A pleasure to welcome over 100 young members of today's buzzing wine trade to Vintners’ Hall last night for this year's Young Wine Trade Drinks Reception.

Welcome to our new Freemen who joined the Company at the Court of Binding on 13 February 2024.

Hearty congratulations to Louisa Adams of Breaky Bottom Vineyard - winner of this year's Vintners’ UK Wine Apprentice Award, created to support an aspiring individual working in a UK winery. The award provides funding to study wine production at Plumpton College and the opportunity to study for a WSET qualification.

A warm congratulations to our eight new Liverymen, who were welcomed at our February Court meeting.

It was a pleasure to host the Vintners’ Company Wine Trade Lunch today at Vintners’ Hall in aid of the Drinks Trust. Bringing together the great and the good from across the UK wine supply chain, all proceeds from ticket sales go towards helping the Drinks Trust to continue its valuable work to support members of the industry with financial, well-being and training support.

Thank you to all Santa’s elves who joined us for the ever-popular Vintners’ Christmas Wrapping Day today.

Thank you to the City Harvest, the food rescue charity and one of the charities supported by the Vintners’ Company, for hosting the very first Vintners' Volunteer Day at their fun and busy warehouse in Acton on 9 November.

Congratulations to the four new Masters of Wine who were recognised at yesterday’s Institute of Masters of Wine Awards Ceremony at Vintners’ Hall.

This week their Majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla attended a reception and dinner to recognise the work of the City of London civic institutions and Livery Companies at Mansion House. Guests included the Master Vintner, Ant Fairbank, pictured above meeting HM The Queen who is also a Vintner.

Thank you to the Freemen of the Company who had some fun keeping history alive at this year's Sheep Drive - a celebration of the eccentric and wonderful tradition of the Freeman’s ancient “right” to bring sheep to market over the Thames, toll free - all expertly organised by the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.

The annual census of the swan population living on the River Thames started this week with members of the Company taking to the waters for the annual Swan Voyage.

Congratulations to our very own Membership Secretary Glenn Roberts and Liveryman Elliot Awin who today completed the gruelling North Coast 500 cycle ride!

This week the Company gave a warm Vintners’ welcome to our friends at the Royal Tank Regiment - a close association which has been ongoing for nearly 20 years. The personnel, many of whom who had returned from deployment overseas, gathered at Vintners’ Hall for the Regiment’s Cambrai Awards to recognise the hard work and endeavours of the recipients.

Today marks 70 years since the Institute of Masters of Wine held its first Master of Wine exam here at Vintners' Hall.

For those eagle-eyed among you, our our very own Swan Marker Paul (Milky) Prentice and Swan Uppers Bob Prentice, John Dwan and Rob Coleman were chosen from the ranks of the Thames Watermen to walk alongside the Golden State Coach from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace on Coronation Day.