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From Kew to Knightsbridge: A Rather Busy Week at Promised Cask
Two extraordinary venues, 130 guests, some wonderful wines and the occasional logistical mishap.
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Notes from the cellar, the road, and the trade
Producer visits, tastings and new arrivals, and news from the wine trade in the UK.
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More Than a Restock: Le Brun de Neuville
Côte Blanche is back in the cellar, Extra Blanc has joined the range, and our partnership with Le Brun de Neuville is growing beyond the bottle, all the way to Kew this October.
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Could Rhône Save 2026?
Heat, drought and the smallest French harvest in decades dominate the 2026 headlines, but the early signs from Châteauneuf-du-Pape suggest the Southern Rhône may tell a very different story.
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It Started with ChatGPT
An unexpected phone call, a tasting on Pall Mall, and how a Portuguese producer found Promised Cask through ChatGPT.
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Sometimes It's Not About the Wine
A day aboard a traditional Greek fishing boat, where wine gave way to food, friendship, and memories on the Aegean.
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Champagne is Feeling the Heat
An unprecedented alcohol exception, Champagne's earliest harvest on record, and what a changing climate means for the region's independent growers.
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Cannes You Cure a Breakup?
Two mature Left Bank Bordeaux, a Cannes Film Festival send-off, and the evening that tells the story of Promised Cask better than any About Us section ever could.
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Michelin Has Reclassified Bordeaux
Michelin's new Bordeaux classification scrambles the hierarchy, placing Montrose above Mouton and La Conseillante above Le Pin. A challenge to the existing order, or the start of a new age for Bordeaux?
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The Quiet Table
A Burgundy tasting at Vintner's Hall, a conversation with Nicolas Potel of Domaine de Bellene, and the walk in the rain that gave Promised Cask its shape.
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