It’s Zinfandel Jim, but not as we know it! Cool Zin, from high above Napa Valley: not jammy, more Rhône-like (if you can imagine a Rhône-like Zin). We have been bringing in Green & Red since the late 1990s. Tobin Heminway building on what her father Jay began back in the 1970s.

We gave Mandy Yin’s cookbook Sambal Shiok - Mandy Yin to friends last Christmas & imagine our delight when they made this amazing Eight Treasures Soup for us. Fantastic. What did we drink? Dry Riesling obvs. Martin Müllen Kröver Paradies Riesling Spätlese** trocken 2018. Just saying.

Greetings from Châteauneuf-du-Pape! We’re here to taste and fill the van.

Meet Eve & Patrick Brunel of Château de la Gardine. We love their Tradition bottlings. Yes, very traditional - just the way we like it! We came back the following day to pick up 2 vintages of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, vigorous 2021, plush 2011, CDP white & Rasteau from old vineyards.