Regions & membership

(Regions & club)

Regions

Four regions we know cellar by cellar, a club room in St James’s, and a calendar of tastings from London to the Côte d’Or.

01 / 04 · Left Bank · Right Bank

Bordeaux

1,840 bottles in the members’ cellar. Our buyers spend two weeks a year in the region, tasting barrel by barrel with the growers.

02 / 04 · Côte de Nuits · Côte de Beaune

920 bottles, 41 domaines. Our buyers spend two weeks a year in the region, tasting barrel by barrel with the growers.

03 / 04 · Montagne de Reims · Côte des Blancs

1,200 bottles, magnums to Nebuchadnezzar. Our buyers spend two weeks a year in the region, tasting barrel by barrel with the growers.

04 / 04 · Montalcino · Bolgheri

640 bottles from nine estates. Our buyers spend two weeks a year in the region, tasting barrel by barrel with the growers.

(Tastings)

12OctVertical of Château Mont-RoyalSix vintages from 1990 to 2010, one table of twelve.London→

26OctHarvest lunch at the châteauPick the last rows of Merlot, then lunch in the barrel hall.Bordeaux→

09NovGrand Cru walkChambertin to Musigny on foot, with the growers.Burgundy→

04DecChampagne & caviar nightTwelve houses, magnums only, until late.London→

21JanBlind tasting championshipThe members’ annual — the winner chooses next year’s cellar.London→

(Membership)

£1,800 / year

£4,800 / year

By invitation

(Questions)

Our buyers taste around 4,000 wines a year in the cellars themselves. Fewer than one in twenty reach the members’ list.

In our bonded cellar outside London at 13 °C, insured and catalogued. Call for them any time, or let them age.

The cellar is for members, but anyone can come to an open tasting — that is how most members join.

Yes, to most of Europe, the Gulf and the United States, in temperature-controlled cases.