Adventures in wine beat jet lag

Andrew Harris

By Andrew Harris, Wine Educator The UK is such a great place for wine enthusiasts. It has a very long history and culture of drinking wine and with only small vineyard plantings of its own draws wines from all over the world to enjoy. I arrived on a Sunday morning at 6am. With our flight [...]

Salud! to our Spanish-inspired wines

Seafood paella

By Andrew Harris, Wine Educator While fans of Brown Brothers red wine enjoy our French-style wines such as our Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Durif, on visiting our cellar door they are often surprised and delighted to discover that we produce some outstanding wines from Spanish varietals. Graciano The first of these is Graciano which has [...]

Sherry, horses and a handsome heir

Caroline brown in Jerez, Spain.

So I may have told a tinsy little lie, well not really a lie, more of just got caught up in the moment and told Carlos I knew how to ride a horse.  How hard could it be? Anyway, Carlos kind of forgot to inform me that his ‘little’ winery in a little town near [...]

Birthday in Paradise

Only a short boat ride away, far far away from fluro-clad, bodypaint-smeared, glow stick-flinging, pie and chip-eating, pill-popping, and sunburned English package holiday makers that engulf the promenade of San Antonio, Ibiza, is an island Paradise,  Formentera. The stunning coastlines of the 19 km long island are described by many guidebooks as the place where [...]