Our St Albans Shop
Our St Albans Shop
Meet The Team
Penny
Penny is the Managing Director and co-owner of Cellar Door Wines. With many years in the wine industy and a WSET Diploma she is the ultimate wine expert.
Geraldine
Geraldine is the St Albans shop Manager, assistant buyer and runs the Cellar Door Wine Club subscription service. She has WSET Level 3
Craig
Craig is our delivery driver and warehouse manager. He has WSET Level 1
Services
In store, we organise our wines by flavour profile rather than but country or grape variety. This may help you to branch out and try a wine from an unknown region or grape variety. You can also browse this way online. Click the buttons below each style to have a look. Some wines you may find in more than one category.
Reds
Fruity
This section contails the lighter red wine and wines that have red fruits as their dominant flavours such as Pinot noirs. Many of these can be slightly chilled for a refeshing red in the summer.
Silky
This section has more medium bodied reds that are elegant and supple. You will find Chianti in this section
Bold
This section contains our full bodied, meatier reds such as Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Primitivo
Whites
Crisp
These white are light, fresh and dry. This section tends to include Gavi, Sauvignon Blanc and Chablis
Aromatic
Our aromatic secontion hosts wines with floral and stone fruit charicteristics. Some are dry and other off try. You would fing Riesling and Gurvustaminer here
Rich
The wines here have been made using methods that make the wine fell richer and creamier. The wines here tend to have spent time in oak of on the lees (yeast left after fermentation) You would find oaked Chardonnay and white rioja here.
Other Wines
Rose & Orange
Our collection of rose (mosty dry Rose) is from around the world, not just Provence.
Explore orange wine
Sparkling
Not just Champagne and Prosecco, our sparkling section hosts fizz from around the world in a variety of styles.
Fortified & Dessert
Port, Sherry and other fortified wines share this section with our Dessert wine collection from Tokaji to Sauternes
Superstars
We have a Superstar section in store.
This area is made up of more exceptional wines that tend to be made with smaller volumes and from specific plots of grapes. The wines in this secton are generally £25 or more
Our Home Town
St Albans
The old Roman town of Verulamium, now St Albans, has been our home for 20 years and we love it. We have the oprtunity this year to hold our christmas tasting in its heart at the old town hall, now the St Albans Museum.
We support local businesses here both by supplying their wine and buying their produce. We also support local schools and charities with tastings and raffel prizes.
To find out more about what we think of St Albans and some of our favourite Activities in the area, click the link below to read our blog.