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In 2023 we have a vintage through which the undeniable challenges of the season have brought into sharp focus the privilege we have in working with Germany’s greatest estates.

This vintage has surprised everybody. Despite prolonged heat in the nation, 2022 Rieslings show strength and energy.

Burgundy’s 2022 vintage was a year that made producers smile. Excellent ripening conditions across the Côte mean that there’s quality to be found throughout the region, from the humblest of Hauts Côtes to the greatest of Grands Crus.

lucid, ruby-hued, rich in perfume, textural delicacy, artistic expression with more than a few moments of grandeur.

The finest wines of Barolo and Barbaresco are now highly coveted and sought after. For good reason, in our view. Over the past decade in particular, consumers seem to have finally latched on to the unbelievable quality and terroir-transparency that the great Nebbiolo grape can convey.

Working towards a better future. Drinking fine wine shouldn’t cost the Earth. While our environmental impact may be relatively small, we feel it’s right to minimise our carbon footprint in whatever way we can.

The pinnacle for any collector is the 40-year-old Port Ellen, bottled from a 1979 cask. This superlative bottling of Port Ellen is one of only 575 produced in the world.

Justerini & Brooks is excited to launch a very limited, exclusive project in partnership with Raúl Pérez.

The narrative about Bordeaux en primeur often begins long before we’ve tasted the wines. Every slight change in weather is seized on as an indicator of success, or failure, with disaster stories dominating opinion.

When an invitation to a 29 wine vertical of Marquis d’Angerville’s Monopole Clos des Ducs landed on my e-doorstep, I did not think twice. Invites like this don’t come round very often, in fact it may be the only chance I ever get to taste this wine so extensively, I thought to myself.

Last week we welcomed guests to the New Club in Edinburgh for a Portfolio tasting, our first tasting in Scotland for two years.

After a two-year Covid hiatus, it was an honour to be invited back to Wiesbaden to intensively taste all the upcoming VDP Grosses Gewächs (GG) releases over a full three days, brushing shoulders with the who’s who of the national and international German wine business and press.