What We’re Drinking in May
At The Oxford Wine Company we spend our days surrounded by thousands of delicious wines, spirits and beers. But which…
John Chapman judges The Wine Merchant Top 100
Every year, leading trade publication The Wine Merchant publishes a list of its Top 100 wines. In order to compile…
The Life of an MW Student – Forty One
This month I was lucky enough to be invited along to a workshop based on ‘performance under stress’. This was…
Grape Expectations: Mendoza
Mendoza is truly the wine capital of Argentina, home to three quarters of the country’s vineyard area. It could also…
Producer Profile: Bodegas Arrocal
Nestled in the heart of the renowned Ribera del Duero region, Bodegas Arrocal stands as a testament to the intersection…
What We’re Drinking in April
At The Oxford Wine Company we spend our days surrounded by thousands of delicious wines, spirits and beers. But which…
A spoon in the desert, a Sotol in my glass
Escarcega, Christmas 2023. In the small town of Escarcega in the Mexican state of Campeche, Christmas unfolded with a delightful…
A ‘new’ van joins our fleet!
Ted had been looking around somewhat casually for a vintage vehicle that could join our current fleet of rather more…
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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…
Grape Expectations: Sancerre
Continuing on my theme of looking at the world of wine geographically, rather than through the lens of grape varieties, I bring you to the Loire Valley, and more specifically…
The Life of an MW Student – Thirty Six
Albert Einstein famously said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So why did I start this year’s attempt…
Grape Expectations: Margaux
As we head towards the festive season, many of us look for bottles which carry a certain cachet. Something that, when brought to a dinner party, will evoke coos of…
Grape Expectations: Chianti
Well, it’s finally happened. After several years of writing these columns, I have run out of grape varieties. That is, unless you would like to read about hideously obscure, probably…