Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Coronations, Royalty and Wine, Monday 1st June 2020
Join us in the Pickering Cellar for an evening of wine, royalty and coronation history. Fine wines have long been part of prestigious royal ceremonial events and this evening will highlight regal links, from the Tsars of Russia to Hungarian connections. We’ll be joined by Dr George Gross and Dr David J. Crankshaw who lead the Coronations Project at King’s College London, who will help you explore historical links between royalty and wine. Hosted by Rebecca Lamont, Head of Wine School, with guest speakers Dr George Gross and Dr David J. Crankshaw, Coronations Project
Wines to be tasted:
Champagne Pol Roger, Réserve, Brut
2006 Champagne Louis Roederer, Cristal, Brut
2017 Tokaji Oremus, Mandolas, Dry Furmint, Hungary
2017 Berry Bros. & Rudd Mosel Riesling Kabinett by Selbach-Oster, Germany
2014 Château d'Issan, Margaux, Bordeaux
1990 Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux
2013 Berry Bros. & Rudd Tokaji Aszú, 5 Puttonyos by Oremus, Hungary
East India Solera, Emilio Lustau, Jerez, Spain
Berry Bros. & Rudd William Pickering Tawny Port by Quinta do Noval, Douro, Portugal
The King's Ginger (41%)
Dress code: smart casual
NB Wines for this event have been chosen from Berry Bros. & Rudd’s historic stock and may not be available to order following the event.
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