Optimism and great new wines in abundance at Davys tasting

While it was a ‘tough start’ to 2026 for the company, as Davy’s chairman, James Davy, put it, there was cause for optimism at the venerable wine merchant’s autumn tasting at Vintners Hall in late October. There was a strong attendance of well over 100 buyers, and more than 260 wines to taste from new and established producers from Old and New World alike. Geoffrey Dean turns a spotlight on the exciting new producers and talks to James Davy who says “The key is not slowing down and getting too defensive.”