Domaine Chante Cigale, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rouge

Domaine Chante Cigale, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rouge

Domaine Chante Cigale is located within the village of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and has been owned and operated by the Sabon Favier family for several generations. The soils of the vineyard are made up of clay and chalk covered with a layer of the classic large peebles (‘galets’) found in this area, which naturally keep yields low. […]

Dog Point, Pinot Noir

Dogpoint Pinot Noir

Dog Point is a joint venture between James Healy and Ivan Sutherland, respectively former winemaker and vineyard manager at Cloudy Bay, started in 2003. The wines come from selected parcels of old vines, and are made with a minimalist approach, including fermentation by natural yeasts. This Pinot Noir spends time in a mixture of new […]

Macia Batle Reserva Privada 2017

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Macía Batle is the oldest bodega in Mallorca producing its flagship wine from winemaker Eva Garcia Ahveninen. Mallorca’s second largest producer, Macía Batle is also responsible for some of the island’s most interesting and rewarding wines. They have 50 hectares of estate vineyards, where they source local varieties, supplemented by a little Cabernet and Chardonnay. […]

Le Corti Cortevecchia, Chianti Classico Riserva, Corsini

Cortevecchia, Chianti Classico Riserva, Corsini

Only a few kilometers from “the silvery walls of Florence”, Villa Le Corti embodies Chianti Classico. It is a perfect example of hillside landscape and history, there having been vineyards here since 1427. Chianti Classico Riserva Cortevecchia is the most polished expression of the territory, where the Sangiovese grape benefit from a long aging in […]

Valdaya, Ribera del Duero

Valdaya, Ribera del Duero

Bodega Valdaya was set up by Elena and Joaquin Gonzalez as a small family business and is now run by their daughter Miriam. The vision for the winery changed dramatically under her management and in 2013 they took on two young winemakers, Marta Ramas and Miguel Fisac, who have brought the wines into a different […]

Margaux de Brane 2020, Bordeaux

Margaux de Brane

Château Brane-Cantenac stands proudly at the heart of the distinguished Margaux appellation. Renowned for producing wines of remarkable elegance and finesse, this 75-hectare estate is an emblem of quality and excellence in the world of fine wine. For the past four generations the Lurton family has been at the helm of the property. The vineyards […]

Amarone della Valpolicella, Classico, Giuseppi Campagnola

Amarone della Valpolicella, Giuseppi Campagnola

The Giuseppe Campagnola winery has its heart in Marano di Valpolicella, where it produces and vinifies the grapes, both from suitable land owned and from historical suppliers. Since 1907, five generations have been enamoured of land, vineyards and grapes. The family has always worked together. Fathers, mothers, children, grandchildren bring the love for the family […]

Kanonkop Estate Pinotage

Kanonkop Pinotage

Kanonkop is a 4th generation family-owned wine estate, which has been handed down from generation to generation and is now in the hands of brothers Paul and Johann Krige. The name Kanonkop is derived from a hillock (kop) on the Simonsberg mountain above the wine estate from where, during the 17th and 18th centuries, a […]

Pasionado Cabernet Franc, Andeluna

PASIONADO CABERNET FRANC ANDELUNA

Founded in 2003, Andeluna produces premium mountain wines from their 70-hectare vineyard situated at an elevation of 1,300 metres in the rocky terroir of Gualtallary, Tupungato in the Uco Valley, Mendoza. The vineyard is managed using sustainable practices and in 2015 the entire vineyard was soil mapped with cultivation methods adapted accordingly. Since 2020, the […]

Domaine Joseph Roty, Bourgogne Rouge, Cuvée de Pressonnier

Pressonnier

Joseph Roty is one of the smaller domaines in Burgundy, but one with a solid fanbase. It boasts one of the largest concentrations of old vines in the region, averaging 65 years. Cuvée de Pressonnier is produced from a selection of these old vines, the majority of which were historically classified as Gevrey-Chambertin (until the […]

Château Musar

Château Musar, 2015

Knowing about Chateau Musar takes more than a sip or a glassful, however fascinating the taste of that wine might prove to be. To know Chateau Musar takes an understanding of terroir, of natural winemaking, of human nature and of history. All of these factors have a powerful influence over the way the wine appears in […]