Maison Saint Aix from Provence has appointed Liberty Wines as its UK agent after previously being imported exclusively by Mentzendorff. …
Maison Saint Aix from Provence has appointed Liberty Wines as its UK agent after previously being imported exclusively by Mentzendorff. …
Cartuxa, one of the oldest wineries in Portugal, has joined the Mentzendorff portfolio. Cartuxa is based in the Alentejo region and its vineyards have been on the same Quinta de Valbom site in Évora since 1517, when the Jesuits came to the region to establish the second oldest university in Portugal. The name Cartuxa comes from the Cartuxa monastery that the Carthusians started to build…
Mentzendorff & Co has announced it will now represent Jean-Luc Columbo in the UK. The wine distributor and importer will begin sales of the “Blue Coast” Mediterranean wines from April 1, before taking the producer’s full Rhone Valley range from July 1. Jean-Luc Colombo and his wife began their wine trade careers in 1984 with the opening of the Centre Oenologique des Cotes du Rhone,…
Mentzendorff said there is a “thrilling energy” in South African wine after bolstering its portfolio from the rainbow nation with Hamilton Russell Vineyards. The new arrival joins fellow South African producers Klein Constantia and Anwilka in a stable teeming with big names from the Old World like Champagne Bollinger and port houses Croft, Fonseca and Taylor’s. Mentzendorff managing director Andrew Hawes said: “Welcoming a new…
I like sherry. And I like port. But which is better? There’s only one way to find out. FIGHT! In the past that could have summed up the supermarkets’ attitude to fortified wine, as sharp price cuts on ports were the signal they had taken their gloves off for the festive season. But so far this year discounts such as 33{7c69fd72f8e2bab9ee87ef5a2685d86c0107c79a8a610a3574925e3ec9a3ba47} off Croft Extravagance port (now £6.65 in…
Members of the drinks trade are embarking on a 600km cycle ride through the mountainous region of northern Spain and Portugal in a bid to raise £25,000 for charity. Andrew Hawes, managing director of Mentzendorff, will be joined by Ian Harris of the WSET, Adrian Bridge of Taylor’s Port and Philip Amps of Amps Fine Wines among others for the Mentzendorff Charity Ride. It begins…
