Pudding Wines

Liquid golden honey in a tiny bottle - a very special, hard to make wine.

Country: Canada

Region: Niagra Peninsula

Grapes: Vidal

ABV: 9.5%

Light, delicately perfumed and sweet with soft bubbles.

 Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont, Asti

Grapes: Moscato

ABV: 6%

A very attractive honeyed nose, with lifted yellow fruits and more golden tropical elements such as mango, guava and pineapple. It has a particularly tropical character and a very fresh feel on the palate, with steely minerality and a zippy background acidity giving invigorating tartness to keep the wine luscious and buoyant. The rounded, approachable finish has good length.

Country: France

Region: Loire Valley

Grapes: Chenin Blanc

ABV: 12%

VEGAN

Food Match: Rich starters like foie gras or sweetbreads and will see you through to dessert or cheese.

A great way to discover Sauternes-like sweet wines. Wonderful aromas of melon, peach and honey. The palate is well balanced, very generous with a lot of exotic fruits and apricot. The finish is as long as with a good Sauternes. Awesome value sweet white!

Country: France

Region: Cadillac, Bordeaux

Grapes: 95% Semillon, 5% Muscadelle

ABV: 13%

Complex and rich with quince jelly, dried apricot and marmalade aromas and flavours.

Country: Hungary

Region: Tokaji

Grapes:  Furmint, Hàrslevelü and Muskotály 

ABV: 11%

The sweet wine of Valpolicella - red nectar in a bottle.

Deliciously decadent dessert wine with rich winter red berry flavours, notes of chocolate, spiced prunes and Christmas cake. Delicious.

Country: Italy

Region: Valpolicella

ABV:12.5%

Grapes: Corvina 60%, Corvinone 15%, Rondinella 15%, others 10%.

An alternative vanilla ice cream sauce! Super-sweet, raisined goodness, we love this stuff....

Country: Spain

Region: Jerez

Grapes: Pedro Ximenez

ABV: 15%

This rare, complex and multi-layered dessert wine exudes aromas of honey, orange blossom and fruitcake. The palate has intense flavours of sultanas, ripe candied citrus peel and sweet mandarins.

Country: South Africa

Region: Breedekloof

Grapes: Hanepoort (Muscat d'Alexandrie)

ABV: 16.5%

Daschbosh Wine

The Hanepoot grapes for this wine are from timeworn, gnarly vines which bear a meagre yield, the vines are over 120 years old (South Africa only started recording vine age from 1900). Small bunches of concentrated and perfumed Muscat d'Alexandrie fruit are hand harvested, the juice fortified with a pure spirit.

Heavenly sweet treat from the steep banks of the Danube!

Country: Austria

Region: Wachau

Grapes: Riesling,Pinot Blanc, Gelber Muskateller

ABV: 10.5%

Gorgeous, sweet wine with loads of citrus aromas like tangerine, hints of tropical fruit and notes of honeysuckle. On the palate an explosion of kumquat citrus, great concentration and balance. This wine does not leave a cloying sweetness but finishes off with a fresh citrus zest. Enjoy now or age with much complexity for the next 8 to 10 years. 

Country: South Africa

Region: Western Cape

Grapes: 50% Weisser Riesling 50% Viognier

ABV: 13%

Vegan Friendly

Lively, lush, late harvest wine, the natural sugar concentration is balanced by refreshing acidity. Floral, fruity intense aromas, a touch of minerality and fresh fruity lingering finish. 

Country: Hungary

Region: Tokaji

Vegan/Vegetarian

Grapes:  100% Furmint

ABV: 12%

Food Match: Perfect with creamy blue cheese

The Szent Tamás winery was founded by two Hungarian businessmen and the son of Hungary's most famous and influential producers- Istevan Szepsy. They firmly believe the village of MÁD in the remote Tokaj region of Hungary is one of the great wine producing areas of the world. Working with vineyards that were shaped by several volcanic eruptions millions of years ago, their goal is to ensure that the once world renowned Tokaj Crus of MÁD would capture wine world`s attention again. Currently are working with 15 hectares of old vines in 9 different Crus, the MÁD Dry Furmint was created to be a benchmark representation of the village of MÁD through the collaborative work of the Szent Tamás winery and an ever growing number of small landowners.

Liquid gold! Absolutely stunning sweet wine...Apricots, caramel, very complex and special.

Country: Italy

Region: Pantelleria, Sicily

Grapes: Zibibbo

ABV: 14.5%

Pantelleria is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast.

Abundant bubbles of medium size forming crown. Pale yellow colour with green reflections.

On the nose fresh, clean and pleasant with good aromatic intensity, mainly primary aromas of fruit and floral.

Sweet on the mouth however well balanced with the acidity.

Country: Spain

Region: Catalonia

Grapes: Vuira, Parellada, Xarello

ABV: 12.5%

Devine treat of a wine! Astonishingly complex and layered - a must for pudding wine fans.

Country: France

Region: Monbazillac

Grapes: Sémillon, Sauvignon blanc and Muscadelle

ABV: 12%

Organic

Amaaaaaazing sweet wine from one of New Zealand's top producers. Rich, concentrated botrytis Sauvignon from heaven...

Country: New Zealand

Region: North Canterbury

ABV: 13%

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

This wine is luxuriously sweet and divinely tempting. Layers of coffee, After-Eight chocolates, black berries and prunes dominate but they are beautifully balanced with a firm structure of acid and fine grained tannins.

Country: USA

Region: Lodi

ABV: 14%

Grapes:  Mourvèdre

 Food Match: It is a wonderful accompaniment to rich chocolatey desserts like chocolate mousse, brie with mango chutney, or salted caramel chocolate squares.

Vergelegen’s special dessert wine made from the Sémillon grape grown in Vergelegen’s Korhaan and Niel-Suid vineyards. This wine is only produced in certain years. Abundant ripe, tropical fruits on the nose and a marvellous acidity and freshness on the palate.

Country: South Africa

Region: Stellenbosch

Grapes: Semillon

ABV: 12%