The Oxford Wine Cellar is now open!
We are absolutely delighted to announce that after many months of hard work The Oxford Wine Cellar is open! Based…
The Rise of Rhum Agricole
When it comes to drinking Caribbean rum, nine times out of ten, what’s in your glass will be a spirit…
Producer Profile: Château Pas du Cerf
We fell in love with the elegant, complex, wines produced at Chateau Pas du Cerf when we discovered them at…
Grape Expectations: Cortese
While I expect that most of you will not be familiar with the grape variety Cortese, I am sure that…
The Life of an MW Student – Thirty Two
On the first morning of the 2023 MW practical exams I found it difficult to get up. Fitful sleep the…
The Life of an MW Student – Thirty One
This will be my last column before I make my second attempt at the MW practical exams. I am now…
Producer Profile: Dominio de Tares
Referred to as the Burgundy of Spain, Bierzo is one of the old world’s most promising “new” wine regions. A…
The Life of an MW Student – Thirty
At the time of writing, it is exactly one month before my second attempt at the MW practical exams. The…
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The Life of an MW Student – Twenty Six
It’s easy, in the wine trade, to slip into unhealthy drinking patterns. We are constantly surrounded by delicious, interesting, and often free, wine. However, overindulging in alcohol is not conducive…
OWC Featured in The Oxford Mail!
On the back of our recent success in the Top 50 Independent Wine Merchants, we were featured in The Oxford Mail. Here’s an excerpt: Owner and chairman Ted Sandbach started…
Talking Wine – January 2023
We are now well into in January and a few friends are indulging in ‘Dry January’. They will tell you they are feeling great but I detect that some of…
Lunar New Year: Baijiu
What is Baijiu? It’s one of the biggest selling spirits on the planet with over 17 billion litres produced every year yet, outside of it’s native China, very few people…
Lunar New Year: Chinese Wine
The influence of Asian markets between 1996 and 2005 on fine wine, especially Bordeaux En Primeur, has been well documented. The Chinese market is willing to pay for fine wine,…