Vintage Wine & Port Blog

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.

Chianti Fratelli Chiarusi, 1962

Posted 18 January 2019

by Jamie Ashcroft

Chianti is one of Italy’s most notable wine regions and sits in Tuscany, a region of central Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast. The area is well-known for its lovely wines – usually made primarily with the Sangiovese grape, much like Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile de Montepulciano.