JR’s love for wine began whilst exploring Canadian and other new world wines whilst living in North America, but it quickly grew into his main passion after his exposure to the wine societies and fine college cellars during his studying at Oxford and Cambridge. Well versed in new world and French wines, JR has been increasingly interested by the more ‘off-piste’ regions and styles – Georgian and Uruguayan reds, as well as orange wines and Pet-Nats. 

Matthew has had a career in wine retail and wine investment which included writing articles on the subject while living in Australia. Some of his favourite wine regions include Piedmont (particularly Barbaresco) and the Barossa Valley/McLaren Vale for Shiraz and Cabernet. His seminal wine was a Gigondas - Domaine Raspail-Ay, which he tasted at university, and obviously stocked in our shops.