Johanna Hall

Mar 8, 2024 | cluboenologique.com | Johanna Hall |Millie Milliken |Tomé Morrissy-Swan

The end of this month sees the launch of a groundbreaking biannual whisky auction called The Demeter Collection. The timing, coming as it does at the end of Women’s History Month, is significant, as every one of the collection’s carefully curated 18 lots has been created by women, making it the world’s first auction dedicated to recognising the achievements and contributions of women to the whisky industry.

Nov 29, 2023 | cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Johanna Hall |Millie Milliken |Henry Jeffreys

Is there a wine anywhere in the world that has improved as much as Chianti Classico? I very much doubt it but you’ll likely need a good memory and some grey hairs to clock the change, which dates to the late 90s and early 00s.

Nov 29, 2023 | cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Johanna Hall |Millie Milliken |Henry Jeffreys

In its beautiful barnacle-encrusted bottle, a wine aged on the ocean floor might conjure up a sepia image of shipwrecked treasure, or even suggest some bygone quackery – yet the reality could not be more different. It is the physical manifestation of winemaking ingenuity.

Sep 8, 2023 | cluboenologique.com | Joel Harrison |Louella Berryman |Johanna Hall |Fiona Sims

People are returning from holidays, businesses are reopening from August shutdowns and there are a glut of new restaurants to coincide with the arrival of September. The month may have begun with a heatwave but we are preparing for autumnal menus as the retreat from summery rooftop establishments begins. South London welcomes a wine bar from Peckham Cellars with a European menu, while up on the South Bank, Forza Wine launches a new dining room at the National Theatre.

Sep 7, 2023 | cluboenologique.com | Joel Harrison |Johanna Hall |Louella Berryman |Fiona Sims

A few weeks ago, social media algorithms decided that what I needed to see on Instagram was clips from old English football matches. I have no idea how these (not so) random clips were chosen to appear on my screen – most likely something to do with the start of the men’s domestic football season and my watching the women’s World Cup – but something was clear from this grainy, vintage footage: the football was rubbish. At least compared to today’s ultra-professional offering.