeks previously I had...
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June 3, 2011

Tasting Notes for Conterno

Conterno Bottles

Having grabbed a quick breakfast in Monforte, we headed just south out of the town to Cantina Giacomo Conterno to meet up with Roberto again, this time for the business of tasting the young wines as yet unreleased onto the market. You could feel the temperature change as we made...
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June 3, 2011

Dinner with Roberto Conterno in Piedmont

Piedmont

Last Thursday morning whilst still a little tired from the wonderful Clos de Tart dinner, Adam (MD), Alison (Buyer) and myself met up at Gatwick for the flight to Torino.  To say I was a little excited about this trip would be an understatement of the year as I am...
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May 27, 2011

Clos de Tart – A Dinner for true Burgundophiles..

Goldsmiths' Hall

Three years ago, launching Clos de Tart as C & B’s ‘hot’ new exclusivity was a little harder work than we would like to have let on. A Domaine that we truly believed in but whose reputation had waned in the years before Sylvain Pitiot - current ‘master’ - arrived....
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May 25, 2011

A Dinner with Edouard Moueix

Château Trotanoy

Dinner on Wednesday 20th April was one of those evenings for the then and now and one of those moments you look back upon with pleasure and fondness. We hosted a dinner alongside the ever-charismatic Edouard Moueix, at Home House on Portman Square, for our private customers. With fierce loyalty...
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May 19, 2011

Barolo at Zucca with friends…

Giacomo Conterno from Piedmont

Last Tuesday I hosted a Giacomo Conterno dinner at my favourite (and brilliant value) restaurant Zucca . Lots of people will have been but if you haven't, go. Great wine list, value and range, as long as you like Italian wines! I had arranged this dinner for a few reasons;...
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May 17, 2011

Peter Sisseck in town for the 2010 Ribera’s and something very new!

Peter Sisseck's Wines

In the short 3 day week before the Royal Wedding, we were delighted to have Peter Sisseck (of Dominio de Pingus) in town to show us the 2010's of his three Ribera del Duero wines and one other wine I will come onto later. Peter somehow always manages to seem...
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April 27, 2011

Bordeaux 2010 En Primeur Tastings – Day 6

En-Primeur-Tasting-Line-up-at-Ets-JP-Moueix

So the last day of the trip started, later than usual, with another dose of glorious sun. We had just one tasting and then lunch but a real highlight it turned out to be. Helen drove us out of Bordeaux to the base of Ets JP Moueix in Libourne, where...
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April 27, 2011

Bordeaux 2010 En Primeur Tastings – Day 5

At Pétrus

Percy, our Chairman, started right at the top of the tree, with a tasting at Pétrus. Pétrus 2010 is 100% Merlot, which makes little difference as it has only ever had a tiny amount of Cabernet Franc in it. Only 50% new oak as Olivier (Berrouet) said it was a vintage...
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