On the day that Mark Cavendish broke Eddy Merckx’ Tour de France stage-winning record, it’s very odd to find this pavement star on the streets of Podersdorf am See in Austria. Not quite sure what it’s doing here…?

One of the hottest young winemaking talents in Australia now is Ben Mullen, one half of the team at Mulline Vintners. Influenced by his time at Domaine Dujac and with a few award-winning Pinots under his belt, he tells us the secret of his success. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

An exciting morning in the cellar bottling a very limited edition new wine for Wine Club members. Could this be our very first sparkling wine…?

Stuart knows what he’s talking about.

Now this was brilliant - notwithstanding the Dry Robes. Insightful, funny, tender. And loud. Go see! blur Blur Fan Club

See you to the left hand side of the mixing desk / spittoon. ⬇️

Very sad to learn about Carl Bevan from 60ft Dolls passing away. As a teenager growing up in the 1990s I loved this band; loud, punky, funny, a real breath of fresh air. Saw them many times. Have dug out my old CDs to listen to this evening. Sure I have some 7” vinyl too. 🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Wine writers turned wine makers including Chris Wilson & Miquel Hudin. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/writers-who-…

Offering alternative styles, Austria’s Neusiedlersee wine region is an exciting place where ‘anything goes’, from the hipster combo of pet nats and orange wines, through to exciting whites made from lesser-known grapes and reds with real interest. Click the-buyer.net/insight/austri…

And what riches they are. My latest The_Buyer feature is a deep dive into Austria’s Neusiedlersee wine region. the-buyer.net/insight/austri…

Good to see one of my wines in the Sunday institution that is The Observer. 👊

Licht und Blindheit.

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Hallgarten’s annual portfolio tasting was bigger and better this year with over 1000 wines, 300 new and 143 of those from 30 producers new to the company. Chris Wilson worked through this Just Landed section and picks 10 exciting producers. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/n…

We pick 9 ‘killer Koshus’ from the annual London tasting of this unique Japanese wine and have our preconceptions challenged about its food matching. A masterclass by the UK’s sommelier of the year 2023 Agnieszka Swiecka was also full of discoveries. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/w…

González Byass UK celebrated 21 years in the biz with a tasting introducing buyers to 2 new acquisitions Famiglia Castellani and Jean Bouchard along with a host of other exciting producers. Chris Wilson picks nine wines that should be on your radar. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/g…

Some cracking wines at today’s Corney & Barrow tasting in London. Write-up soon for The_Buyer.

A fabulous selection of new wines was to be found at the Corney & Barrow spring portfolio tasting - with great depth, breadth and quality - Chris Wilson picks 18 of the new wines and shows off C&B's broking service for the first time. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/b…

Wine writer Chris Boiling has made wine for 15 years as a personal project, but now he is launching his own commercial label Crazy Experimental Wines… which is as crazy as it sounds; 6 wines made in 4 countries in the same harvest using rare grapes! the-buyer.net/people/boiling…