We arrive in California for our week long trip to some old, lovely favourites from Mendocino all the way down to Santa Barbera. By Kate

Our second day in champagne, we visit Sophie Larmandier Bernier and taste most of the range of their fabulously elegant wines. By Kate

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

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.

Day one of our Italian adventure and we taste exceptionally wonderful Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo and Alicante both on the vine as well as in the bottle from Poggio Argentiera and Antonio Camillo. Then we eat our own body weight in seafood and I have a spot of bother with the car.

Jude and I visit the Dalla Cia family in South Africa and try their wines and amazingly good Grappa (although obviously it is not really grappa as it does not come from Italy). Just as good as the real thing though - even better really than quite a few good Italian examples I have tasted.

Day 2 of our Spanish trip and the three of us have a profoundly wonderful time at Vega Sicilia after adventures in underground parking and before getting completely lost in Vallodalid.

Claire, Tom and I visit Palacios Remondo in Rioja on the first day of our Spanish trip.

Doug's italian vinous adventure continues through Valle D'Aoste and into Piedmont (with an amazingly insightful diversion into Biodynamic viticulture).

Douglas Wregg writes about wine with as much accomplishment as he displays in his tasting of it, so we are naturally both delighted and honoured that he is posting details of his recent trip to Northern Italy on our web site. Thanks Doug - you can post here anytime!!