Peter Dean

Two Riesling legends team together – Ernst Loosen and Sam Barry – to form LoosenBarry. We met up with them for the launch of the new LoosenBarry Slate Hill Riesling 2023 and taste through a range of the Wolta Wolta Rieslings. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/g…

Michel Rolland, the Bordeaux-based winemaker and oenologist, who died yesterday was the most influential oenologist of the modern era. As a tribute, I re-post a piece which showed him doing his typical work as a consultant with Château Legrézette. Click the-buyer.net/people/michel-…

25 years ago Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's Aubert de Villaine joined the Hyde family to create Hyde de Villaine. We hear from de Villaine and winemaker Guillaume Boudet about how these wines are a Californian/ Burgundian 'cross' and taste a flight. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/2…

We continue our series profiling sommeliers in Asia studying to be Master Sommeliers by talking to Meiyu Li, founder of wine consultancy DrinksArts & China's first female advanced sommelier on what becoming the country's first female MS would mean to her. the-buyer.net/people/sommeli…

Despite the downturn in the UK market, Mentzendorff is growing its team, taking advantage of 'opportunities in the field'. Justin Liddle explains their thinking and presents a range of exciting new wines, fortifieds and spirits at the portfolio tasting. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/n…

Inspiring new way to hold a wine tasting for the trade. Alliance Wine/H2Vin’s A Taste of Inspiration grouped 20 of its producers into four themed sections planned to facilitate deeper engagement or “a conversational tasting experience”. Click for more… the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/k…

“My focus isn't to be the biggest, but the best wine club" As the @WineChallenge 2025 Wine Club of the Year winner Duncan Gummie has arguably achieved that with @WeeVinoteca.Here he explains his personalised and award-winning independent curated approach the-buyer.net/people/retaile…

Chris Yorke, ceo of #AustrianWineMarketingBoard, sets out its business strategy for the year ahead & how a comprehensive export & events programme, particularly into new & emerging markets, is going to be even more strategically important for its producers the-buyer.net/people/produce…

Excellent state of the nation piece from @Armit_Wines MD Brett Fleming about how the UK government is not helping the wine business right now – and what he is doing to rectify that, from new members of the team and filling gaps in the portfolio. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/b…

Discovering five Italian estates new to the Armit Wines portfolio – Montepeloso, Joaquin, Cascina Baricchi, Fèlsina and Marchese Luca Spinola – this the wine distributor that looks after Tenuta San Guido, Bruno Giacosa, Roagna and Giacomo Fenocchio. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/f…

New lines which include a Taylor’s white port made-to-be-mixed, a ready made Manzanilla spritz from Hidalgo and a new Delamain cognac that has been distilled with mixologists in mind were just some of the finds at the Mentzendorff portfolio tasting. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/n…

Inspiring new way to hold a wine tasting for the trade. Alliance Wine/H2Vin’s A Taste of Inspiration grouped 20 of its producers into four themed sections planned to facilitate deeper engagement or “a conversational tasting experience”. Click for more… the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/k…

Excellent state of the nation piece from @Armit_Wines MD Brett Fleming about how the UK government is not helping the wine business right now – and what he is doing to rectify that, from new members of the team and filling gaps in the portfolio. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/b…

Discovering five Italian estates new to the Armit portfolio – Montepeloso, Joaquin, Cascina Baricchi, Fèlsina and Marchese Luca Spinola – this the wine distributor that looks after Tenuta San Guido, Bruno Giacosa, Roagna and Giacomo Fenocchio. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/f…

Cerequio is one of Barolo’s true crus, a vineyard of exceptional pedigree. Only a handful of producers hold parcels and even fewer treat it with the reverence it deserves. We taste a rare 8-vintage vertical of Cerequio by Michele Chiarlo’s son Stefano. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/s…

China makes 10 billion litres of its favourite spirit, Baijiu every year and yet many people in the west don’t know it. Production is artisanal and traditional. We learn more about it from the chief of leading brand Fenjiu and mixologist Maxim Kassir. the-buyer.net/people/produce…

Still missed and revered – great to see that Tasting Victory, the autobiography of Gérard Basset OBE MW MS has got a Commemorative 2nd Edition out with new words from the likes of Jancis Robinson OBE MW. Review here and 10% off the RRP Click the-buyer.net/people/sommeli…

Cerequio is one of Barolo’s true crus, a vineyard of exceptional pedigree. Only a handful of producers hold parcels and even fewer treat it with the reverence it deserves. We taste a rare 8-vintage vertical of Cerequio by Michele Chiarlo’s son Stefano. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/s…

“Working against our brains will never get the best out of us. Understanding that isn’t kindness. It’s just good business.” Emma Hodges analyses the practical steps employers could take to help employees with ADHD & what an enormous impact it would have the-buyer.net/opinion/emma-h…

Lovers of Japanese food & sake are in for a treat when MA/NA opens in London on April 20. This luxury venue will have the most diverse range of sakes in the UK. To help guide us through what to expect we talk to head of wine & sake Michele Orbolatol. the-buyer.net/people/on-trad…