As the wine world prepares once more for the hurly-burly of Bordeaux’s En Primeur (wine futures) season, one brave merchant is to take a giant leap into the unknown. Jascots Wine Merchants launched last night, to great fanfare, the Magna-Carton™ – the world’s first ever all paper wine container – with the intention of [...]
There was cause for celebration in North West London yesterday morning when a small plot of vines approximately 3 hectares (7.5 acres) became the first internationally recognised Appellation for fine wine in London.The South East facing slope between Willesden Junction and Wormwood Scrubs was granted A.C. status by The International Terroirs Society (TITS) after an application was submitted by owner Jack Scott in August of 2008.“It has been a long road and there have been many ups and downs but for our vineyard to be the first A.C. in London is a great honour that makes it all worthwhile”.