Emily, Rebecca and I visit Bertrand Gautherot in Champagne and taste phenomenal wines from his biodynamic vineyards. By Kate

Claire, Tom, Jude and I go to Paris to drink wonderful wine for very many happy hours.

We get knocked down. But we get up again.

Spot of bother in Lordship Lane, but it should all be over by next week.

Finally, it is here – our beautiful new website. Not that our old website wasn ‘t beautiful, but you did need to be a person of quite extraordinary perseverance if you wanted to actually buy anything from it and now it is all sensationally easy. Many thanks to those of you who did show extraordinary perseverance over the past three years – we hope the brilliant new shopping experience is ample reward for your hard work in the past.

Giselle's is fabulously talented at helping you to choose a delicious bottle of wine in our Lordship Lane shop. She is also fabulously talented at writing about one of our favourite wines and regions. Be warned - reading this will want to make you go to Jerez immediately. Or at least drink some Fino.

Bill Baker has died in his sleep aged just 53. He will be deeply missed.

Finally, solution to The Problem and a very heartfelt thank you to our lovely customers.

Tom becomes a hero and there is some very bad news on the drains front but we sell lots of wine in both sites, so it is not all bad.

The frenzy begins and Jude nearly freezes solid at the First day of the Slow Food Fair.