Fresh citrus fruit and apple aromas, with liquorish and tropical notes...
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 56% Rabigato, 32% Gouveio, 12% Viosinho
ABV: 18%
Wonderful as a long summer drink with a slice of fresh orange and tonic...
Serve at 6 to 8 degrees centigrade
Doran Vineyards ARYA 2024
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A fresh, crisp and fruity Chenin with a dash of Sauvignon Blanc. Complex beyond its style with flavours of pear, white peach and lychee.
Country: South Africa
Region: Voor Paardeberg
Grapes: Chenin, Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Folli & Benato Barbera d'Asti 2021/22
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Floral tinged, red berry aromas give way to bright plums and ripe strawberries on the palate, with a fresh and vibrant finish.
Easy drinking Barbera d’asti. Great value for money. We love this wine!
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont, Asti
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Barbera is such a brilliantly versatile grape variety that matches with anything from fleshy, herby fish dishes to tomato based pizza and pasta or roast Chicken or even rich lamb and vegetable stews.
Eagle Rock Vineyards 11th Hour Zinfandel NV
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Full and Ripe with loads of cassis and blueberry aromas and flavours.
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: Zinfandel
Vegan/Vegetarian
From the Sacramento and Lodi areas at the northern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Wildsong Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2022
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Very elegant old world style of Sauvignon. Clean, fresh and steely with beautiful minerality on the finish.
Rod McDonald is a New Zealand winemaking legend who arrived in Hawke's Bay 25 years ago as a green cellarhand. Following a stint at Villa Maria he became winemaker at Vidal before setting off on a solo adventure to craft the most compelling and exciting wines from the wide variety of soils throughout the region. Rod has chosen to farm organically to allow his wines to really represent both the land the grapes are grown on and the people who make them.
Pedra a Pedra Branco 2022
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Bursting with citrus, passion fruit and pineapple flavours with great texture and a lingering salty finish.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 52% Rabigato, 48% Gouveio
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Fresh prawns, BBQ sardines, pan fried chicken breasts
Drink now, but will gain further complexity over the next 3 to 5 years.
Vegan/Vegetarian friendly
Donna Elvira Settemazze Aglianico DOC 2018
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This wine was historically the favoured wine of the Roman empire. A fresh, dry, concentrated, with lovely chewy ripe tannin. Black berries and plum fruit, mingle with a slightly smokey flavour. Lovely, long earthy finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Campania, Montemiletto, Irpinia
Grapes: Aglianico
ABV: 13.5%
Food matches: Great with bbq meat or if you're a vegetarian Grilled Aubergine and Courgette works very well.
The Whispering Angel Rosé Château D'Esclans 2023
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Whispering Angel is today's worldwide reference for Provence Rose. A beautiful pale pink in colour, full of fresh red berry flavours with great concentration and smooth and round finish . Enjoyable with a broad range of cuisine, Whispering Angel is a premium rosé that you can drink from mid-day to midnight.
Country: France
Region: Provence
Grapes: Cinsault, Grenache
ABV: 13%
Domaine des Baumard Côteaux du Layon 2022 375ml
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A very attractive honeyed nose, with lifted yellow fruits and more golden tropical elements such as mango, guava and pineapple. It has a particularly tropical character and a very fresh feel on the palate, with steely minerality and a zippy background acidity giving invigorating tartness to keep the wine luscious and buoyant. The rounded, approachable finish has good length.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
ABV: 12%
VEGAN
Food Match: Rich starters like foie gras or sweetbreads and will see you through to dessert or cheese.
Clos Bagatelle ‘A l’Origine’ Saint-Chinian Rouge 2021
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In the glass, the wine has a bright ruby colour with a fresh, herby, garrigue nose. A touch of liquorice is followed by full-flavoured and intense, typically southern flavours. Equal measures of Syrah, Carignan and Grenache and a dash of Mouvèdre provide youth, excellent balance and generous and gentle structure.
Ruby red in colour with concentrated red berry and fruit aromas, with hints of sweet spice, cherry, plum and blackcurrant jam on the palate. Juicy and moreish...
Grapes: Montepulciano
Region: Abruzzo
Country: Italy
ABV: 12.5%
Organic
Amoterra means to ‘love the land’, this is the vineyards ethos.
Grand Arte Pinot Noir 2020
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Notes of plums, dark chocolate and raspberries. Yum!
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 14.5%
Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2022
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The Elgin Valley is one of the coolest regions in South Africa and is famous for making wonderfully refreshing and classy white wines.
Fragrance of pure white grapefruit, intense tropical fruit, ripe gooseberry and fleshy kiwi fruit over-lay Iona’s distinctive herbal and floral undertone. The palate is keenly balanced showing cut green apples and lime marmalade followed by great minerality and length.
At 420m above sea-level, set high above the picturesque Elgin Valley, Iona includes some of the coolest vineyards in the Cape. This creates an extremely long growing season, harvesting up to 2 months after Stellenbosch, which results in diverse, complex flavours and fresh, elegant wines. The philosophy at Iona is to make wines that reflect the soil and climate as closely as possible. They make use of sustainable farming methods and use natural products wherever possible in the winemaking.
Silga Verdejo- Rueda 2022
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Straw-yellow with green touches. Aromatic nose, intensely fruit dominated: floral base with citrus overtones. In the mouth: fresh, structured, balanced acidity and flavourful; very long, with a pleasing hint of bitterness to finish.
Country: Spain
Region: Rueda
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Verdejo
Food Match: Spanish tapas of course, or rich meat based starters.
Cepa Pura Fernão Pires Unfiltered 2019 Quinta do Montalto
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Fresh, zippy and zesty from native Portuguese grape Fernão Pires. Medium lemon yellow in colour. On the nose: citrus and pear, mineral, developed petrol notes and hints of the wood. The palate is dry, firm and intense. Well structured, good texture, clean and fresh. Long and moreish finish.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisboa
Grapes: Fernão Pires
ABV: 13.5%
Ageing “sur lie” with regular sterling in barrels. Bottled Unfiltered.
Château Mukhrani Saperavi Supérieur 2016
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Such a treat to drink Saperavi, Georgia's flagship, indigenous red grape variety with a bit of age. Eight years of barrel and bottle age has softened the tannins of this rich, meaty red. It is extremely silky and well balanced, but still has lovely ripe mulberry, blueberry and cassis aromas and flavours.
Country: Georgia
Region: Mukhrani
Grapes: Saperavi
ABV: 12.5%
Food matches: red meat or game grilled or in rich stews go very well with this wine.
Located between the Trialeti Mountains and the Caucasus, the beautiful Château Mukhrani is just 35km from Georgia's capital, Tbilisi. Definitely worth a visit if you are travelling to this historic winemaking country.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
Kopke São Luiz Classic Branco 2022
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Floral nose, tropical fruit palate and mineral finish. Refreshing white.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
Grapes: Arinto, Gouveio, Rabigato
ABV: 13%
Donna Elvira Fink Fiano DOCG 2019
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Straw yellow with flecks of green. The nose is aromatic and floral with citrus peel, quince, ripe pear notes. The palate is beautifully balanced and fresh and has long mineral finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Campania, Irpinia
Grapes: Fiano
ABV: 13%
Tenute Olim Bauda Gavi 2023
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A stunning bouquet of floral notes and soft citrus fruits.
A fresh and dry white wine, crisp floral notes with hints of underlying minerality, leading through to a piercingly pure finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: 100% Cortese
Food Match: Light cheeses, shellfish
Vegan/Vegetarian
Tenuta Olim Bauda is one of Piedmont's top producers, run by the Bertolino Family since the 1960's. After Sr. Bertolino died in 1985, the winery shut for 15 years. But in 2000, his 3 children bought back what was sold off and have successfully revived the estate and the Tenute Olim Bauda name.
Donna Elvira Fringilla Falanghina DOC 2019
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Golden colour with hints of green. Aromas of blossom, pineapple, yellow plum and dried herbs on the nose. Balanced, fresh, but ripe palate of fleshy apricots and yellow peaches.
Sangiovese grapes from Tuscany, this wine is colourful yet elegant - just like the art on the label. Notes of ripe cherry, raspberries and earthiness, all accompanied by delicious juicy acidity making the wine super easy drinking.
We love this Loire red! Rich aromas of stewed fruits and black berries. Fresh and well structured.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: 100% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5%
This domaine is run by Pascale Lavigne and her husband, Antoine Véron. Based in Varrains in Saumur-Champigny, they own 38 hectares of vineyard (36 hectares of Cabernet Franc and two of Chenin Blanc). They cultivate their land sustainably and have a solid reputation for producing quality wines.
Barão da Várzea do Douro, Reserva Tinto 2022
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Fresh, but textured and full Douro blend. Aromas of coffee and vanilla with concentrated blueberry and black current. Ripe chewy tannin with a hint of star anise on the finish.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Roriz
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Hearty bean stew
The local grapes - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Roriz - grow in fine soils with some schist in vineyards near Cambres, in the western part of the Douro valley and south of the river. The climate here is warm and dry, and some of the vines are over 50 years old. After harvesting fermentation takes place in stainless steel, with a small portion (around 10%) ageing for 4 months in 2nd year French oak barrels, before the final blending and bottling.
Laibach The Ladybird Organic White 2022
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Fresh and complex with notes of white peach, almonds and a hint ripe papaya. Expressive on the palate with a lingering finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Chardonnay, Chenin,and Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Paella
Domaine des Tourelles Red 2022
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Rich, ripe and fruity red with black plum and dark cherry fruit. Soft, silky tannic structure.
