Wine Source, an international company founded by tech specialist Philippe Kalmbach, is rather different from other wine companies. Somewhat ambitiously billing itself as 'the world's "Fine Wine Concierge" service', it has cells in London, Paris, New York, southern California, Singapore and Macau. It specialises in relatively hard-to-get wines from small-scale producers – especially but by no means exclusively in Burgundy. The photograph on the right by Jon Wyand is of Anne, daughter of Pierre Morey. Wine Source sell wines from the outré likes of Prieuré-Roch and Philippe Pacalet. Their champagnes and Rhônes are interesting.
By complete coincidence, the wines described...