Ce jeudi 26 novembre 2015, nous avons organisé notre quatrième soirée dégustation à Paris dans les locaux d’USG Brands France.Nos fidèles partenaires Kalios, le Jamon Jamon Paris, Les Nouveaux Fromagers ainsi que le truculent Boys Band du Vinyle Club étaient présents pour donner à la soirée une dimension épicurienne de haute tenue. Et que dire […]
Comment obtenir le meilleur de votre vin quelque soit le moment où vous ouvrez la bouteille ? Nombreuses sont les innovations dans le monde du vin qui ont pour objectif de faciliter la dégustation. Nous avons choisi de tester Optiwine®, un outil conçu par Olivier Caste et Mickael Paetzold (œnologue et spécialiste de process oenotechniques) […]
I’ve been very lucky to get on the radar of a lady called Louise Hill, who runs one of the UK’s top wine PR firms, Philips-Hill. It’s absolutely invaluable for me as it gives me access to wine events I never thought I’d get access to. Amongst their client base is the Crus Bourgeois Syndicate, […]
Apparently London is France’s 6th biggest city. That just means that the population of French guys and girls living in London would make the 6th biggest city in France. And with anyone who lives abroad, it’s sometimes nice to have a piece of the homeland to hand!
I’ve entered that stage of life these days where I go round to mates’ houses for dinner parties. You don’t hang out anymore, sitting there with a beer and playing Fifa, you have dinner and drinks. The conversations are still mostly daft as a brush, but somehow it all feels a bit more civilized, doesn’t […]
When we were writing the Terms and Conditions for the website, one of the big requirements was to mention something along the lines of “…the wine may not be delivered in it’s original packaging”. That can be a big issue for some clients. But why is it?
I was reading in the press the other day about a company in London called Woolf Sung. They’re a wine merchant that specializes in fine wine investment. Things have been going pretty for these guys and they’re now looking for money to expand their operation. Fair play to them, but it did raise the murky […]
A couple of years ago, before I began working with JB for 20h33, I became his client. The first time I really starting buying anything was the 2012 vintage primeurs. It was the first time I’d ever really thought of starting a collection of wine for ageing and drinking. A few weeks back, the bottles […]
It’s a bumper hot year across Bordeaux so far this year. All the tick list of vine growing points have been ticked so far, and a big crop of ripe berries is expected. When it comes on the market next year, the 2015 vintage should be shaping up to be full of flavour.
As I was driving down to Bordeaux in my 20h33 emblazened car, I thought about this being the first time the 20h33 “fleet” would be together. Yes, I said “fleet”. Ok it’s not exactly an aircraft carrier and some destroyers or anything, but a Toyota Hybrid and the VW Combi (that’s been grabbing headlines across […]
