We were delighted to read this review of Sam Weaver's Churton Wines in "Wandering Palate". It is our firm belief that Sam's Churton Vineyard is the best in Marlborough and as the vines mature (he now makes his wines entirely from his own grapes) the quality just gets better and better:
We made it past the magical £150,000 mark and in some style, all thanks to you, our customers. We are very proud to say that Farr Vintners has now raised a staggering £174,300 for Wine Relief, the wine industry’s contribution to Comic Relief. This contribution accounts for nearly half the amount of the total raised by the entire wine trade! In the month of March, we committed to donate £20 for every case of wine that we sold, and on certain wines, we doubled the donation to £40. 7529 cases (£20 donation) and 593 cases (£40 donation) later, March is over and an extremely worthy cause is far better off.
Just before Christmas 2010 a group of us assembled at Chez Bruce restaurant for a spectacular and unique tasting of forty vintages of Chateau La Conseillante. We were delighted to welcome winemaker Jean-Michel Laporte to snowy London and were also joined by wine critics James Suckling, Neal Martin and Jancis Robinson, Sommeliers Katie Exton and Luke Robertson, writers Julian Barnes and Tony Quinn and Barry Phillips, a wine trade wise man, who came dressed as Father Christmas.
A recent trip home to New Zealand to see family and friends gave me the perfect opportunity to visit the four wineries that we represent. Despite all being located in different parts of the country, the common thread that unites these four estates is great people making great wine. In contrast to our cold and snowy winter, New Zealand had been enjoying a fantastic, warm summer and everyone that I spoke to was very happy with how the 2011 vintage was progressing. In fact, in most vineyards veraison was well under way, about two weeks ahead of schedule, and things were looking very promising.
