Penfolds, rewarding patience
… and rewarding Tam and Jancis with heady verticals of Grange, Bin 389, Yattarna and a host of Special Bins. Above, the London tasting. Left to right: tasters Peter Gago, Dr Neil Beckett, our Tam, Shauna Bastow, Andrew Caillard MW and Matthew Jukes being served by Penfolds' global brand ambassador Jamie Sach.
Friday, 3 January 2025

Jancis writes It’s funny how some tastings of not that many wines completely knock me out whereas others of far more wines actually manage to leave me feeling refreshed.
A tasting belonging firmly in the second category was last October’s retrospective extravaganza organised by Penfolds of some of...
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