It's May, which can only mean one thing. The Bordeaux 2023 En Primeur Campaign has officially kicked off.

Hugo and Ben welcome Ida Weatherall, Sales Executive at Corney & Barrow, onto the podcast to provide an introduction to Bordeaux as a wine region and buying wine En Primeur. Corney & Barrow are one of the UK's oldest wine merchants. There is no one better to provide an introduction to Bordeaux, one of the most historic and prestigious wine regions globally.

We try 3 fantastic wines all available as part of their En Primeur campaign:

• L'Aurage 2018
• Chateau la Grave a Pomerol 2017
• Chateau Rocheyron 2015

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Hugo and Ben welcome Margaux Aubry, Co-Founder of Naughty Piglets, onto the podcast.

Naughty Piglets is a fantastic restaurant based in Brixton, serving seasonal modern European food alongside 200+ organic and natural wines.

At the beginning of 2024 they started a chef residency programme which will keep the vibe of the restaurant changing throughout this year.

On the ep we discuss:

• How they got started and what Jay Rayner had to do with it
• The time Andrew Lloyd Webber asked them to set up a second restaurant
• Margaux's pairing Comte and Vin Jaune straight from the bottle

And Margaux brought along 3 fabulous wines from the Naughty Piglets list:

• Maupertuis Puy Long Chardonnay 2022
• Marcel Lapierre Morgon 2022
• Tony Bornard Vin Jaune

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Hugo and Ben welcome Tom Gearing, Co-Founder and CEO of ⁠Cult Wines⁠, onto the podcast. Cult Wines specialise in fine wine investment and combine a deep passion for wine with financial and technology expertise. Their latest innovation is ⁠Cult X⁠, an app helping users to easily trade and invest in fine wine. They can now cater to both complete novices and to experienced wine investors. Look them up now!

Not only is Tom a wine investment guru, but he is also a media superstar having featured on The Apprentice. You can see highlights of his time on the show here - this is a "must" watch (after our podcast episode of course)!

In this episode we look at:

• how Cult Wines was founded
• what makes wine a great asset class
• building the perfect wine investment portfolio

We also try 3 investment grade wines selected by Tom:

• Bannockburn Chardonnay, Felton Road, 2022
• Cuvée 910, Clos des Vignes du Maynes, 2019
• Les Suchots, Vosne Romanée, Domaine Grivot, 2009

In big news, The Premier Cru is also launching a Substack account, where we will be connecting you with our guests and developing our community. Expect wine recommendations, recipes from chefs and much more! Our first articles will be dropping this week, showing you the best performing investment wines released since 2000! Subscribe to hear more...

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