Domaine de la Motte Chablis 2023
Regular price £22.75From a warmer vintage, this shows riper yet still mineral fruit with added depth from a small (around 10%) addition of oak-aged wine into the blend. This is very typical of the Motte style and gives richness and balance to the wine. A deliciously precise expression of classic chalky Chablis terroir.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Chablis
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13%
A classic Chablis from vines grown on the famous Kimmeridgian clay.
Tenuta Fiorebella Rosso Appassimento del Veneto 2023
Regular price £14.25Intense ruby-red, with a bouquet reminiscent of cherry, dried fruit, chocolate and prune; the palate is full-bodied, soft and round, with a spiciness and lingering finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Corvina, Merlot
ABV: 14.5%
Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2024
Regular price £27.95If you're a rich white Burgundy fan - then this is the wine for you. A rich nose of lemon curd and freshly baked butter biscuits. The beautifully fruity core is perfectly balanced by layers of oak spice, vanilla and roasted almonds. Supple with fresh acidity and an underlying minerality, which adds focus and length to the finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl, Western Cape
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 14%
Food Match: The elegance and substance of the wine will
complement mushroom risotto, rich fish dishes and also steak béarnaise.
Ready to be enjoyed within the year of production, but will
mature well for the next four to six years.
La Chaussynette Mas de Boislauzon (declassified) Chateauneuf 2023
Regular price £16.95'Baby Chateauneuf Du Pape' A rich fruity wine that is made easy to drink with smooth tannins and an elegant finish. The harvest is hand-picked, meticulously sorted and 100% destemmed. It’s a traditional vinification with temperature control. No yeast added.
Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah
ABV: 14 %
Organic
Food: Best enjoyed with grilled red meat, especially lamb.
The Ladybird Organic Red 2020
Regular price £20.75Complex nose with hints of spice, chocolate and mocha. Good structure with plum and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Country: South African wine
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet & Malbec
ABV: 14%
Waterkloof Circumstance Biodynamic Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Regular price £15.95Crushed laurel on the nose with more than a nuance of residual seaside salt.... or if you want a less pretentious description...bl**dy delicious!
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Vegan, Vegetarian friendly
Biodynamic
This has a big and textured palate with stone fruit and fennel hints – it is rich and minerally, showing even a slight rocky quality about it. As bracing as the wind through the vines at Waterkloof.
Founded by Paul Boutinot in 2004 this majestic and fully-fledged biodynamic estate is perched high on top of hill overlooking the Western Cape’s False Bay and produces delicately fine wines with a real sense of place.
Rías Baixas Reveleste Albariño 2023
Regular price £16.75Dry and clean with crunchy green and red apple flavours with juicy peach, mango and melon adding roundness and some lovely lemon to keep it all fresh
Country: Spain
Region: Rías Baixas
Grapes: Albariño
ABV: 13%
Food match: Calamari or fish and chips
Dewetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2024
Regular price £17.45 Sale price £15.95South Africa's answer to Chablis! Soils rich in limestone and broken mountain rock on De Wetshof’s site-specific vineyards allow this wine to emit optimum varietal expression. An unwooded wine, Bon Vallon has a brisk and clean freshness leading into a wide spectrum of classic flavours including citrus, wild flowers and grilled nuts, with a nuanced minerality on the aftertaste.
Country: South Africa
Region: Robertson
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Goes well with Caesar Salad or seared salmon or tuna, equally, it will complement grilled or roasted white meats and pan-fried duck. It was awarded the top 15 award in the Chardonnay du Monde 2019 out of 696 Chardonnays tasted. And received a Double Gold Medal in the 2019 Veritas Awards
Cape Heights Merlot
Regular price £10.75A South African Merlot packed full of delicious flavours.
Fresh and bright with characteristic aromas of cherry and red fruits. Light and juicy on the palate with soft tannins.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Merlot
ABV: 13%
The coastal region of South Africa is renowned for its fine and expressive fruit. Produced from only free-run juice and fermented on skins in stainless steel tanks. The wine is left on the lees for an extended period for greater palate weight and mouthfeel.
Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge Reserve de l’Abbe
Regular price £12.95Mulberries and blueberries on the nose. Soft and supple on the palate with a juicy red cherry finish. Classic Southern Rhône easy drinking red.
Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah
ABV: 14%
Adobe Gewurztraminer Organic 2024
Regular price £12.25An aromatic wine but don't be scared it's not sweet at all - and extremely more-ish
Hints of orange blossom and candied citrus fruits. Something completely different from the likes of Chardonnay, this is an engaging wine with a vibrant finish. You won't be disappointed, we promise!
Country: Chile
Region: Rapel Valley
Grapes: Gewurztraminer
ABV:13%
Vegan/Vegetarian
Emiliana is one of the world’s most important producers of organic and biodynamic wines and the largest in South America. They have a total of 997 hectares under vine in the valleys of Casablanca, Maipo, Colchagua, and Cachapoal of which 923ha are IMO certified organic and the remaining 77 in conversion. Their spectacular biodynamic vineyard and winery at Los Robles is a model that attracts visiting viticulturalists and winemakers from all over the world. General Manager José Guilisasti and winemaking consultant Alvaro Espinoza were key to establishing this project to convert a large commercial winery into a commercially viable organic one. These innovative wines are made with great care and attention and the results are inspiring.
Four Acres Estate Rosé Brut Sparkling
Regular price £33.00By carefully blending Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes, all grown in Hertfordshire's Little Hadham, this is a handcrafted, delicate Rosé version of English Sparkling Wine.
Country: England
Region: Hertfordshire
Grapes: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
ABV: 12.5%
The Four Acres Estate is a small family run vineyard and orchard set on a hillside above the Ash Valley in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.
After a lifetime spent in the travel industry, Platon Loizou decided that he wanted to get back to his Cypriot roots and fulfil a long-term dream of making wine. Since 2010 he has been out in all weathers, getting closer to nature tending his precious vines, nurturing them from saplings to maturity, bolstering his knowledge by consulting at every step with some of the best vintners in the country.
Aloe Tree Chenin Blanc 2024
Regular price £11.25A fantastic wine for all occasions. Aromatic guava and orange blossom Jump from the glass – this Chenin Blanc is dry, but fruity, with ripe apples, peaches and a hint of orange peel on the palate.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
Vegan/Vegetarian
The fruit for Aloe Tree hails from the increasingly fashionable west coast of the Cape. Cool nights and sea breezes combine to extend the growing season, resulting in perfectly balanced, ripe grapes.
Domaine Besson Petit Chablis 2022
Regular price £19.95A brilliant Petit Chablis - ripe and untouched by oak. May well become your new go-to wine.
Showing all the characteristics of the terroir, as well as lemony freshness and vivacity, underpinned by light minerality.
Country: France
Region: Chablis
ABV: 12%
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
Family Story
A boutique French winery, Domaine Besson, is family owned and operated by Camille Besson and her brother Adrien, fourth generation winemakers. The estate has 21 hectares of vines that make wines for four Chablis AOC appellations: Petit Chablis, Chablis, Chablis Premier Cru and Chablis Grand Cru. Adrien is the viticulturalist and vineyard manager while Camille is the winemaker.
Domaine Lafran-Veyrolles Bandol Rosé Organic 2024
Regular price £23.95A serious rosé with a strong personality.
Beautiful pale salmon colour with an appealing lemon and herb nose followed by flavours of warm southern French herbs with rich, rounded fruit. Very much a food wine with a powerful character and a delicious dry finish.
Country: France
Region: Provence
Grapes: 65% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, 15% Cinsault
ABV: 14%
Organic
Vegan/Vegetarian
Domaine Lafran Veyrolles is an estate with a superb terroir and is widely recognised as one of the top three producers in the appellation. Jean-Marie Castell runs this small, traditional estate with just 10 ha of vines on the famous red clay soil of Bandol. The estate nestles in and is protected by the hills of the Cadière d'Azur and benefits from a maritime climate. The estate is farmed organically and the yields are kept extremely low. Domaine Lafran Veyrolles reds have made it one of the star performers of the appellation … but don’t overlook the rosé wines as they deserve attention too!
Chardonnay Jaffelin 2024
Regular price £13.95This wine represents phenomenally good value for money. Ripe stone fruit and toasted oak aromas with concentrated peach and citrus flavours.
Country: France
Region: Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
Food Match: Perfect with roast Salmon
La Bacca Nerello Mascalese 2023
Regular price £10.95This delicious wine has aromas and flavours of jammy red fruits, juicy red cherries, pomegranate juice, summer herbs, and a touch of violet. On the palate it is rich and refreshing.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese
Solara Natural Red Wine 2023
Regular price £14.50This natural wine is chocca block packed full of bramble fruit notes with raspberry and blackberry dominating the aroma, smooth and juicy with complex notes of blueberry and moderate acidity and smooth tannins on the finish.
Country: Romania
Region: Panciu
Grapes: Merlot, Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Henry of Pelham Vidal Ice Wine 2017 VQA Niagara Peninsula 20cl
Regular price £21.95Liquid golden honey in a tiny bottle - a very special, hard to make wine.
Country: Canada
Region: Niagra Peninsula
Grapes: Vidal
ABV: 9.5%
Alice Verdeca Produttori Di Manduria 2024
Regular price £17.45Straw yellow in colour, the nose shows aromatic white flowers mixed with citrus notes as well as pear and pineapple. Dry on the palate this is fresh and mineral like.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
Grapes: Verdeca 100%
ABV: 13 %
Food Matching: Incredible with baked pastries, croissant, but anything with acidity/ lemon flavours.
Small Town Vineyards Clovella Grenache and Mourvedre 2019
Regular price £19.95In the early 1990s, Magpie identified this special site - a single vineyard of Grenache and Mourvèdre. After an olympic blending exercise one night with the wine from here, they name the vineyard 'Clovella'. This wine is a heady embrace of dark spice; it's no coincidence that there’s a distinct clove note in this wine. Bright, fresh, textural in spite of 22 months ageing in older French oak. Soft, moreish and foody.
Country: Australia
Region: Barossa
Grapes: Grenache and Mourvedre
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Slow cooked lamb shanks or Fillet of Beef for a special occasion.
The label design inspiration is all about the meeting of mouths, that energy before lips meet, whether meeting a glass of wine or each other. Two varieties blending into one....
Margaux Château La Galiane 2016
Regular price £39.95Velvety smooth, rich, concentrated and supple. Flavours of cassis, bramble and black cherry with a sheen of vanilla from the oak ageing.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, Margaux
ABV:13.5%
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Serve 12 to 14 degrees C
Food Match: Red meat dishes such as beef Wellington or roast lamb.
Piteira White Granja Amareleja 2019
Regular price £12.95Pale Lemon Colour. Aromas of green apple and citrus fruits. On the palate has fruit and mineral notes, very interesting texture and balanced acidity. Fresh and lingering finish. We love this wine!
Country: Portugal
Region: Alentejo
Grapes: Diagalves, Roupeiro, Arinto
ABV: 13%
Granja Amareleja vineyards are located in the left bank of Guadiana River, where the soils are sandy and the temperatures the highest in Alentejo reaching >40C. Moreto grape variety is the ex-libris of the viticulture here, where it continues to be cultivated, mostly, ungrafted (“Pé-Franco”). Perhaps for this reason its wines are so aromatic, balanced and distinct.
Electric Bee Unconventional Primitivo 2022
Regular price £14.95Very intense and incredibly complex, this beautifully crafted wine has an aroma reminiscent of ripe cherry, plum, and blackberry, yet retains a delicate freshness and softness on the palate.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
Grapes: Primitivo 100%
ABV: 13.5%
Food Matching
Hearty and meaty pasta dishes with rich red sauces.
Bolney Bubbly English Sparkling NV
Regular price £31.95Simple, light and refreshing traditional method English sparkling wine. Very easy to drink with a charming elderflower creaminess.
Country: England
Region: West Sussex
Grapes: Reichensteiner, Muller Thurgau and Chardonnay
ABV: 11.5%
Bolney Estate is one of the longest established English vineyards and have been making award winning wines for over 35 years.