Tio Pepe Fino ‘En Rama’ 2015 Limited Release
By David Porter on 19/03/2015
Tio Pepe En Rama is very limited, it’s a pure, ‘un-mucked about with’ sherry that is best drunk at its freshest, perfect summer quaffing..
Red Wine
La Grande Toscana: New releases from Castello del Terriccio
By Ed H-B on 07/03/2015
“Another fabulous set of wines from Castello del Terriccio” says Antonio Galloni, and he is dead right. At our tasting at the property last year with a four year vertical of both Tassinaia and Lupicaia, the 2009s stood out for weighty seamless supple silk textures filled with the finest of tannins and the juiciest character…
New releases of Le Macchiole, including Paleo, Messorio & Scrio 2011.
By Ed H-B on 28/02/2015
New releases of Le Macchiole, including Paleo, Messorio & Scrio 2011. This year's releases from Le Macchiole are as great as the 2010s. The Paleo continues to confirm its place as the estate's signature wine. The Scrio - highly praised for the continued shift in style toward greater finesse - sold out fast last year and last year's buyers will take preference.
12 top picks from our 2013 Burgundy Offer
By Ed H-B on 02/02/2015
We have picked twelve wines – 6 white, 6 red – from our 2013 Burgundy offer. Twelve wines that excited us and excited the critics, and say something about the vintage, about us and/or about their producers.
Château des Tours Côtes du Rhône – £20 very well spent
By Andrew Hooper on 27/01/2015
65% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 15% Cinsault. It’s everything a Rhône red should be – deep, seductive berry fruit with a generous helping of spice. It manages to be both full and rich, and supple and silky.
Bernard Baudry CHINON Les Granges – it’s time to dig out the corkscrew
By Andrew Hooper on 22/01/2015
A lighter Loire red may sound like an odd wine to mention in the cold January months, but the 2013 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges fits the bill perfectly
Château Bellevue la Fôret – It’s a family affair
By Andrew Hooper on 07/01/2015
The vineyards of Fronton are in south west France, a little north of Toulouse. Château Bellevue la Fôret is 50% Negrette – a local grape variety which improbably apparently originated in Cyprus – with Syrah and both Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc.
Buon Natale! The Lea & Sandeman Italian Christmas Mixed Case
By Ed H-B on 11/12/2014
Our Italian wine list expands year by year and this 12 bottle Italian Christmas mixed case makes a perfect answer to any question Christmas might throw at you. Fizz, white, red and even a little glass of Vin Santo,
Our top Bordeaux wine selection for Christmas
By Ed H-B on 01/12/2014
This is a very limited offering of a very few of our drinking Bordeaux wines, all of which will let your guests know you are spoiling them without ruining you. Free delivery included.
Happy Thanksgiving! A selection of great thanksgiving wines for tomorrow.
By Andrew Hooper on 26/11/2014
This dinner needs wine – what dinner doesn’t? – and here’s a few suggestions.
A good turkey calls for Pinot Noir…
2012 Fuligni Ginestreto featured in The Times
By Ed H-B on 23/11/2014
Made by one of Montalcino’s top producers, at c. £20 a bottle the Ginestreto is a snip of the price of a Brunello (although relatively speaking Fuligni’s Brunellos still blow the socks off Bordeaux wines at the same price point), but still offers a beautifully balanced wine; its ripe cherry fruit and hints of tobacco leaf dressed in light satin tannins with a thirst quenching strand of acidity makes a wine suited to drinking on its own or paired with lighter dishes.