Rustavelli Kisi Qvevri 2022
Regular price £19.95Delicious, dry amber wine made in traditional Georgian Qvervri. An aromatic nose of citrus blossom, dried apricots and almonds. On the palate there are hints of burnt orange rind and dried peach, structured with soft tannins and a long finish.
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Grapes: Kisi
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Spicy dishes, seafood such as shellfish and salmon, aged hard cheeses.
The Shilda winery lies at the foot of the southern slope of the Caucasus Mountain range and this special climate and the diversity of the mineral-rich soil creates spectacular wines.
Vergelegen Reserve Semillon 2020
Regular price £21.00The superb Sémillon grapes for this wine have been sourced from the Korhaan Vineyard, block number 11, planted in 1988. The nose shows intense citrus, white flowers, honey and spice. Stunningly focused, complex and well balanced with a crisp acidity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Semillon
ABV: 14.5%
Callender Peak Chardonnay 2021
Regular price £32.95The nose shows notes of vanilla, toast and some exotic pineapple and lemon nuances. The palate is broad, textured and leesy with hints of honeycomb and some yellow citrus. The acidity is piercing due to no malolactic fermentation in this vintage and gives great focus and backbone to a wine as textured as this.
Country: South Africa
Region: Ceres Plateau
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV:13.5%
Tiko Estate Rkatsiteli 2022
Regular price £21.95Intense aromas of white peach, nectarine and grapefruit, which follow through on the palate and are joined by a crème bruleé like creaminess from the extended lees ageing.
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Grapes: Rkatsiteli
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Grilled vegetables, light pasta dishes such as Spaghetti al Limone, shellfish dishes, and soft cheese.
Georgia is considered to be the ‘cradle of wine', as 8,000 year-old indigenous Rkatsiteli grape seeds have been found in clay vessels.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
Château De Cruzeau Pessac Léognan Blanc 2021
Regular price £24.95Prà Soave Otto 2023
Regular price £18.95A classical style of Soave. Aromas of pear, lemon zest and peach. Lightly honeyed and juicy palate with the notes of citrus, peach, almond. The finish is crisp and mineral.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grape Variety: Garganega
ABV: 12%
Food Match: goats cheese, basil and roasted pepper salad; asparagus or delicate fish sprinkled with lemon juice
Sotovelo Blanco 2022
Regular price £21.95A complex wine that blends freshness with an umami/savoury/saline profile and a dry finish thanks to its low sugar content; ideal with all Mediterranean cuisine, olives, matured cheeses, cured ham and seafood, or on its own.
Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Grapes: Palomino
ABV: 12%
Utterly unique. Using the process traditionally used to create fino, this wine is kept for 8 months beneath a veil of flor (a light covering of yeast) in wooden barrels. Fresh, saline and minerality combined with citrus, green apple and toasted bread. Really, bloody
good.
Royal Tokaji Dry Furmint 2021
Regular price £15.95A fresh, crisp wine showing all the fine qualities of the unique Furmint grape. Aromas of blossom, apple, and pear combine with flavours of ripe apricot and peach to produce a
sleek, intense dry wine with a long, refreshing finish.
Country: Hungary
Region: Tokaji
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Furmint
Tokaji wines have enjoyed a long, glorious history. Louis XIV of France described them as “The wine of Kings and King of wines”, whilst Catherine the Great of Russia stationed a contingent of Cossack soldiers in the region to protect the vineyards and escort the wine on its journey to St. Petersburg. Many European monarchs are known to have enjoyed Tokaji wines over the centuries. Napoleon III ordered 30–40 barrels of Tokaji for the Imperial Court each year, while Emperor Franz Joseph sent Queen Victoria a gift of Tokaji every year on her birthday - a dozen bottles for each year of her age.
Warwick White Lady Chardonnay 2022
Regular price £24.95Limited edition Chardonnay from Warwick’s Estate vineyard Block 18 and the Helderberg Vineyards. Aromas of flowers, minerals and stones, white nectarine and poached pear on the nose. Silky yet austere with a round yet clean and long lemon flavoured finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 14.5%
Chablis Domaine de Chantemerle 2023
Regular price £34.95A wonderful village Chablis, quite fleshy fruit character, but still with the great Chablis saline minerality. Flinty, mineral and herbal notes. Apple peel and lemon.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12.5%
A blend of several estate-owned plots, 25/30yo, planted to original rootstock, near the village of La Chapelle Vaupelteigne, due west of premier cru ‘Fourchaume.’ Soils are chalky and stony, textbook Chablis terroir. Hand-harvested. Pressed full-cluster and fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled tanks. Aged also in tank (no barrel ageing). Bottled un-fined and unfiltered.
Caruso Minini Bibbo Zibibbo 2023
Regular price £16.95Pale, lemon yellow colour, fresh, light and zippy with an aromatic and herbal note. Aromas and characters of roses, red apples, citrus and white flowers.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Zibibbo (Muscat D' Alexandria)
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Salads, seafood, fish, olives.
Prà Staforte Soave Classico DOC 2022
Regular price £25.95A delicate fine wine with the notes of ripe apples and a hint of spice. The texture and structure are well-balanced giving the notes of stone fruit and a long mineral finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grape Variety: Garganega
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: pan fried scallops
Guerrieri Rizzardi Recioto di Soave 2020 375ml
Regular price £24.95From a warm vintage, this wine displace beautiful aromatics with notes of guava and passion fruit paired with a wonderful freshness, which combined with its inherit intensity and complexity makes this a finely balanced, terroir focused, dry white.
Country: Italy
Region: Soave
Grapes: Garganega 70% and Chardonnay 30%
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Blue Cheese like Gonganzola or Dolcelatte
Vuurberg White 2018
Regular price £22.95Packed with rich, fresh stone fruit, white spice, green pepper/capsicum and minerality and keeps on giving with a core of stony acidity and a relentless finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Helshoogte Pass, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Viognier, Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Alcohol Free Allendorf SAVE WATER DRINK RIESLING 2022
Regular price £13.95Slightly off dry, fresh, zippy and full of lime citrus aromas and flavours. Perfectly balanced.
Country: Germany
Region: Rheingau
Grapes: Riesling
ABV: 0%
Great with Thai curries!
Read all about Victoria's recent trip to Germany in her blog here.
Jesús Madrazo Ermita de San Gregorio Blanco Reserva 2021
Regular price £39.95A stunning, rich, textured and complex barrel aged white Rioja.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Viura and Malvasia
Food match: roast duck or partridge. Perfect pairing for Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey and all of the trimmings.
Prà Monte Grande Soave Classico DOC 2022
Regular price £33.95This is an aromatic wine with notes of lemon, peach, dried mango. On the palate it`s crisp and fresh with flavours of pineapple, stone fruit, and has a citrus finish. You can age this wine 5+ years in the bottle.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grape Variety: Garganega 70%, Trebbiano di Soave 30%
ABV: 13%
Food Match: goats cheese, basil and roasted red pepper salad; asparagus or fish (turbot sprinkled with lemon juice and olive oil), stir-fried Cantonese dishes featuring fresh vegetables and/or tiger prawns
Bassermann-Jördan Kalkofen Riesling Grand Cru 2017
Regular price £75.00Dry, zesty and super fresh. Fresh almond nuttiness, an earthy minerality with fresh lime and stone fruit characters. Great balanced acidity with a long, saline finish.
Country: Germany
Region: Pfalz
Grapes: Riesling
ABV: 13%
Residual sugar: 3g/L
The Kalkofen vineyard is located on the western edge of the town of Deidesheim, which is in the heart of the Palatinate wine growing area. The name of the vineyard, Kalkofen, is an old limestone-brick oven in the middle-ages. There is a high content of limestone in this part of the area, which gives a lot of minerality to the vines and is noticeable in the fine wines produced from these Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) vineyards.
ArnaldoRivera Langhe Nascetta del Comune di Novello 2022
Regular price £24.95Penny's new obsession is the rare, native grape variety of Nascetta. This beautiful ageworthy white has lemon zest, green pear and white pepper on the nose, with hints of wild fennel and saltiness. A precise and balanced, mouthfilling mid-palate with a long, saline finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Piemonte
Grapes: Nascetta
ABV: 13 %
Food Match: Seafood linguine or grilled white fish with creamy sauce.
100% Nascetta - from vineyards located in Novello (a wild plot planted in 1963 in Ravera cru is included).
Tenuta La Chiusa Elba Ansonica 2021
Regular price £26.95Crisp and elegant white wine from Elba, which is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea’s Tuscan Archipelago National Park off the coast of Tuscany.
Country: Italy
Region: Elba Island
Grapes: Ansonica
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Grilled prawns with parsley or soft Italian cheese.
Athanasiou Assyrtiko 2023
Regular price £16.95Lovely notes of citrus, tropical from and wild herbs on the nose. Crisp, dry with good weight on the mid-palate and a long, lemony, minerally finish.
Country: Greece
Region: Nemea
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Assyrtiko
Food match: Greek salads, shellfish and grilled white fish, turkey.
Dalfarras Albariño 2021
Regular price £15.95This fabulous Aussie Albariño is fresh, crisp and bright, and the perfect match with salads, white fish and seafood.
Country: Australia
Region: Victoria
Grapes: Albariño
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Seafood Linguini or Mussels in a white wine sauce
Idaia Winery Vidiano 2023
Regular price £21.95Delicate aromatic characters of ripe peach, apricot and melon, lead to a refreshing
acidity which balances the rich and charming palate. With an impressively aromatic
finish, this is the quintessential introduction to the Vidiano grape.
Country: Greece
Region: Dafnes, Heraklion Crete
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Vidiano
Food match: Tabouleh, grilled fish and pasta salad
McFarlane Wines Monday`s Child Chenin Blanc 2023
Regular price £26.95On the nose there are notes of apricot with florals and clove spice. Yellow fruit on the palate and a savoury spice. The wine has an aging potential thanks to its fruity freshness and acidity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
ABV: 13%
Food pairing: gently spiced chickpeas stew with coconut milk, ginger and garlic.
Paulett Trillians Aged Release Polish Hill River Riesling 2018
Regular price £22.95
Country: Australia
Region: Polish Hill River, Clare Valley
Grapes: Riesling
Food Matches: