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This June, we’re delighted to welcome back Kathrin Schreiner, joining us once again from Austria.

The shorts are out, ice creams are melting and people have even been spotted leaving the house without a jacket in the evening. That can only mean one thing: summer is on its way!

This week we are shining a spotlight on a producer who is a dear friend to York Wines, Monsieur Philippe Germain.

When I was eighteen, I wangled a job with a local construction company in order to broaden my horizons.

I am sitting at Alex’s swish new table in the York Wines office with Felix Coloma.  He has put five glasses in front of me, and we are chatting about my university days in Seville drinking Sco

You know the script.  Any hopes of an Indian summer have long since faded, and the prospect of returning home from work in the pitch-black looms larger than Oliver Reed’s drinks cabi

Those who nail their ABC (Anything But Chardonnay) colours to the mast are entitled to their view, but, we promise you, there is more to this illustrious grape than meets the eye (or tongue?).

Austria used to be something of a hinterland for wine drinkers. The 1980s antifreeze scandal loomed large, and it didn’t help that grape varieties were difficult to pronounce.

Ivana Pomposa, export manager for Il Botolo Winery, is ecstatic.

The secret to Martine and Michel Loriot’s Apollonis Champagne is in their love of music.