Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is one of the most successful cricketers of all time. After making his first-class debut at the age of 17, Ricky went on to become the most successful Australian cricket captain of all time, with results including a five-nil whitewash of England in the 2006/07 Ashes series. Ricky was a member of three World […]
Sir Ian Botham & Bob Willis
Bob Willis It is is with great sadness that we at Sporting Wine Club learnt of the passing of Bob Willis after a long illness. Apart from his legendary status as one of England’s best ever cricketers, he was also a commentator with an impossibly dry sense of humour. We got to know him well […]
Graham Gooch
We met Graham through his winemakers, although our co-founder, Simon, actually played against him! He is an icon. One of the biggest names in English cricket but very humble and keen to sell his wines! The Wine Three Thirty Three is a collaboration between sporting great, Graham Gooch and Domaine Saint Hilaire, a historic vineyard […]
Michael Vaughan
Sporting Connection We chose one of the rainy days at Lords this season to attend an Ashes match where not a ball was bowled. What bad luck given the drama of the series. But it meant that we spent some time with former England Cricket Captain Michael Vaughan and learnt of his plans to launch […]