Vintage Wine & Port Blog
Who are Taylor's?
Posted 29 January 2019
by Jamie Ashcroft
Taylor’s, a Port House established centuries ago back in 1692, is to many the first and greatest name in port wine. But who are they?
The Don
Posted 28 January 2019
by Jamie Ashcroft
The mysterious caped Don is a wine icon, and ‘one of the three most famous characters in the Alcohol industry’. Ever-present on any Sandeman port bottles, the figure wearing a traditional Portuguese student’s cape and holding a port glass, has seemingly always been a part of the company… but where did he come from?
The Massandra Collection
Posted 25 January 2019
by Jamie Ashcroft
A collection of fine wines from Massandra, Tsar Nicholas II's personal wine cellar.
The World's Oldest Wine
Posted 18 January 2019
by Jamie Ashcroft
We at VWP sell wines that date back hundreds of years, even as far as the mid-1700s – but there is one bottle which, compared to our eldest, is a true Methuselah.
Wasps and Wine
Posted 18 January 2019
by Jamie Ashcroft
Who here likes wasps? I know I don’t… but I also can’t dislike them, because without wasps where would we be? In a world of less painful summers, true, but also a world of less quaffable wine.