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Why Riesling rocks
The wine trade loves it – yet suggest a Riesling and you may get a spectrum of responses from polite doubt to outright rejection, seldom...
The Wines of Portugal – Character and Quality
Throughout my short(ish) career in the wine trade I’ve always had a soft spot for the wines of Portugal. I enjoy the richly fruited and complex...
Botter is back!
Just in time for summer – well, sunshine is promised for this weekend – we’ve received a top up of our best-selling Botter Prosecco Frizzante (£9.50 single...
Gin, Glorious Gin!
When our Chiswick shop opened in March 2012 we stocked a grand total of five gins. Fast forward two years and we now have 15, with...
Celebrate Real Wine Month at The Good Wine Shop
This April is Real Wine month – a celebration of organic, biodynamic and natural wines – and so we’ll be promoting some of our favourite real...
2009 Bordeaux – A Great Vintage Revisited
Bordeaux makes some of the finest wines in the world, but its cool maritime climate means that there can be lots of variation between vintages....
My Italy Trip
At the end of last year I was lucky enough to be taken on a trip to Tuscany, one of Italy’s most famous wine-making regions. ...
Perfect Ports
There are few drinks more Christmassy than Port so now seems like a good time to publish our brief guide to Port… Port is made...