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2023 Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Spottswoode’s newly released 2023 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a real pick from this fa...
2015 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne
We are delighted to offer the new 2015 release of one of Champagne’s best and best-v...
Burgfest 2022 Red Burgundy Report: A Great Côte d’Or Vintage
Having pulled corks on nearly 300 reds from 2022, my conclusion from this year's edition of the worl...
A New Chapter for Vinum: Our First Fine Wine Boutique in Singapore
Vinum Opens Its First Fine Wine Boutique in Singapore
Buying and enjoying fine wine is one of life'...
100-Point Release: 2012 Rare Champagne Brut Millésime
We are delighted to offer a stellar new release from the tremendous 2012 Champagn...
2022 Red Wines at Burgfest: The Quickfire Verdict
Burgundy 2022 red wines are exceptional. After tasting nearly 300 of them blind at Burgfest, as part...
M&M Show: 2022 Burgundy Reds
The 2022 red Burgundies are great wines, full stop, with no warm-vintage caveat attached. That is th...
Vinum Fine Wine Market Report September 2026
This month at a glance
Legendary US investor Dr. Michael Burry has publicly made the case for f...
Magnums of Champagne
Magnums of Champagne are fantastic things to own. Whether for laying down as part of a collec...
2018 Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé
We are delighted to offer our allocation of the latest release from the excellent 2018 Cham...
2023 Opus One
We have a stellar new release today from one of Napa’s bona fide blue-chip wineries, Opus One. ...
2018 Dom Perignon
We are thrilled to offer the newly released 2018 Dom Perignon. With scores of up to 99 poin...
Wine Words: Whole Bunch Fermentation – Bunches, Clusters & Stems Explained
Bunches, Clusters & Stems: whole bunch fermentation in tasting notes
The point of these Wine W...
Napa Valley: Cult & Collectable
The Napa Valley in California is home to some of the world's great wines. Often made in sma...
2016 Bordeaux: A Modern Benchmark
2016 stands out as a modern benchmark for great Bordeaux. It is a year that perfectly encap...
Ramonet: Superb Selection
When it comes to white wine production, Ramonet is just about as good as it gets. As th...
Platt Vineyard
In the early 2000s, wine-loving businessman Lewis Platt – former CEO of Hewlett Packard – planted ne...
Northern Portugal, the land of Vinho Verde – a hidden gem?
Warning: this is mainly a travel, not a wine, piece.
The area
For the third time in less than a ...
September Release Preview 2026: Opus One, Masseto, Solaia & More
The wine world wakes up from its traditional summer slumber in September with a flurry of big-name n...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report August 2026
Back to front
Last month, my editor commented that the report was fine, just fine mind, but started...
UK Summer Sale 2026
We are pleased to announce the launch of the UK Summer Sale. Included are a raft of win...
Superb New Blue-Chip Bordeaux Cellar
We are delighted to present a lovely selection of original cases of blue-chip Bor...
Single Bottles – Available for Immediate Delivery
We have a huge selection of single bottles available for immediate dispatch from our UK cel...
Ramonet Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
We are delighted to offer a selection of bottles and magnums of Ramonet’s Bienvenues Ba...
Opus One 2023: A Superb Vintage, An Exceptional Wine
Opus One is a name that needs little introduction to wine people. The joint venture between two lege...
2004 Krug, Clos du Mesnil
We are delighted to offer a parcel of the magnificent 2004 Krug Clos du Mesnil. A 98+ p...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report July 2026
June performance
June was an unremarkable month in the wine world. The loss of 0.7% of the Liv-ex ...
A Vertical Tasting of Kumeu River Chardonnay
And now for something completely different - A Vertical Tasting of Kumeu River Chardonnay
Mirrorin...
The 2022 Coche Dury Bourgogne Chardonnay
As one of the world’s great white wine producers, Coche-Dury was well placed to take advantage of th...
How to build a wine collection?
Three key tips that do not involve purchasing a single bottle
I have been delaying writing this si...
The 2023 Jamet Côte Rôtie Côte Brune
For Yohan Castaing of the Wine Advocate, "Among the reference estates of Côte-Rôtie, Do...
A Gastronomic Weekend In San Sebastian
San Sebastian has long been a mecca for food lovers, and rightly so. There are 19 Michelin stars acr...
2022 White Burgundy
"In my view, the 2022s are so good, with the necessary caveat that they be well-chosen, that they no...
2022 La Gravette de Certan
With perfect 100-point scores from Antonio Galloni, Lisa Perrotti-Brown and Jeb Dunnuck...
The 2025s From Alvina Pernot
"Alvina Pernot and her husband Philippe are currently producing some of the ...
2013 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé
Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne Rosé is a routinely superb cuvee. Made in tiny amounts...
2018 Louis Roederer Cristal
A big new release of one of the most prestigious and recognisable of all Champagnes, th...
M&M Show: 2022 Burgundy Whites
The 2022 growing season was one of the hottest Burgundy vintages on record. Under the compounding pr...
The Superb PN AYC 21 From Bollinger
We are delighted to offer a fantastic new release from Bollinger, the PN AY 21. Based o...
Châpeau à Lafleur (encore!)
Attention!! Heatwave in Pomerol (and everywhere else)
As the mercury spikes its way through forty...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report June 2026
May Performance
May proved to be the worst month for quite a while for the 50 and 100 indices, whil...
Burgfest 2022 Full Report
The Burgfest tasting of 2022 whites taught me that this is a great white Burgundy vintage that sits ...
Wine Words: Vintage – Decoding wine speak and tasting notes
If we talk about vintage fashion, vintage cars or even vintage watches, people have a pretty clear i...
The 2019 Soldera / Case Basse
The 2019 Soldera Toscana is a very special wine. The first made after the death of Gianfran...
The 2021 Lail J Daniel Cabernet
We are delighted to offer 100-point Lail J Daniel Cabernet Sauvignon 2021. The product of a...
The 2021 Mayacamas Chardonnay – 96 Points
The Mayacamas Chardonnay is one of the great bargains in Californian fine wine. Precisely m...
Kongsgaard Syrah – A Micro-Production Napa Gem
"These are artisanal wines at their finest." – Robert Parker
We are delighted to offer c...
2015 Salon: New Parcel Of Uber Collectable Magnums
We are delighted to offer a new parcel of the 2015 Salon Le Mesnil in rare and collectable ...
The 2018 Roulot Charmes
For Allen Meadows, the 2018 Domaine Roulot Meursault Charmes 1er Cru is "quite simply t...
Henri Germain 2023 Meursault & Chassagne
We are delighted to offer a selection of 2023 Henri Germain wines from the excellent, b...