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Grape Expectations: Douro

The Douro Valley is one of those wine regions that should be on everyone’s bucket list. Its incredibly steep slopes are cut into terraces – locally known as patamares – allowing for…

Huge congratulations to Thom and Katy!

It is our great pleasure to share the news that two more of our team members have successfully completed their WSET Diploma! Thom Allinson and Katy Barker have both passed…

Great news from The Oxford Wine School

We are absolutely delighted to share that this autumn’s WSET Level Two Class achieved a 100% pass rate, including five distinctions and eight merits. Particular congratulations to Sophie Donnelly and…

What We’re Drinking at Christmas

At The Oxford Wine Company we spend our days surrounded by thousands of delicious wines, spirits and beers. But which of them do we decide to drink at home? Take…

The Life of an MW Student – Thirty Seven

Breaks from drinking are important. I’m hardly one to preach about abstinence, but I am a firm believer in moderation  – or at least as was once famously said ‘All…