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Our local MP Robert Courts visits OWC HQ

Earlier this month Robert Courts, MP for Witney & West Oxfordshire, visited our Standlake HQ. He met with OWC Owner & Chairman Ted Sandbach and Managing Director John Chapman at…

The Life of an MW Student – Forty

On the MW programme, you go to a study seminar each year during February. This is an intensive week of mock exams and expert-led tastings or lectures. During this week,…

Grape Expectations: Mâcon

Mâcon – or Mâconnais – is the southernmost subregion of Burgundy. While it does produce some red wine, it is most famous for its white wine production, made from Chardonnay.…

An evening of music and wine

About a year and a half ago, I was approached by the brilliant Michael Koenig, who is a doctoral student in Music and Global history here at Oxford University. He…