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Summer 1970 in the Bordeaux wine growing areas was just about perfect. The warm and sunny weather enabled the grapes to ripen in ideal conditions. Château Latour picked its grapes from 28th September to 17th October. The resulting wine was … Continue reading

What does King Charles III and Château Mouton Rothschild have in common with Picasso, Dali, and Warhol…?  An Art Deco label was commissioned from the poster artist Carlu for the 1924 Mouton Rothschild label. To commemorate the end of the … Continue reading

A “second wine” has been made at Château Margaux since the 18th century, though Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux was not named as such until 1908. Production of Margaux’s second wine halted in the 1930s. It was not made again … Continue reading

“How to spot counterfeit fine wines” by Stuart George – Founder & MD of Arden Fine Wines – has just been published in the Spring 2023 issue of Family Office Magazine. Family Office Magazine is the premier gateway to the Family … Continue reading

The Chêne Bleu (“Blue Tree”) estate, near Mont Ventoux in Provence, is overseen by my good friend Nicole Rolet. The splendid wine portfolio includes the two reds Abélard (mainly Grenache) and Héloïse (mainly Syrah), named after the Medieval power couple whose illicit romance ultimately condemned them to … Continue reading

From my friend Vic Mills: “Hi Stuart, Greetings from a sunny Thames Valley and Project Front Foot. A busy quarter for the project culminated in our recent four-day hack around Western Europe delivering kit to refugee cricketers, clubs and communities … Continue reading

There were a lot of distractions from winemaking in 1968: the Prague Spring; the May strikes and protests in France; and the civil rights movement, opposition to the Vietnam War, and assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in … Continue reading

In 2022, Arden Fine Wines was a participating business with the University of Warwick’s TeamWork Virtual International Programme. TeamWork is Warwick’s established and proven virtual internship programme, providing companies with a team of eight students from Warwick, plus top universities worldwide, … Continue reading

It was warm in England in 2022… And in 1923. In London there was a spectacular thunderstorm overnight on 9th-10th July 1923 after temperatures had risen to 29C in southeast England. In Southend-on-Sea– 35 miles east of London – there … Continue reading

Arden Fine Wines is a supporter of worthy charities, including the Pink Ribbon Ball auction held by Breast Cancer Now, which to date has has raised over £4.5 million to help fund research and support for people affected by breast cancer. We were happy … Continue reading