Château des Antonins, Bordeaux Supérieur
Located southeast of Bordeaux, Château des Antonins is a family-run estate steeped in history. The estate, built in the 13th century, owes its name to the ‘Antonins’ monks who lived there for 500 years. A large part still survives today, including a toll bridge, chapel, monastery and various windmills. In the late 19th century the […]
Rippa Dorii, Roble, Ribera del Duero
Rippa Dorii is an Ontañón Family project, producing wines from two of Spain’s most important wine regions that run alongside the River Duero – Ribera del Duero and Rueda. The name Rippa Dorii is the latin form of ‘Ribera del Duero’ – inspiration for the name and label came from the nearby 13th century chapel […]
Hesketh, Unfinished Business, Pinot Noir
The Hesketh Wine Company is a small, family owned producer of high quality, yet accessible wines. They work with specially selected growers and produce wines like any traditional winery. But rather than attempt to be all things to all people from one region, their approach is to remain focused on the individual strengths of different […]
Mandrarossa, Merlot
The Mandrarossa wines hail from a selection of the best sites within Cantine Settesoli’s 6,000 hectares of vineyard in southwestern Sicily, planted with 32 grape varieties. The vineyards are split between the cooperative’s 2,000 members and cover the area around Selinunte, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a Greek town founded 2,600 years ago. Cantine Settesoli […]
Circle of Life Red, Waterkloof
Circle of Life Red is neither defined by grape varietals, nor indeed a specific block within the vineyard, but instead encapsulates the myriad soils, aspects, altitudes and grape varieties found on this windswept, biodynamic farm. Grapes are hand-harvested and brought to the cellar by horses for hand-sorting. No fining, just a light filtration. No additions […]
Kuki, Pinot Noir
Kuki produces wines from the Marlborough region of New Zealand’s South Island and demonstrates why wines from this area are so popular. Sunny, dry days and cool nights provide a long growing season which helps give the wines their vibrant flavours. The Pinot Noir grapes are picked and cooled overnight in the winery prior to partial […]
Herdade do Peso, Trinca Bolotas
This Portuguese star was awarded a coveted Platinum medal at last year’s Decanter World Wine Awards. Hailed for its polish, suaveness and character, this comes from the warm south of Portugal and blends local alicante bouschet (which brings intense colour with a hint of spice), touriga nacional (which adds a deep purple hue and floral […]
Casa Ferreirinha, Papa Figos, Douro Tinto
Casa Ferreirinha was the first Douro producer dedicated entirely to making table wines, rather than Port. Its origins date back to 1952 when Fernando Nicolau de Almeida produced the first ever vintage of Barca-Velha and kickstarted the quality revolution in Douro table wines. Named after the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, one of the formidable widows […]
Sangiovese Toscana, Caparzo
Established in 1970, Caparzo is one of Montalcino’s historic wineries, and is amongst those that contributed to the fame of Brunello di Montalcino. Purchased by the current owner Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini in 1998 after a period of dilapidation, she was determined to grow, improve, and develop the estate back to its former glory. Investment and […]
Château Haut-Grelot, Blaye, Côtes de Bordeaux
Château Haut-Grelot has been managed by the Bonneau family for four generations now. Figure of the great wines of Bordeaux, the estate in Blaye, Côtes de Bordeaux marks the era of dynamism and innovation at the heart of a prestigious terroir to reveal the best quality of its wines. The blend is 70% Merlot, 30% […]
Mandrarossa, Frappato
The Mandrarossa wines hail from a selection of the best sites within Cantine Settesoli’s 6,000 hectares of vineyard in southwestern Sicily, planted with 32 grape varieties. The vineyards are split between the cooperative’s 2,000 members and cover the area around Selinunte, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a Greek town founded 2,600 years ago. Cantine Settesoli […]
Mourvedre Illégal, Olivier Coste
This wine comes from a small two hectare appellation, which is revered for the intense and concentrated wines it produces. However, this wine is produced from Mourvèdre, a grape variety which is not allowed under the appellation law of this tiny appellation, hence its name ‘Illégal’’, thus it is labelled as ‘Vin de France’. A […]
