Tenuta di Trinoro "Le Cupole"2017/2020
Regular price £44.95Intense nose, full of beautiful ripe fruit. Bold, mature and elegant, with excellent tannin structure and length. Very complex.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Merlot: 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon: 17%, Cabernet Franc: 16%, Petit Verdot: 7%
ABV: 14.5%
Food match: Game meat and wild mushrooms
Dornier Semillon 2022
Regular price £24.95The nose has notes of lemony cream, green apple, white peach, yellow plum fruit and delicate orange blossom notes. The palate is full, wide and oily with the most delicious texture, mixed with lime, citrus, granny smiths, white pepper and vanilla. Beautifully balanced, linear and elegant.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Semillon
ABV: 13.5%
Drink now and over the next 5 years if you can keep it that long!
Hermanuspietersfontein Bloos Rosé 2024
Regular price £16.95.A beautiful salmon pink colour, this lovely rosé is fresh, clean and fruit driven. Yum!
Country: South Africa
Region: Sondagskloof, Walker Bay
Grapes: Malbec and Merlot
ABV: 12%
Food Matching: Seafood and fleshy white fish dishes
You’ve probably heard of the quaint beach town of Hermanus, situated on South Africa’s famous Whale Coast. Between 1855 and 1902, it was called Hermanuspietersfontein. In 1902, the local postmaster decided to shorten the name of the town to make addressing letters to the locals easier.
150 years later, the wine farm Hermanuspietersfontein, or HPF for short, craft outstanding wines with a serious sense of place. Their grapes come from Sondagskloof (they produce 90% of WO Sondagskloof wine), which competes with Elgin and the Ceres Plateau for South Africa’s coolest wine growing region. This area is perfectly suited to Bordeaux varietals and, with the exception of Shiraz, is exclusively planted with them.
The Afrikaans wine names might look like a bit of a mouthful, but they are good fun; Bloos (‘blush’), Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girl’), Kat Met Die Houtbeen (‘cat with the wooden leg’), Posmeester (‘postmaster’), Kleinboet (‘little brother’) and Swartskaap (‘black sheep’).
Allumea Mixed Case 6
Regular price £71.70 Sale price £65.00Perfect summer picnicking wine or great gift idea for an organic wine lover..
Contains:
3 x Allumea Organic Grillo Chardonnay
Straw yellow in colour with an elegant bouquet, reminiscent of pineapples and lemons. The palate shows hints of tropical fruit with a beautifully crisp acidity and a persistent finish. Only the best, handpicked, organically grown grapes are used to make this wine!
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Grillo. Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
3 x Allumea Organic Nero D'Avola Merlot
Soft and velvety, bursting with dark berry and bitter cherry fruit characters.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Nero D'Avola, Merlot
ABV: 13.5%
CAIAFFA Nero di Troia Puglia Rosato Pet-Nat Ancestrale 2023 Organic
Regular price £18.95Inviting scents of ripe red berries intertwined with delicate yeasty undertones grace the nose, offering a tantalizing introduction. The palate unveils its dry, lightly sparkling nature, accompanied by a harmonious balance of vibrant acidity and luscious fruity nuances. Approachable and effortlessly enjoyable.
Grape: Nero di Troia
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 12%
Caruso Minini Catalu Catarratto 2023
Regular price £18.95Lovely hints of grapefruit, white peach and herbs on the nose of this Sicilian native grape wine with depth and minerality
Country:Italy
Region:Sicily
ABV:12.5%
Grapes: Catarratto
Château Citran Haut-Médoc 2016
Regular price £29.95Medium-bodied Bordeaux that you can consume now or leave it to age till 2030. Hints of vanilla, dark and fruit-driven with herbaceous notes, smooth tannins and a long finish.
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
ABV: 13.5%
Food pairing: Beef Wellington, cheddar, roast beef, roast lamb, roast pork, roast veal.
Casa Althay Listan Negro 2023
Regular price £39.95Pale ruby coloured with aromas and flavours of bitter cherry, rose hip, herbs, sour plum, and meatiness. Fine balanced tannins and fresh acidity on the finish. Light to medium in body, yet full of energy, interest and complexity.
Country: Spain
Region: Lanzarote
Grape: Listan Negro
ABV: 13%
Casa Althay is a relatively new winery built in the heart of La Geria, just outside the village of Uga. They work with traditional viticulture including many of the craters, which lie next to the winery itself. The wines combine a beautiful creamy textural element with a saline, mineral precision. These are wines of exceptionally high quality and character.
Tenuta Olianas Vermentino di Sardegna ‘Biolntegral’ Organic 2023
Regular price £22.9520% of the wine is aged in barrels for 5 months to give extra complexity. Straw yellow, with an intense nose of pink grapefruit and lemon, with hints of spice and bread crust. The mouthfeel is round, full of ripe fruit and a slight smokiness which gives a long and fresh finish.
Country: Italy
Region: South Sardegna, Murvonis vineyard
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Vermentino
Food match: Seafood Linguini
Sempar Tinto Alentejo 2017
Regular price £19.95A deep and expressive nose of blackberry jam, ripe, fresh fruit, with lots of red berries and earthy notes. Rich and complex palate in a tight, elegant and intense combination of sweet spice and wood.
Country: Portugal
Region: Alentejo
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro Preto, Jaen
ABV: 13.5%
Amphora wines are in fashion these days and are produced all over the world. While making wines in amphora (qvevri) may have originated in Georgia , it is Portugal that has the world’s only appellation dedicated to wines made in amphora. In Alentejo, these vessels go by the name “talha”. It is derived from the Latin word “Tinalia” which refers to a large pot or vessel.
Portuguese wine from amphora in Alentejo dates back to Roman times, around 2000 years ago. Although the traditions have persisted in the region, it’s only recently that the wines have had a commercial renaissance. Many of the wineries, big and small, have added Vinho de Talha wines to their portfolio.
Inzuzo Wine Company Red 2023
Regular price £14.95Aromas of raspberries and sweet spice on the nose. Crunchy red fruit and juicy on the palate with supple tannins. Super easy drinking braai wine!
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Goes perfectly with picnics or BBQ (braai) food like potato salad and Boerewors rolls.
Inzuzo means benefit in two of the main South African languages Zulu and Xhosa. The Inzuzo Wine Company is a BEE project spearheaded by Journey's End wines in Stellenbosch and run by one of their talented winemakers, Kaylin Willscott. Kaylin grew up in the poverty stricken Sir Lowry's Pass area. Kaylin's story is integral to the heart of the Inzuzo brand. As a Cape Wine Guild protégée and one of the few women of colour winemakers in South Africa, her journey is a powerful narrative of talent, determination, and community upliftment in South Africa.
Waterkloof BOREAS 2020
Regular price £36.00Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, but BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.
Complex aromas of redcurrant, plum and red cherry with cedar and spice notes with a hint of pencil shaving. The predominance of Cabernet Franc gives a wine an elegance with lifted berry fruit and a supple, finely structured mid palate. Firm yet fine tannins frame the spicy, long finish.
Country : South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Cabernet Franc 51%, Merlot 25%, Petit Verdot 14%
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Beef short rib, roast lamb or t-bone steak
'A serious, refined and age worthy Cabernet Franc-based South African red that is excellent value' - Jancis Robinson Feb 2024
Vignano Fratelli Fanucci Incantevole 2020
Regular price £39.95Super star super Tuscan!
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sangiovese. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
Organic
Sans Liége Groundwork Graciano 2021
Regular price £28.95A bold inky Graciano, with burst of black current cherry and raspberry with delicious savoury notes of herbs and added depth of cocoa.
Country: USA
Region: Paso Robles California
Grapes: Graciano
ABV: 13%
Food Match: barbecue meats and mature cheese
Crafted with 30% whole-cluster fermentation and aged for nine months in neutral barrels, this wine retains its natural vibrancy. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur, it offers a pure and textured expression of this rare Spanish varietal.
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).
Prà Morandina Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC 2021
Regular price £35.95Aromas of plum, bramble leaf, and a hint of black pepper and spice. The palate is complex with ripe black fruits, prune, fig and an orange zest hint balanced by savoury characters of cloves and cedar. A rich wine with supple tannins and a graphite minerality, finishing long and elegant.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grape Variety: Corvina 30%, Corvinone 30%, Rondinella 30%
ABV: 14.5%
Food Match: Sausages and rich stews
Bolle Chardonnay 0%
Regular price £16.95Clear gold in colour. The aroma is light, clean with citrus notes. It`s medium-dry, has a medium level of acidity, light to medium in body. On the palate it`s fresh with stone fruit and citrus notes.
Grapes: 75% Chardonnay 25% Sylvaner
Region: La Mancha
Country: Spain
Food pairing: white fish, roast pork loin, cheese, prawns, chicken, risotto
Vincent Wengier Bourgogne Pinot Noir 'Les Ardillers' 2022
Regular price £29.95A classic example of red Burgundy with ripe red fruit and cherries on the nose and palate.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13%
KWV Mentors Limited Edition Tempranillo 2021
Regular price £43.95Special Limited parcel wine from talented young South African winemaker Izele Van Blerk. Drinking window 2024- 2035. Only 1000 bottles made!
Full-bodied, masculine and explosive with aromas of strawberries, red cherries and raspberries with hints of tobacco. The palate is focussed and precise with undertones of cloves, dried fig and leather. The grippy tannin structure and zippy acidity is well integrated and delivers an intense, bold, concentrated and long finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 14.5%
Food Match: Enjoy on its own or with rack of lamb, barbecue grilled-meats.
Guerrieri Rizzardi Recioto di Soave 2020/22 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 Gorgonzola or Dolcelatte
Higher Plot Smith & Evans Vintage English Sparkling 2018
Regular price £39.95This delicious English sparkling wine is pretty much equal quantities of Chardonnay , Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with 15% Reserve Wine from previous vintages going right back to 2010.
It was disgorged in late 2021 after four years on the lees. It still has plenty of room for development and will continue to improve for five or more years.
Country: England
Region: Langport, Somerset
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
ABV: 12%
Beykush Lerici Timorasso 2021
Regular price £37.95This famous Northern Italian Piemontese white grape Timorasso has found a new home in the Ukrainian Black Sea region.
Concentrated, floral, fruity, with a warmth on the palate. Soft, elegant, yet intense. Very typical of Timorasso, mineral with notes of chamomile flower, yellow plums, and toasted almond in the finish. Lovely!
Grapes: Timorasso
Country: Ukraine
Region: Mykolaiv
ABV: 14%
Food pairing: Poultry. grilled fish, seafood, soft cheese and salads.
Beykush Winery is a family winery located close to the Black Sea in Chernomorka village, Mykolaiv region. Beykush vineyards consist of 14 hectares of French, Italian, and Georgian clones. They also expertly work with the Ukrainian indigenous white grape variety Telti Kuruk, which is the most important and unique for the area. The winery is recognized for its accolades at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Montanaro Aperitivo 6 P.M.
Regular price £33.0016%
The ‘Aperitif’ of the Maison Montanaro originated a secret recipe studied and put into practice by our Master Distiller. In fact, this allows us to have a bright red tones without using chemical dyes, only natural plant extracts such as red apple, radish, cherry, carrot and sweet potato are used. The balance and unmistakable taste is given by citrus essences, herbs and natural aromas.
It is a Typical Italian aperitif perfect for after work, hence the name 6 p.m., in combination with the Vermouth Rosso Montanaro for a classic cocktail typical of the 1970s. Excellent on the rocks with soda.
Fernando de Castilla Antique Palo Cortado 50cl
Regular price £44.95Truly awesome! The awesomeness of which will set any sherry aficionados taste buds trembling.
A fine rare wine, which combines the pure tangy nuttiness of Amontillado with the smooth smoky richness of Oloroso in an elegant complex style.
Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
ABV: 20%
Grapes: Palomino
Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla is located in the historic centre of Jerez. Its story began with the aristocratic Andrada-Vanderwilde family, who for two centuries provided grapes and wine for the production of sherry in the area. In 1972 Fernando Andrada-Vanderwilde took over some old sherry cellars and brandy soleras from a couple of local bodegas, and changed the name of the company from Fernando III to Fernando de Castilla.
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%