JANUARY WINE SALE 2025

Saperavi is tipped to be the 'new Malbec' by a few well known wine critics. This ripe, Georgian red is full of red cherry and mulberry aromas and flavours, with layers of vanilla. Wonderful, soft rounded tannins with a long, juicy finish.

Country: Georgia

Region: Kakheti

Grapes: Saperavi

ABV: 13%

Food Matches: Red meat dishes, stews and casseroles, roast lamb or mature hard cheeses.

Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.

George Margvelashvili is the founder at Tbilvino Wines - where this delicious wine is made. Established 60 years ago, and over this period Tbilvino have become one of Georgia’s pioneering producers. Almost dormant at the end of the Soviet era, the winery was acquired by the Margvelashvili brothers, who set out to restore the facilities, and moved away from quantity to quality production.

Luminous Red with purple reflections, this elegant and finely textured wine displays aromas of dark fresh plum, cinnamon, exotic spices, black pepper and tobacco. The firm yet gentle tannins add complexity and a long and lingering finish. 

Country: Italy

Region: Puglia

Grape: Nero di Troia

ABV: 13 %

Cherry, strawberry and rhubarb notes define the aromatics of this wine and are backed by hints of cinnamon and oregano. Bright flavours of cherry, raspberry and ripe tomato are balanced by a layer of earthy mushroom. Smooth and silky!

Country: USA

Region: California

Grapes: Pinot Noir

Vegan/Vegetarian

From the Sacramento and Lodi areas at the northern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Primary fruit, with appealing cherry and damson flavours. It’s an easy drinking style with soft tannins and light body.

Country: Italy

Region: Emilia Romagna

Grapes: Sangiovese

ABV: 11%

The stone fruit and tropical citrus flavours are enhanced by an extended cool fermentation and pleasant acidity. Long and mouth-filling.

Country: USA

Region: California

Grapes: Chardonnay

Vegan/Vegetarian

From the Sacramento and Lodi areas at the northern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley.

An intense ruby red wine. Very fresh and full bodied, lovely finish. Perfect with game or aged cheeses.

Country: Italy

Region: Veneto

Grapes: Malbec

ABV: 12.5%

This is a traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape serious and brooding and benefits from a little time to breath and open up. The palate is complex with herby, tapenade flavours and ripe textured tannins balancing the significant 15% alcohol which is expertly managed and integrated.

Country: France

Region: Châteauneuf - du-Pape

ABV: 15%

Grapes: Grenache 65%, Syrah 20%, Mourvedre 10%

Dry, and citrussy with a long herbal, minerally finish. Fresh oregano, slightly saline.

Country: Portugal

Region: Beiras

Grapes: Siria, Malvasia, Fonte Cal, Rabigato

ABV: 13%

Mead is produced from fermented honey. This is gives the drink a very distinct, sweet and warming mouthfeel, perfect for sipping by the fireside. The finest mead has been gently blended with Christmas spices to make the perfectly smooth and mellow Christmas beverage. Perfect withmince pies, Christmas pud, or just on it's own.

Country: England

Region: Honey sourced from Derbyshire and Mexico

ABV: 11%

AKA  the golden liquor of poets or the nectar of the gods.... lovers and nobility alike thought this to be a tonic for health, fertility and longevity.  Rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties it was historically presented to newlyweds to enjoy their honeymoon.

Mead is produced from fermented honey. This is gives the drink a very distinct, sweet and warming mouthfeel, perfect for sipping by the fireside. This version has a wonderful kick of chilli that warms you right through...

Country: England

Region: Honey sourced from Derbyshire and Mexico

ABV: 11%

AKA  the golden liquor of poets or the nectar of the gods.... lovers and nobility alike thought this to be a tonic for health, fertility and longevity.  Rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties it was historically presented to newlyweds to enjoy their honeymoon.

Pale salmon pink in colour, bright and vibrant. Aromatics of wild raspberry, elderflower and pink grapefruit. Subtle hints of honeysuckle and jasmine. Refreshing, dry and clean finish.

Country: England

Region: Kent and Sussex

Grapes:  Pinot Noir Precoce, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Bacchus, and Ortega

ABV: 12%

A wonderfully complex and textured barrel fermented white Douro with a long, fresh and minerally finish. Made from four different indigenous grape varieties from very high altitude vineyards.

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro Valley

Grapes: 46% Rabigato, 29% Viosinho, 24% Gouveio,1% Fernão Pires

ABV: 12.5%

Food Matches: Great with seafood or fleshy pan fried white fish dishes.

Jamie Goode in Wine Anorak: 12.5% alcohol. A blend of local white varieties from Pedra Alta’s highest plots. Complex and nicely restrained with taut lemony fruit and some notes of pear and white peach. Lively and precise with good acidity and nice purity, this has the potential to develop with time, and it’s almost Burgundian in style. 94/100 

Fresh, clean and summery with a splash of strawberry and raspberry aromas on cloud of
candyfloss. 

Country: South Africa

Region: 

Grapes: 

ABV: 13%

Diemersfontein Wine

Bright, vibrant ruby red colour, a fine nose, with aromas of wood and cracked black pepper black fruit and notes of spice. Elegant and fresh on the palate, with fine and ripe tannins on the finish.

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Grapes: 35% Touriga Nacional, 35% Touriga Franca, 30% Tinta Roriz

ABV: 14%

Food Match: Perfect paired with red meat, game and hard cheese.

Jamie Goode - Wine Anorak: It’s not common to find organic Douro reds, partly because of the issues with weed control on terraced vineyards. But this one, from Kopke, is really good. It has a beautifully floral nose showing expressive cherry and berry fruits as well as a hint of olive. The palate is fresh and supple with bright raspberry and cherry fruit with some cured meat character and also some wild herbs, but always with emphasis on the fruit. A really impressive Douro red with great balance and nice structure as well as alluring fruit. Tastes of its place. 93/100

94 points Tim Atkin MW

5 Star Platter Winery

Country: South Africa

Region: Stellenbosch

Grapes: Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 12.5%

Organic and Biodynamic

Vegan/Vegetarian

Fresh and bright with aromatics of white peach and delicate mouse like bubbles.

Country: Italy

Grapes: 100% Glera

AVB: 11%

Intense bramble fruit aromas on the nose. The palate is supple and round with delicious sweet blackberry, cherry and plum notes combined with chocolate and a herbal
character. Chewy tannins and a fresh acidity give structure to the wine which finishes long and fruity.

Country: Spain

Region: Extremadura

Grapes: Garnacha

ABV: 13.5%

Food match: Jamon Iberico or spicy chorizo in red wine.

Concentrated cassis with a hint of liquorice. Bright and elegant Bordeaux red.

Country: France

Region: Bordeaux, Haut Medoc

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot

ABV: 12.5%

Located in the quintessential txakoli town of Getaria overlooking the Bay of Biscay, Akarregi Txiki is an extremely traditional winery which has been making wine in this farmhouse for generations. Fermented in stainless steel vats and left on lees with for minimum 3 months. Bottled with some residual CO2 pressure to give it the characteristic spritz. Crisp and delicate with hints of wild strawberry, lime and salty freshness, complimented by a delicate spritz. The perfect summer drink.

Country: Spain

Region: Getariako Txakolina

Grapes:  Hondarrubi Zuri, Hondarrubi Beltza

ABV: 11%

Notes of  bay leaf, citrus zest, and grapefruit on the nose followed by a gentle, textural palate with bright citrus acidity and green apple.

Country: Chile

Region: Wine of Chile

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV:12.5%

Food Match: Shellfish and seafood dishes

Classic Merlot nose of ripe dark plum and leafy notes, following through on the palate with rich, fleshy fruit, earthy notes and dark spice.

Country: Chile

Region: Wine of Chile

Grapes: Merlot

ABV:14%

A full bodied Dolcetto with wild berries, cherries and a hint of violet.

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Grapes: Dolcetto

ABV: 13.5 %

Food Match: Will be perfect with any tomato based pasta dishes or aubergine parmigiana.