Favourite Whites

Fall in love with Pinot Grigio again...this one is fresh and zesty with a fleshy white peach and apricot texture and a clean, lengthy finish.

Country: Italy

Region: Veneto

Grapes: Pinot Grigio

ABV: 12.5%

Borga Wine

Sourced from established vineyards in the world-famous Marlborough region. Fresh and vibrant with passion fruit, gooseberry and melon characters. Crisp, clean finish. Great stuff, great value.

Country: New Zealand

Region: Marlborough

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 12.5%

Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - sappy fresh, clean and easy drinking.

Perfumed with nettle and ripe tropical fruits with limey flavours and a rich minerality

Country: New Zealand 

Region: Marlborough

ABV: 13%

Grapes:  100% Sauvignon Blanc

Sourced from vineyards in each of the sub­regions of Marlborough; the Awatere, Waihopai and Wairau Valleys. These valleys have their own micro­climates and terroir which give a unique personality to the vineyards, grapes and finished wine.

Great value Pinot Grigio - not only the Italians can make ‘PG’ of this sort of quality!

An easy drinking style with crisp citrusy fruit flavours, hints of peaches and apples and a refreshing finish

Country: Romania

Region: Recas and Minis

ABV: 12.5%

Grapes: Pinot Grigio

As you walk through the rolling vineyards of the 700 hectare Cramele Recas estate, two things are inescapable. The first is the scale of the transformation that Englishman Philip Cox and his wife Elvira have managed to achieve, replanting 700 hectares of decrepit vineyards and replacing them with immaculately tended sites the equal of anywhere else in the world. The second is that if you didn't know where you were, you'd be convinced you were in Tuscany or any other "Classic" wine producing region. And, to a certain extent you are, Romania has a history of winemaking stretching back millennia and it was this potential that has driven this dynamic duo to dedicate their lives to driving forward Romanian winemaking to it's current state of rude health. A 20 million euro investment in the vineyards and brand new winery.

A wonderful example of the Fiano grape. Close your eyes and you could be in Southern Italy! (almost). 

Straw yellow in colour, with an elegant floral aroma of mango, peaches and sage. On the palate is crisp and refreshing, with tropical notes and exotic fruit.  The finish is incredibly well balanced, long and persistent.

Country: Italy

Region: Puglia

ABV: 12.5 %

Grape: 100% Fiano

Dry, crisp, medium bodied and elegant white from Austria’s flagship grape. Discreetly spicey, minerally finish.

Country: Austria

Region: Wachau

Grapes: Gruner Veltliner

ABV: 12.5%

The Domäne Wachau is deeply rooted in the Wachau region of Austria. Close to 440 hectares of vineyards are cultivated by the members of this quality-oriented cooperative – that makes 30 percent of the entire Wachau vineyard area. These vineyards are found on steep terraces reinforced by old dry stone walls and are part of a World Cultural Heritage. Famous names like Achleiten, Kollmitz, Loibenberg and Tausend-Eimer-Berg are found on the Domäne Wachau’s vineyard map and make it the only winery in the Wachau with wines from all of the most prestigious sites in the region.

Domäne Wachau strives for the highest quality and as a member of the Vinea Wachau Nobils Districtus quality association, produces wines in the categories Steinfeder, Federspiel and Smaragd. Grapes are sourced from our own vineyards in the Wachau; the purchase of grapes, must or wine from outside the Wachau is not permitted.

Superb blend of Chenin , white Grenache and Viognier. All three are fermented separately in old oak, amphora and clay vats. This as well as some skin contact gives lovely texture and body to the wine. Slightly saline finish. A Cellar Door team favourite.

Country: South Africa

Region: Wellington

Grapes: Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Viognier

ABV: 13.5%

Blankbottle Wine

This is the most delicious native white Northern Italian grape you've probably never heard of! Aromas of lime and lemon zest, green herbs, flowers and ripe apricots. The palate is fleshy, zippy, clean and crisp. Stunning.

Country: Italy

Region: Piemonte, Canavese

Grapes: Erbaluce

ABV: 12.5%

Food Match: Grilled prawns with parsley or hard Italian cheese.

Grape: Gruner Veltliner

ABV: 13%

Country: Austria

Region: 

Bursting 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

Round and elegant wine with classic, subtle buttery notes balanced by juicy acidity. A top quality white Burgundy with more than 10 year aging potential.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

Two months on it's fine lees gives this wine a lovely round mouthfeel. Aromas of pineapple, acacia and citrus with a full bodied palate of peach and kumquat. It has great freshness and minerality on the finish.

Country: France

Region: Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac

Grapes: 60% Vermentino, 40% Viognier

ABV: 13.5%

Food match: Seafood dishes with rich, herby sauces

Domaine Les Caizergues 

A delicate, pale straw colour with a slight green edge. Displaying an aromatic kaleidoscope, rich with perfumed grass, lime, white pear, passion fruit and lemon thyme.

Country: South Africa

Region:  Durbanville Hills, Tygerberg

ABV: 13%

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

Food Match:

The 2019 Sauvignon Blanc can be served chilled with gazpacho, lime drizzled game fish, or lightly cooked shelled prawns. A parcel of fresh fish and chips with the waves of the ocean breaking in the background will best complement this fresh and lively wine.

The Sauvignon Blanc vineyards are planted in well drained blue shale at 200 metres above sea level on the Western slope of the Tygerberg, 7 kilometres from, and in sight of, the Atlantic Ocean. Employing the VSP trellis system, a typical harvest produces 7 to 8 tons per hectare.

De Grendel Wine

This is beautifully clean and flinty, try if you like Pouilly Fumé.

Country: France

Region: Loire, Menetou- Salon

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 12%

Another beauty from genius winemaker Pieter Walser. A tiny production and not made every year, 100% Verdelho, from the oldest vineyard of the variety in the country. Incredible concentration and energy and what a great nose! Concentrated lime peel and a little chalkiness too, with a super zingy palate - apples and sherbert, gloriously mouth-filling, broad and long, with a very biscuitty finish and saline streak.

Country: South Africa

Region: Wellington

Grapes: Verdelho

ABV: 13.5%

Blankbottle Wine 

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Pure Chenin, sourced from a single bush vine site on the neighbouring farm to one of Moment of Silence's principal vineyards, on the farm Twyfeling, on the Boberg mountain, a property that was owned by Pieter's family seven generations ago, hence the label! Certified organic and just 1120 bottles produced. This has the most incredible nose of new season hay - so aromatic, and proper cloudy apple juice, with crisp definition too. Apple blossom and apple compote on the palate, and some anise too - mouth-coating, and a hint of richness too. This will age beautifully - drink 2022-2028.

Country: South Africa

Region: Wellington

Grapes: Chenin Blanc

ABV: 13.5%

Blankbottle Wine

Two months on it's fine lees gives this wine a lovely round mouthfeel. Aromas of pineapple, acacia and citrus with a full bodied palate of peach and kumquat. It has great freshness and minerality on the finish.

Country: France

Region: Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac

Grapes: Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Vermentino, Viognier

ABV: 13.5%

Food match: Seafood dishes with rich, herby sauces

Domaine Les Caizergues