Crisp Whites
Crisp Whites
Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Semillon 2023
Regular price £23.95A stunning example of Hunter Semillon.
Cut grass and lime zest nose with a clean and zippy palate and fresh fruit flavours of sherbet, lemon, passion fruit and lemon. Lovely long finish.
Country: Australia
Region: Hunter Valley
ABV: 11%
Grapes: Semillon
Nativo The Bees Organic Viognier 2021
Regular price £19.95Deliciously fragrant with notes of pineapple and almond. Smooth and balanced finish with lingering orange blossom.
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Horst Escherndorfer Muller Thurgau Trocken 2021
Regular price £20.95Sandra Sauer is incapable of making a wine less than superb and is thoroughly and demonstrably capable of making wines which sit comfortably amongst the world’s finest...
There’s a passing nod to Gewurztraminer for the briefest of moments, then quickly on to spices, earthiness, fragrant peach skins, ripe pear and always something darker, deeper, earthier, stonier in the core. Crackling acidity suddenly provides the lightning and drama and the finish ‘shimmers’ as it slowly fades.
Country: Germany
Region: Franken
Grapes: Muller Thurgau
ABV: 13%
Blank Bottle Kortpad Kaaptoe 2021
Regular price £26.00One of two releases of Kortpad Kaaptoe in 2021! One of Pieter's most unusual cuvees, so-named for the Kortpad Kaaptoe, or cut through road close to the vineyard that Pieter took when having to rush back to Cape Town one day. With its bling ACDC style label, this wine is as stand out as its label. Ripe pineapple, tangerine, stem ginger and spice with a pithy, lightly grippy palate and slivers of bitter sweet orange peel, apricot and long stoney finish. Great acidity keeps it all in check. Great example of skin contact wine!
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Fernao-Pires
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Drink with coronation chicken (trust us), tandoori dishes or a Persian feast of spiced lamb, stuffed aubergine and jewelled tahdig.
Winemakers don't come much more creatively brilliant than the genius that is Pieter Walser. He's the sort of man that's had more fantastic ideas before breakfast than we manage in a whole week and that talent shines through in his wines. Each comes with a story often as captivating as they are mystifying so we've asked him to record a few to give you an insight into the magic behind the vino!
Cirò Bianco Tenuta Del Conte 2022
Regular price £24.95Yellow - orange in colour, elegant and bright with a nose of sourdough bread. Dry, cool and well-balanced with a complex, refined, umami aftertaste. Skin contact wine at it's very best.
Country: Italy
Region: Cirò, Calabria
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Greco
Food match: Monk fish wrapped in pancetta or pork belly.
The Cirò DOC is a picturesque corner of the Mediterranean, along the Ionian coast, in the eastern foothills of the Calabria region, a large peninsula that forms the toe to Italy’s boot. The Parrilla family, who own and run Tenuta del Conte, have been making wine here for four generations, the latest of which to take over the estate are Mariangela, Giuseppe, and Caterina.
In 2011 Mariangela Parrilla took over as winemaker. Mariangela takes a philosophical approach to winemaking, with the aim to let these traditional indigenous grape varieties speak for themselves and their terroir. Her wines are all organic, no herbicides or chemicals are used at any stage of the production process, she opts for spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, no filtration, and solely stainless-steel and bottle aging. Taking each wine vintage by vintage she lets them evolve and age “according to their own natural rhythm”, making each wine unique. This could be just one year in bottle before release or over 10 years. Not only does she capture the unique character of the grape variety but that of the vintage it's from too.
Together with a handful of other wineries in the area, Mariangela is part of “The Cirò Revolution”, a group formed to promote and protect their territory’s identity. They are dedicated to organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, they make traditional wines, in homage to their ancestors, from native grape varieties.
Blank Bottle Luuks 2022
Regular price £39.95Luuks - it keeps getting better and better! Now in its third release, this is at first smoky and tense, coupled with just the right level of opulence - clotted cream, crunchy biscuits and chiffon cake, white flowers and buttered toast too. Very broad and long. So well-balanced, and with a long future ahead of it. The name comes from the barrel it was aged in: the first ever new barrel that Pieter bought. Luuks roughly translates from Afrikaans to 'lux' or 'luxury' in English and it became a bit of a nickname for this wine aged in their fancy new barrel.
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match:
Winemakers don't come much more creatively brilliant than the genius that is Pieter Walser. He's the sort of man that's had more fantastic ideas before breakfast than we manage in a whole week and that talent shines through in his wines. Each comes with a story often as captivating as they are mystifying so we've asked him to record a few to give you an insight into the magic behind the vino!
Warwick White Lady Chardonnay 2021
Regular price £29.95Limited 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%
Dudley's Stone Chenin Blanc
Regular price £8.95A fantastic wine for all occasions. Aromatic and fresh with orange blossom and zest on the nose. Ripe red apples, peaches and a hint of orange peel on the palate.
This Chenin Blanc is pale straw in colour with sumptuous aromas of peach and melon. These characteristics are echoed on the palate, where they are perfectly balanced with a zingy lime freshness and crisp, refreshing finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
ABV: 11%
Tasting Notes: This wine is ideal with spicy Asian seafood dishes.
Vegan/Vegetarian
Wente Riverbank Riesling 2020
Regular price £19.95We love this Riesling for it's fresh, aromatic and citrussy style. Packed with aromas and flavours of lime juice and zest as well as hints of coconut milk, Sounds a bit like Thai green curry and as a matter of fact it goes beautifully with this dish!
Country: USA
Region: San Francisco Bay, California
Grapes: Riesling
ABV: 13.5%
Chanzy Bouzeron 'Les Trois 2022
Regular price £23.95Fruity, nettly and mineral in equal measure, with a delicate balance of white fruits, summer elderflower and green apple, finished off with a dry but playful tang of minerality. Produced and blended from three top parcels of Aligoté in Bouzeron; Les Clous, Les Corderes and Les Corcelles.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Aligoté
Food Match: Roast Salmon, Goats Cheese salad with fennel
Calabria Bianco 'Manere' Tenuta Del Conte 2013
Regular price £45.00Beautiful golden colour. The nose is very floral, with strong notes of elderflower, as well as citrus fruit, spices, and some verbena. On the palate, it shows amazing freshness despite its age, elegance, and refinement. On the palate, there are flavours of lemon, freshly cut grass, cedar, verbena, and it has remarkable salinity. The wine has a persistent length and great finesse.
Country: Italy
Region: Cirò, Calabria
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Trebbiano Toscano: 50%
Greco Bianco: 50%
Food match: Fish based dishes, risotto, salumi
The Cirò DOC is a picturesque corner of the Mediterranean, along the Ionian coast, in the eastern foothills of the Calabria region, a large peninsula that forms the toe to Italy’s boot. The Parrilla family, who own and run Tenuta del Conte, have been making wine here for four generations, the latest of which to take over the estate are Mariangela, Giuseppe, and Caterina.
In 2011 Mariangela Parrilla took over as winemaker. Mariangela takes a philosophical approach to winemaking, with the aim to let these traditional indigenous grape varieties speak for themselves and their terroir. Her wines are all organic, no herbicides or chemicals are used at any stage of the production process, she opts for spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, no filtration, and solely stainless-steel and bottle aging. Taking each wine vintage by vintage she lets them evolve and age “according to their own natural rhythm”, making each wine unique. This could be just one year in bottle before release or over 10 years. Not only does she capture the unique character of the grape variety but that of the vintage it's from too.
Together with a handful of other wineries in the area, Mariangela is part of “The Cirò Revolution”, a group formed to promote and protect their territory’s identity. They are dedicated to organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, they make traditional wines, in homage to their ancestors, from native grape varieties.
Allumea White 6
Regular price £65.70 Sale price £60.00Straw 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%
Pouilly-Fumé Domaine du Petit Soumard 2022
Regular price £23.95This is a fantastic crisp white from a small, family owned, organic estate in the Loire.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13.5%
Bone Dry German Riesling Case 6
Regular price £98.70 Sale price £88.75 Exceptionally bright, fresh and lively with distinct aromas of yellow peach and apricot, balanced by an edge of flinty minerality. As the name suggests, this is bone dry.
Counrty: Germany
Region: Pfalz
Grapes: Riesling
ABV:12%
Perfect with fish and seafood.
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.
Chanzy Bouzeron Clos de La Fortune Monopole 2021
Regular price £33.95We love this wine, with a very expressive nose of apples, pears, and white peach. On the palate, it has all the same fruit flavours as the nose but with a lovely lemony, sherberty acidity and very pronounced minerality. Delicious.
Barrel fermented in old oak in a mix of 500L and 228L barrels where it is left to mature for 12 months before a final ageing in steel vats for 5 months. Clos de La Fortune is one of the most exceptional sites in the village of Bouzeron. Planted in 1963 on quite a steep, southfacing slope, it is planted 100% with Aligote.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Aligoté
Food Match: Salmon, Goats Cheese, Delicate Asian Dishes
Chablis Vincent Wengier 2022
Regular price £29.95Bright gold colour. Floral notes of blossom and hawthorn, are joined by white fruits and delicate minerality. Well-rounded, fresh, and enveloping palate with good concentration.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Chablis
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13%
Food Match: White meat and fish with butter-based sauces.
Clay-limestone soil and subsoil of Portlandian to Kimmeridgian.
Three generations of Chablis winemakers stand before Vincent and Sophie Wengier, who today produce wines under Vincent's name. In the southwest of the appellation, in the village of Préhy, the Wengier couple decided to put their own name to their wines in 2018 when they bottled their first Chablis. An area previously overlooked for expressive Chablis, the Wengier wines have entered the world to much acclaim. Their careful attention to detail in the vineyards, which will be certified organic from 2023, along with long slow fermentations have resulted in a line-up of wines that is completely captivating.
Chanzy Mercurey Blanc 'Les Caraby' 2021
Regular price £36.95A much warmer site than ‘Clos Les Bussieres’, ‘Les Caraby’ is a small 1 hectare ‘clos’ tagged on to the end of Mercurey’s most famous premier cru, ‘Clos du Roy’. Almost always the first vineyard picked, this is a fast ripening site with its own little valley of both north and south facing vines. This vintage has produced a really well balanced wine with ripe tropical fruits jumping out of the apple and citrus background. Really good texture and weight. No new oak was used in this vineyard. Only one barrel produced. *Limited Availability*
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
Food Match: Wonderful with rich lobster linguini
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Adega Guimaraes Vinho Verde 2023
Regular price £10.95Fresh, crisp, aromatic. Zippy and zesty, classic Vinho Verde with a slight spritz, just the way we love it!
Country: Portugal
Region: Vinho Verde
ABV: 11%
Grapes: Loureiro, Arinto, Trajadura and Azal
Chanzy Rully 1er Cru 'Rabourcé' 2020 Magnum
Regular price £95.00Wow - This is beautiful, and a masterclass in balance. Rich stone fruit, apples, pears, and quince. Hints of spice, orange zest apple strudel, and a great backbone of acidity make this a very delicious wine indeed. Rabourcé is one of the warmest sites in Rully and lends itself very well to creating fruit forward wines with spice and texture. This wine was not produced in 2021 - so a good vintage to stock up and keep!
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
Food Match: Salmon En Croûte