The Winery

The Winery We import our entire range of wine and champagne ourselves.

We travel constantly to find small growers in our specialist regions of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and California.

Emergency Spätburgunder! That’s German for Pinot Noir. Johannes & Julia Becker-Landgraf have made The Winery’s top-selli...
06/01/2025

Emergency Spätburgunder! That’s German for Pinot Noir. Johannes & Julia Becker-Landgraf have made The Winery’s top-selling Spätburgunder for a decade and a half. We needed it badly and picked up just before Christmas. Spätburgunder emergency over. For now.

Happy Christmas from everyone at The Winery! Hope you are opening something delicious today!
25/12/2024

Happy Christmas from everyone at The Winery! Hope you are opening something delicious today!

Emergency Riesling, emergency Bocksbeutels. And some Silvaner. We desperately needed Bocksbeutels for our Bocksbeutel sh...
21/12/2024

Emergency Riesling, emergency Bocksbeutels. And some Silvaner. We desperately needed Bocksbeutels for our Bocksbeutel shelf. So that involved a trip to Franken, to Juliusspital, the amazing foundation dating back to 1576 slap bang in the middle of Würzburg. It’s a hospital, a retirement home, an educational establishment and a winery with cellars below the hospital with great vineyards on the slopes around the city and in other pockets beyond. It’s big – and it’s brilliant. We adore their dry Rieslings and Silvaners. Bright, vibrant. Electric. Look out for the handful of 2015s we were able to claw from their grip, a handful of Silvaner Bocksbeutel magnums and a sweet oddity: Rieslaner, a crossing of Riesling with Silvaner made locally in 1921 which makes an alluring sweet wine with freshness.

Emergency Riesling & Spätburgunder dash to Germany. Took longer than usual to get to Zum Krug - Rheingau thanks to dela...
20/12/2024

Emergency Riesling & Spätburgunder dash to Germany. Took longer than usual to get to Zum Krug - Rheingau thanks to delays around Brussels and avoiding snarl-ups on the Autobahn by looping along the Mittelrhein. Sounds lovely but it was slowwwww. Thankfully we arrived in time for a late dinner. Winter salad with some goose liver followed by Sauerbraten. Washed down with Riesling and Spätburgunder obvs. Yum.

Meanwhile, in the south of France, Château Vannières, our favourite Bandol - the finest, most ageworthy red wine of Prov...
15/12/2024

Meanwhile, in the south of France, Château Vannières, our favourite Bandol - the finest, most ageworthy red wine of Provence. Always a pleasure to visit Eric Boisseaux, taste vintages new, older and older still. His wines age beautifully. In the van and on the shelves.

The first 90 minutes of Tuesday evening’s tasting at The Winery Fulham were gentle and then it went bonkers. Chateau Bon...
05/12/2024

The first 90 minutes of Tuesday evening’s tasting at The Winery Fulham were gentle and then it went bonkers. Chateau Bonnange took first place followed by Clemens Busch vom roten Schiefer dry Riesling tied with Cosimo Taurino Kompa Negroamaro.

Meanwhile, in the Rhône valley, Mas de Carabelle recommended Vin Ensen in Caromb, two villages away. A bottle of Château...
01/12/2024

Meanwhile, in the Rhône valley, Mas de Carabelle recommended Vin Ensen in Caromb, two villages away. A bottle of Châteauneuf had just been opened and Jean-Philippe, the wine guy, came with another bottle and said “if you haven’t had this before, you should try it next time”. Never mind next time, let’s do it now! Gour de Chaulé Gigondas. Wow. That’s a fantastic Gigondas: such purity of fruit, definition and structure. Kept us captivated until the last drop two hours later. Two hours? Could’ve been one or three - in any case, it bent time. BTW the food and atmosphere at Vin Ensen was very good indeed.

You are invited to our next tasting on Tuesday 3rd December from 17.00-20.00h in our shop at 797 Fulham Road SW6 5HD whe...
29/11/2024

You are invited to our next tasting on Tuesday 3rd December from 17.00-20.00h in our shop at 797 Fulham Road SW6 5HD when we will feature our latest arrivals from Lombardy, Galicia, Mosel, California, Puglia, Bordeaux and Rioja.

We’ll be starting with La Versa Dosage Zero sparkling Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) from the Oltrepo Pavese, a gentle range of hills that rise from the plain 60kms south of Milan.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/countries/italy/lombardy/

Our latest hit of Albarino arrived from Galicia a few days ago. We found Antonio Galinanes of CUW, Cambados Urban Winery, in the heart of Rias Baixas, the spiritual home of Albarino on our trip to Spain last year. Antonio showed us three of his small parcels of vines, all very close to the water. One directly on the sea front, another directly on the estuary.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/cuw-cambados-urban-winery-cambados-galicia/

Clemens Busch is a legendary biodynamic (extremely organic) winemaker of dry Riesling from the steep, slate-sided slopes of the Mosel valley. He has been talking about retiring for a decade. We even went to his party in summer to celebrate his retirement and the official handover to son Johannes who has been working in the family winery for a dozen years already. What might retirement look like, Clemens? “I’ll still be here but working for 60 hours a week instead of 80.” We’ll be showing ‘vom roten Schiefer’ on Tuesday. That’s the spicy, exotic one from the red slate.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/clemens-busch-punderich-biodynamic/

Hafner has landed! We even picked it up ourselves the day before yesterday from the shipping company’s warehouse following its six-week journey from Alexander valley, northern California. Their benchmark Chardonnay will be open.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/hafner-alexander-valleysonoma/

In 1970 Cosimo Taurino was the first grower to make serious, (at that time) modern red wines in Puglia. His Notarpanaro became the flag bearer. Cosimo died in 1999, since when his daughter and her husband have continued to carry the flame. Mature, deep, (now) old school – we love them. On Tuesday we’ll be showing the Kompa Negroamaro.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/cosimo-taurino-puglia/

Bordeaux. November 2021. We had an appointment with Pascal Montaut of Chateau Les Jonqueyres. What he hadn’t told us was that he had retired and sold his vineyards. “Come with me and meet the new owners,” he said. We drove to Chateau Bonnange to taste Pascal’s wines and theirs. The short version is, we tasted without a price list and the Chateau Bonnange was a revelation. If you had told us it was a swanky Pomerol well north of 50 Euros, we would not have baulked. It turned out to be substantially less. Meet the latest arrival, the sumptuous 2020.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/chateau-bonnange/
The Pilgrims’ Trail passes in front of Bodegas Alvia in Ventosa in the Rioja Alta. Alfredo Bernaldez’s family has been making wine for 100 years and bottling themselves since 2006. With so many old vines, harvesting is always by hand. It was the Crianza that brought us there. We stayed for the Gran Reserva, which we will have open on Tuesday.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/bodegas-alvia-ventosa-rioja-alta/

Our tastings are very casual, just drop in anytime and feel free to bring a friend.

We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday!

Our following tasting will be at The Winery Maida Vale on 22nd January.

David, Nelly, Antonella, Kit, Natalie, Lily, Chris, Sinem, Riccardo and David

Six weeks ago we were visiting Hafner Vineyard in Alexander Valley, just outside Healdsburg in northern California. Arou...
27/11/2024

Six weeks ago we were visiting Hafner Vineyard in Alexander Valley, just outside Healdsburg in northern California. Around that time our latest shipment of Hafner was setting sail from Oakland in the Bay Area. In the meantime it landed in Southampton and has cleared Customs. To make certain that we have it in time for Thanksgiving, Sinem and David were picking it up from the shipping company’s warehouse today.
We had a great visit with Scott, Parke and Kate Hafner six weeks ago. The wines are always beautifully judged and beautifully balanced - never overblown, over concentrated or over oaky. Californian Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon the way we love them: the way they were when we first fell in love with them.
On our shelves in a matter of hours. Just in time for Thanksgiving. And we give thanks to the Hafner family for these beautiful wines.

After driving to the top of the Mont Ventoux, we drove (well, coasted) down again to visit Patricia and Joël Jacquet and...
26/11/2024

After driving to the top of the Mont Ventoux, we drove (well, coasted) down again to visit Patricia and Joël Jacquet and taste our Domaine Grand Jacquet favourites: the poetically named ‘rendez-vous sous le chêne’ (meeting under the oak tree) and ‘juste avant les sangliers’ (just before the wild boars) - that’s how irresistible their ripe grapes are: it’s a battle to pick them when they are ready but before the wild boars eat them all. We’re in the Vaucluse, just the other side of Carpentras from the Rhône, but the flavour profile is similar - as is the blending of Grenache and Syrah.

Another must-visit for Gerrit Walter weingutwalter was Mandy Yin’s Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar in the Holloway Road. The wine...
24/11/2024

Another must-visit for Gerrit Walter weingutwalter was Mandy Yin’s Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar in the Holloway Road. The wine-list is concise and, of the 3 wines, 2 of them are Gerrit’s: the white and the red - dry Riesling and Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir). Both perfectly suited to Mandy’s punchy, deep flavours served up by the wonderful team. Needless to say, we were the last to leave.

In the decades we have been visiting the Rhône, we have seen the Mont Ventoux countless times but had never been up it. ...
23/11/2024

In the decades we have been visiting the Rhône, we have seen the Mont Ventoux countless times but had never been up it. We found ourselves with a few hours between our pickup in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and our next tasting at the base of the mountain. So up we went in the van. 20C at the bottom, 4C at the top. No wind at the bottom, high speed winds at the top. Bracing. Dizzying ascent even in the van. Amazing views. Can’t quite believe how many cyclists of all ages we saw ascending - and not all of them were E-bikes. We’re keen cyclists but….

Gerrit Walter’s dry Riesling is a staple on the winelist at the marvellous Six Portland Road, our destination for the po...
23/11/2024

Gerrit Walter’s dry Riesling is a staple on the winelist at the marvellous Six Portland Road, our destination for the post-tasting dinner. Well worth it despite the struggle getting everyone strapped into the Uber 😉. Packed when we arrived, needless to say, we were the last to leave. Thanks Six Portland for a fabulous dinner! weingutwalter

Very busy from the word go at Tuesday evening’s tasting featuring Gerrit Walter from the Mosel, Germany. Despite the low...
21/11/2024

Very busy from the word go at Tuesday evening’s tasting featuring Gerrit Walter from the Mosel, Germany. Despite the low temperature, some were even standing outside. Top scorers on the night were the fruity Marienburg Riesling Kabinett followed by the sparkling Riesling Sekt tied with the first Spätburgunder. Thanks everyone for coming - and thanks for coming, Gerrit! Gerrit Walter weingutwalter

We based ourselves for three nights at John and Valeria Anderson’s beautiful B&B Mas de Carabelle in the hills above the...
17/11/2024

We based ourselves for three nights at John and Valeria Anderson’s beautiful B&B Mas de Carabelle in the hills above the southern Rhône valley. Eye-level with the Dentelles de Montmirail, every landmark and village in the southern Rhône and Ventoux is within easy striking distance. John and Valeria, originally from Seattle and New Jersey respectively, were frequent visitors to The Winery when they lived in Maida Vale before moving to France. John had a complete career change from accountancy to working in the kitchen at Lorne restaurant and then learning breadmaking at a bakery in Paris during Lockdown. They found and opened Mas de Carabelle in April 2022. They are wonderful hosts, know the area inside out - plus John is a super cook: the bread (particularly the Einkorn) is to die for.

A fabulous tasting with Anais & Francois Vallot in Vinsobres, previously one of the named Cotes-du-Rhone Villages and, s...
17/11/2024

A fabulous tasting with Anais & Francois Vallot in Vinsobres, previously one of the named Cotes-du-Rhone Villages and, since 2006, its own Rhone appellation like Gigondas and Vacqueyras. Francois reminded us that we first visited (and bought) in 2003 - wow, over 20 years. Certified biodynamic in 2007 – that’s the super-organic certification based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, involving cow horn, nettles and the lunar calendar. (This is a heavily abridged list btw). The wines are deep, textured and complex, good-to-go right now but supremely age-worthy. Not long to wait before they are back on our shelves - we are planning to pick up our next order early in the new year. Domaine Vallot - Le Coriançon

You are invited to our next tasting on Tuesday 19thNovember from 17.00-20.00h at our shop in Clifton Road W9 when we wil...
15/11/2024

You are invited to our next tasting on Tuesday 19thNovember from 17.00-20.00h at our shop in Clifton Road W9 when we will be joined by Gerrit Walter from the Mosel valley in Germany.

Gerrit Walter has made our top-selling, benchmark, dry Riesling for almost 15 years. For many, it has been their introduction to the magic of dry Riesling - benchmark, crisp, racy Mosel Riesling, packed with minerals drawn from perilously steep, slate vineyards overlooking the river in the village of Briedel between Punderich and Zell.
Gerrit came to work at The Winery as an intern in 2009 while studying at Geisenheim, Germany’s top Wine Uni. He has been running his family’s winery in the Mosel valley and working the beautiful, periculous slopes for well over a decade. His wines just get better and better, no matter what the weather throws at him.
To celebrate the important part Gerrit’s wine has played at The Winery over the past decade and a half, the entire line-up is given over to his range. Sparkling Riesling Sekt, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), two dry Rieslings, a sweet Riesling Kabinett and his two Spatburgunders (Pinot Noir).
https://www.thewineryuk.com/growers/walter-briedel/

Our tastings are very casual, just drop in anytime and feel free to bring a friend. We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday.

David, Nelly, Pranav, Antonella, Natalie, Chris, Sinem, Kit, Riccardo and David

Meet Eve and Patrick Brunel of Château de la Gardine. We love their Tradition bottlings. Yes, they are very traditional ...
14/11/2024

Meet Eve and Patrick Brunel of Château de la Gardine. We love their Tradition bottlings. Yes, they are very traditional - just the way we like it! We came back the following day to pick up two vintages of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, vigorous 2021 and plush 2011, the CDP white and Rasteau from their old vineyards.

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