Pedra a Pedra Tinto 2020
Regular price £17.95A super soft, fruity, but structured wine made from a blend of indigenous Portuguese grapes.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 42% Touriga Nacional, 31% Touriga Franca, 22% Tinta Barroca, 5% Sousão
ABV: 13.5%
Ânfora de Baco 2022 Quinta do Montalto
Regular price £22.95Hand harvested and completely destemmed, the wine was fermented and aged in the amphoras in contact with skins and lees. The inside of our amphoras is coated with natural tree resin according to the ancient process used by the Romans 2000 years ago. The wine has not been filtered or stabilised.
Rich, ripe and full of mulberry fruit character with a silky round tannic structure. Beautifully made low intervention wine.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisboa
Grapes: 50% Aragonez and 50% Trincadeira
ABV: 14%
Funkstille Zweigelt 2022
Regular price £13.90Abundant red cherry, plum and vibrant berry fruits combine in this joyful, bright and incredibly juicy red; medium-bodied with beautifully ripe and light tannins and touch of spice on the finish.
Country: Austria
Region: Kremstal
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Zweigelt
Food Match: roast duck or pork
Sancerre Domaine Andre Neveu 'Calcaire‘ 2023
Regular price £23.95A fantastic example of classic French Sauvignon Blanc. Intense and flowery on the nose with hints of acacia and lime blossom with notes of tropical fruit. The palate follows through from the bouquet and offers a great balance of freshness and flavour, finishing with great length and minerality.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Alazani Qvevri Saperavi Red 2019
Regular price £18.95Deep, dark ruby colour. Notes of plums, dark chocolate, raspberries and vanilla. Yum!
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Grapes: Saperavi
ABV: 13%
Made from Saperavi, a highly pigmented black Georgian grape variety which is fermented and aged in a Qvevri - an ancient method of making winein an egg-shaped, beeswax-lined terracotta vessel.The wine is a deep ruby colour with a pronounced black fruit character and balanced tannins.
Diez Siglos Rueda Verdejo 2023
Regular price £11.95Such a great quality Rueda, full of luscious flavours.
Lemony freshness with hints of rich, ripe pineapple, nectarine and fresh apricot. The palate is wonderfully luscious and viscous, well integrated, with flavours of lemon marmalade and ripe stone fruit.
Country: Spain
Region: Rueda
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Verdejo
Bolney English Sparkling Cuvee Brut Rosé 2019
Regular price £48.95One of the leading Producers in the English winemaking revolution. Enjoyed by everyone except the French...
The sparkling rosé is a seriously sophisticated wine that offers notes of raspberry and wild strawberry, with subtle savoury undertones adding complexity. The sparkling wine is produced following the same traditional method as is used to produce Champagne, providing a luxurious, flavour-filled wine.
Beautifully packaged so it makes a great gift too.
Country: England
Region: Sussex
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
The Crusher Pinot Noir 2019 / 2020
Regular price £17.95Really bold and aromatic Pinot oozing loads of ripe cherries and mulberry characters.
Country: USA
Region: California
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 14.5%
Babylonstoren Viognier 2022
Regular price £17.95Floral nose combines with ripe stone fruit on the palate to make a rich and satisfying Viognier with plenty of weight , depth and complexity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl, Western Cape
Grapes: Viognier
ABV: 13%
Groote Post Brut Rosé Methode Cap Classique
Regular price £18.95The super SA fizz is refreshingly dry with abundant strawberry and raspberry flavours. It has a delicate mousse which supports a dry, but rich and toasty palate.
Country: South Africa
Region: Darling
Grapes:70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir
ABV: 12.5%
Family owned and run, Groote Post makes authentic wines from Darling, South Africa's cool climate region. MCC - Method Cap Classique is the Traditional (Champagne Method) of making sparkling wine and at this price and quality level rivals many a French producer.
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Kiruna 2022
Regular price £15.75Wonderfully well balanced, pure, juicy and ripe Montepulciano.
Ruby red in colour with a strong fruity scent, containing hints of spices, cherry plum and jam. Well balanced and plenty of length. This is a rich, deeply savoury, complex version of that old Italian classic.
Country: Italy
Region: Abruzzo
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Montepulciano
Certified Organic
Les Saisons de la Vigne Rosé 2023
Regular price £9.95Delicately pink, dry, fresh and fruity. You can't go wrong with this Southern French beauty on a warm summer's day.
Country: France
Region: Vaucluse
Grapes: Grenache, Cinsault
ABV: 13%
Food match
Great with tapas and antipasto, perfect picnic wine
Cluricaun Skin 2021
Regular price £16.70We love this orange wine with it's pale amber colour. Beautifully pure and textured palate with fresh nuttiness and fine spices. Tangerine and a hint of marmalade and lovely pure citrus fruits. Juicy linear and expressive with a salty tang on the finish.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Grapes: 20% Fernão Pires from Lisbon; 80% Siria from Beira Interior
ABV: 13%
Winemaker Andre is always interested in experimenting with new and old methods. He is the 5th generation of winemakers at Quinta do Montalto, the farm has 15Ha of Vineyards grown with organic certification since 1997 in Clay and Chalk soils under the Lisbon DOC Encostas D’Aire.
He uses ancient methods the create DOC Medieval Ourem, but also made new Portuguese Amphoras and uses the most modern low intervention techniques for his traditional range.
Tenuta Santi Giacomo e Filippo BellAntonio Elevato in Anfora 2018
Regular price £19.95A rich and textured white wine with great depth and complexity given from being made in clay amphora. Matches beautifully with antipasto and meat dishes, but equally very friendly drunk without food.
Country: Italy
Region: Marche
Grapes: Incrocio Bruni 54
ABV: 13%
Incrocio Bruni 54 is a crossing by pollenation of Sauvignon Blanc and Verdicchio which was done in 1936 by Professor Bruno Bruni while working for the Italian Ministry of Agriculture. It is only found in the Marche region and Tenuta Santi Giacomo e Filippo are championing it as Marche's flagship grape. Rightly so!
Lismore 'The Age of Grace' Cape South Coast Viognier 2021
Regular price £28.95This expressive, barrel-fermented Viognier seduces you with the beautiful perfume of honeysuckle and orange blossom and a textured palate of apricot, kiwi and pineapple.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Malamado Malbec Liqueur Wine
Regular price £19.95Christmas in a bottle!
Argentina has almost made the Malbec grape its own and on this evidence it's not difficult to see why. A port style wine, red purple colour of medium intensity, with light brown hues due to its ageing. Immensely concentrated, ripe plums, black fruits marmalade, dried figs and nuts. A rich, complex wine with final spicy notes like cinnamon, toasted almonds and leather.
Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza
Grapes: 100% Malbec
ABV: 20%
Zuccardi combines forward thinking with a deeply rooted wine culture to craft wines of unique quality and identity. At the heart of this family winery is the drive to continually improve and with Sebastian Zuccardi heading up their 'Innovation and Experimentation' program, they are literally taking quality to new heights. After many months of building and many years of planning the breath taking new winery, in Altamira in the Uco Valley, is all but complete. At 1100 metres above sea level with the Andes as it's stunning backdrop, a new chapter in the history of Zuccardi is beginning. This is one of the most exciting producers to work with. Their understanding of the soils and terroirs of the Uco Valley is reflected in their beautifully expressive wines.
Rioja Manoso Gran Reserva 2015
Regular price £22.45Ripe, soft, elegant dried berry fruit and toasty oak flavours. 2014 was a great vintage with plenty of oak and bottle ageing, this is a classic style Gran Reserva.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja Alavesa
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 14%
Pedra a Pedra Branco 2022
Regular price £17.95Bursting 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
The Whispering Angel Rosé Château D'Esclans 2023
Regular price £19.95Whispering 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%
Andreas Syrah 2021
Regular price £23.95Aromatic, medium to full bodied and powerful, with good extraction of the sweet flavours of black ripe fruits. Elegant with good texture and firm tannins, giving wine great ageing potential. A touch of mint, with lavender notes. Firm, well balanced oak and long finish with fresh, spicy, integrated mouthfeel.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
ABV: 14%
Grape: Shiraz
Andreas only produce this wine - and they are good at it. The wine is aged for 18 months in French and American oak and bottle matured for another year. Winemaker Shaun Meyeridricks' first first vintage was in 2018, since joining Andreas from Boekenhoutskloof where he was previously making exemplary Shiraz.
Topo Lisboa Red Blend 2020
Regular price £11.95Aromas and flavours of red fruits and vanilla. Fruity on the palate, balanced by notes of sweet spice, chocolate and vanilla oak.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisboa
Grapes: Castelão, Tempranillo, Syrah, Touriga Franca
ABV: 13%
Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £18.25The 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.
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc.
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.
Wildsong Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £18.95Very elegant old world style of Sauvignon. Clean, fresh and steely with beautiful minerality on the finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawkes Bay
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Organic
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.
Cape Heights Sauvignon Blanc
Regular price £9.95This Sauvignon Blanc from the Western Cape displays fresh, ripe yellow fruit flavours with a hint of waxy lime, as well as some leafy herbal notes which make for a zippy, racy and deeply quaffable drop.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Delicious with brightly-flavoured seafood dishes, Thai salads, citrus dressings or indeed by the glass on its own!
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.
Alasia Moscato d'Asti
Regular price £9.95Light, delicately perfumed and sweet with soft bubbles.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont, Asti
Grapes: Moscato
ABV: 6%