Italy

This is a vegan wine with a potential to bottle age. A ripe red wine with the notes of dried herbs, plums and cherry. The tannins are ripe with the flavour of liquorice. A long and complex finish that leads to the notes of orange peel and ripe red fruit.

Country: Italy

Region: Veneto

Grape Variety: Corvina 30%, Corvinone 30%, Rondinella 30%

ABV: 17%

Food Match: game, roast beef, mature cheeses

Beautiful 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.

A full sweet, yet smooth and rich wine. A perfect wine to serve at the end of a meal with its heady nutty flavours, caramel notes and mouth watering backbone of acidity. Pair with ripe creamy cheeses for a full on taste sensation.

Country: Italy

Region: Sicily

Grapes: Grillo

ABV: 19%

6 Bottles of Ke Bonta Pinot Grigio Blush Rosé

Stock for the summer!

Regarded as one of the best sites in the region, Montestefano does not disappoint! Complex aromas of red fruit, blood orange, sweet spice and cedar wood. Juicy, rich and full bodied with a mid palate and finish that goes on forever. Very elegant and refined. Special wine!

Country: Italy

Region: Piemonte

Grapes: Nebbiolo

ABV: 14.5%

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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2035
Antonio Galloni, September 2024
The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is one of the most elegant, polished
wines in this range. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and cedar are
beautifully lifted. The tannins are remarkably polished for a young, recently bottled Riserva. I admire its poise and elegance. This is an especially refined edition of the Montestefano. In 2020, the mix of vineyards is a bit younger than in the past, as one of the blocks of older vineyards was replanted and not used. If I could have only one of the Riservas in 2020, this would be it!

Deep and complex aromas of blackberry, rose petals, sweet spice and balsamic glaze. Juicy, rich and full bodied with lots of flavour. Morello cherry, cranberry, liquorice and ground white pepper with a backbone of vibrant acidity and grippy tannins. 

Country: Italy

Region: Piemonte

Grapes: Nebbiolo

ABV: 14.5%

Antonio Galloni, September 2024
The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is gorgeous. It offers a beguiling mix of intense
fruit and supporting structure. A wine of depth and complexity, Asili has a lot of
everything. It is clearly a step or two above many of the wines in this range. Today,
the 2020 comes across as a bit somber, but that may partly be a reflection of its
recent bottling. There's gorgeous depth and resonance in the Asili.

Drinking window 2025- 2045

Oropasso Biscardo White 2019

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6 bottles of La Bacca Nerello Mascalese 2023

Perfumed nose of white flowers of tropical fruit (pineapple and mango) with hints of grapefruit, candied citrus fruits and sweet spices (ginger and cardamom). Very clear mineral notes on the palate with a long, elegant finish.

Country: Italy

Region: Veneto

Grape Variety:  Garganega

ABV: 12.5%

Located in Fitta, in North West Italy, Suavia is owned and run by the three Tessari sisters: Meri, Valentina and Alessandra.

Food Match: goats cheese, asparagus or fish stir-fried Chinese dishes featuring fresh vegetables and/or  prawns.

Fantastic for a family celebration - 4 bottles of wine in one! Novello is made from Teroldogo grapes. The variety is grown exclusively on Trentino's Rotaliana Plain. Carbonic maceration of grape bunches for 6-7 days at 27° C followed by fermentation at a controlled temperature of 20° C. This wine presents a rubin red colour with purple reflections. Youthful, red berry, cherry and floral aromas and flavours. A rival to Beaujolais Nuoveux?!

Country: Italy

Region: Trento

Grapes:Teroldogo