About Mark Leveson-Gower

Mark Leveson-Gower joined the wine trade in 1981. He's gleaned since then a vast treasure trove of knowledge, expertise and amusing anecdotes accrued on journeys discovering wines from the world over. For many years, private clients and restaurateurs have entrusted Mark to advise on and supply their wines, including those at the Savoy, The Ritz, The Dorchester, Annabel's and much of London's Clubland. He and Rupert St Aubyn work together at Southern Wines, the sole agent in the UK for a range of wines, including Vondeling wines from South Africa.

Some of what you'll discover and enjoy.

* Experiencing the difference between an exquisite Premier Cru champagne and one of England's most revered sparkling wines in a tutored blind tasting.

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* Why South African soil can produce some of the world's most complex, elegant and nuanced wines - potentially even more so than Chateaux Mouton Rothschild and Lafitte.
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* The taste and drinking experience of the one white Burgundy from a top producer whose vines are grown around one of Burgundy's most renowned wine-producing villages, Puligny Montrachet. Yet you can buy it at a fraction of the cost of wines of that appellation. 

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​* The taste and elegance of the perfect fine Christmas Claret, which, after years of ageing, is now drinking at its best.​​

​* The story of an English farmer and his investor friend who acquired one of South Africa's oldest wineries and turned it into a consistent winner of international wine medals. 

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* How a lioness nearly ate one of Mark Leveson-Gower's wine trade customers on a combined South African wine-buying and Safari trip.