IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO READERS BASED IN THE EU Please note: Due to new changes in VAT rules affecting goods shipped from the UK to the EU, as of 1^st July we have temporarily suspended shipping to the EU. If you would like to buy any single issue of Club Oenologique, you can do so, for the same price, directly from the site of our retailer partner, Newsstand. Apologies for any inconvenience.  Our inaugural issue celebrates the sheer tangibility of beautiful things – from the trompe l’oeil of Liu Bolin’s cover art to the unctuous joy of a wine that was put down before the French revolution, the intricacy of a Burgundy drystone wall, the early morning heat of Château Ausone’s vineyards, or the Macallan distillery’s architectural heft, so brilliant it made a man weep. Then there’s the brilliant New Zealand filmmaker Michael Seresin’s wine; there’s recording on vinyl, and butchery, and some astonishing urban art. Not forgetting Champagne, Beaujolais, gin, vodka and bourbon…