LOTS OF NEW WINE

What's been arriving at The Winery?

NEW - SPAIN – Just in from the Kingdom of Castille, tingling whites from Vinedos de Nieva in Rueda and full-bodied, state-of-the-art reds from Alvides in Ribera del Duero.

NEW - WHITE BURGUNDY - Classy Chassagne-Montrachet by the Jouard brothers, the latest batch of peerless Puligny from Paul Pernot.

NEW - RED BURGUNDY –Freddy Mugnier’s magnificent Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-St-Georges. Lighter than air, silkier than silk. Marie-France Largeot’s delightful Bourgogne Rouge from Chorey fruit.

NEW - RHONE – Three Biodynamic growers. We just managed to scoop up a few more cases of David Reynaud’s fabulous Crozes-Hermitage. The first batch disappeared very quickly. From further south, Coriancon’s Vinsobres. Pascal Chalon’s Cotes-du-Rhone Villages, which he makes in his Granny’s garage.

NEW - ITALY- We’ve gone all Tuscan, following our trip last year. Boscarelli from Montepulciano, Il Colle and Canalicchio di Sopra from Montalcino, Dreolino’s Chianti Rufina and Pratesi’s Carmignano from near Florence, Chianti Classico by Gatteschi and La Marcellina.

NEW - CALIFORNIA We are now fully loaded with Woodenhead, Hafner, White Rock, Renard, Guy Davis and new youngsters on the block, Anthill Farms.

NEW - GERMANY – As usual, too many to list here! Asbach-Kretschmar, Prinz and the blue-eyed star Eva Fricke from the Rheingau. Schafer-Frohlich and Jakob Schneider (Junior) from the Nahe. Everyone’s loving the bright dry Rieslings by Riffel from Bingen. Von Othegraven and Florian-Peter Lauer from the Saar. And then there’s the Mosel… Clemens Busch, Andreas Barth, Thorsten Melsheimer, Rudi Trossen, Beate Knebel, Bastgen - all made brilliant 2007s. We even managed to persuade Theo Haart, the King of Piesport, to make some dry wine!

 

MEET THE STAFF

David Motion continues to juggle his parallel careers in Wine and Music. Pop Record Producer in the 80s, Composer for film, tv and commercials in the 90s, David liked The Winery so much, he bought the shop in 1996. He has also recently released new CDs in Electronica and Classical genres. Find out more on David’s Music site: www.davidmotion.com
Travelling extensively searching for new wines, he also regularly appears in interviews, most recently Radio Essex talking about Biodynamic wine and in London Lite and The Sun talking about New Wave German wine. david@thewineryuk.com

Richard de Fleury went to New Zealand 12 years ago and came back with a Kiwi accent and a Kiwi wife. The accent has since modified. You may have noticed a tightening-up of grammar and punctuation in The Winery’s written output. As well as selling European wine to sceptical locals, Richard did a stint as a Teacher of English and Drama - the perfect qualifications for Shop Manager. richard@thewineryuk.com

Debbie Holt moved to London from San Francisco after experiencing the Dot-com bubble from the inside. Back after her maternity leave, Debbie's already formidable organisational powers have been honed further. Watch her effortlessly answer the phone, re-stock the shelves and design a new Excel sheet all at once! debbie@thewineryuk.com

 

It was Love,“Il Amore”, that brought Giorgio Parrino to England from his home village south of Palermo in Sicily. We notice, coincidentally, that most of the young men of the village are now living in south London. Although his father makes wine, Giorgio is quite clear that it's nothing we'd want to drink. No disrespect meant to his father, of course. Giorgio should know what good wine is, as he studied winemaking and viticulture in some leading estates in Sicily and Puglia. giorgio@thewineryuk.com

David Clawson has gradually transitioned from a job in The City to The Winery. Originally from Seattle (surprisingly, he is no coffee lover), David got his MBA in London, had a spell in Paris while his wife was working there. David, or “DC” as we sometimes call him to distinguish him from the other David, is mega-fit and thinks nothing of jogging miles to and from the shop. David is particularly keen on wines from the Loire Valley and “Natural Wine”. david.clawson@thewineryuk.com

Ai Watanabe moved from Yakuza town Osaka to a Japanese boarding school in London at the age of 15 and never went back. After several years working with autistic children she moved into wine and joins us from a stint with Berry Brothers. She runs her own wine blog. If you read Japanese, ask her for the link! ai@thewineryuk.com

 

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