Luigi Buonanno is Group sommelier and wine buyer for the Etrusca group of restaurants. He's also a keen wine blogger, writing on Italian wine website Doctor Wine.
Here he reviews Kenton Bacchus - with some poignant observations on the whole English wine connundrum.
"It is quite a funny thing that we think that the two most important ...

Jean Trimbach, 12th generation of the celebrated Alsace winery, was in London this week for an outstanding tasting. Never has our RSVP inbox rattled with so many prompt responses; rarely have we seen such a turnout of London's top sommeliers in one place at one time. The roll call of wines below gives you some ...

The Merchant Awards at the International Wine Challenge are amongst the most coveted in the industry; they are decided upon by a panel of experts chosen from across the wine trade.
This year we are very pleased to have made the shortlist in the following categories.
On Trade Supplier of the Year
Wine Educator of the Year
Specialist Merchant ...

Journeyed to the Soave district on Monday, in the company of broadcaster Olly Smith and winewomansong herself, Juel Mahoney. First stop was the iconoclast Roberto Anselmi. Roberto took over from his father in the 1970s, and set about transforming what had been a supplier of fairly ordinary wine into something quite different. Huge investment ...

Patrick Pigny, Enotria sales rep extraordinaire in the West Country (and as gallic as the game itself), reports that Enotria entered a team snappily named "The Untouchaboules" in the annual Wells Charity Boules match. This is organised by The Crown at Wells and raises money for the Nepal Trust. Sadly our valiant team came up ...

'The King of Chenin' continues his crusade to produce ever better versions of his favourite grape. His FMC is widely regarded as one of South Africa's top wines.