The Dot Austrian Cherry, Zweigelt, Pfaffl Winery
In an Austrian market filled lots of unusual and little known grape varieties, The Dot, created by winemaker Roman Pfaffl Jr., was introduced in 2008 to provide a clear message: Austrian wine is simple and delicious. The Dot range of wines come from the Pfaffl Winery, who received a nomination for European Winery of the […]
Fleurie, La Reine de l’Arenite, La Madone, Cru Beaujolais
La Reine de l’Arenite, meaning ‘Queen of the Arenite’ refers to the terroir of pinky, crumbly sandstone of the La Madone vineyards, rated as one of the best vineyards in Fleurie. At up to 450m altitude and with soils still untouched by phylloxera, goblet trained vines on the east and south east facing vineyards lie […]
Talo, Malvasia Nera, San Marzano
Talo is the surname of one of the winegrowers that has supplied San Marzano for many years. San Marzano recognises the contribution their producers make, with whom they work closely to achieve the best from their land. The vineyard is located in Salento, Puglia at approximately 100 metres above sea level. The site benefits from […]
Lambrusco, Concerto, Sparkling Red
The Medici winery has been producing a top-of-the-range Lambrusco for over a century. It all began with Remigio Medici, who founded a wine cellar in the late 19th century, with the aim of making the most of the family vineyards, which are located between the Via Emilia and the hills of the Enza Valley. Today, […]
Saperavi Solo, Tiko Estate
Re-establishing their family’s winemaking roots in Georgia, brothers Levan and Georgi Chychynadze operate and run a small winery in the Kakheti region, Eastern Georgia, about 2 hours from the country’s capital, Tbilisi. Kakheti is Georgia’s most significant winemaking region in terms of quality, quantity, and history, with evidence showing that wine has been made here […]
Bardolino, Monte del Fra
Monte del Frà (meaning ‘land of the monks’) gets its name from the late 15th century, when a group of Friars formed a monastery on the land. Some hundred years later, the friars leased 25 hectares for the cultivation of vineyards and fruit trees. You can, in fact, still see this document today in the […]
Manoir du Carra, Beaujolais Villages, Non Filtré
The Sambardier family from Manoir du Carra have been our ‘go-to’ Beaujolais producers for many years. They have 35 hectares of vineyards with the 19ha of Villages on exceptionally exposed granite slopes in the southern Beaujolais hills above Denicé, where they have been for generations. This Beaujolais Village is a blend of grapes from two […]
The Dot Austrian Plum, St. Laurent, Pffafl Winery
In an Austrian market filled lots of unusual and little known grape varieties, The Dot, created by winemaker Roman Pfaffl Jr., was introduced in 2008 to provide a clear message: Austrian wine is simple and delicious. The Dot range of wines come from the Pfaffl Winery, who received a nomination for European Winery of the […]
Domaine de Dionysos, La Devere, Côtes du Rhône
Domaine de Dionysos’ Benjamin Farjon’s ancestors can trace their arrival in this region of the southern Rhone back to 1720 when the family escaped the plague then raging in the city of Marseilles. The family roots are so firmly implanted here that they have even given the name to their little hamlet north of Uchaux […]
Pedro Ximenez, Lustau
The company Emilio Lustau was established in 1896 and was initially a small family concern until the founder’s son-in-law placed it on a business footing. The firm is perhaps best known as pioneering the Almacenista system, whereby individual dry sherries are produced from small private holdings. These are bottled under Lustas’s name but with the individual bodega’s […]
Quinta do Pôpa, Contos da Terra Tinto
Quinta do Pôpa are a family run estate, founded by José Ferreira and named in honour of his father, Francisco ‘Pôpa’ Ferreira. José (aka Zeca do Pôpa) bought vineyards in 2003. Situated on slopes in Adorigo and Tabuaço, overlooking the Douro River, these vineyards are a mix of old vines (some over 80 years old) […]
The Black Craft, Shiraz
Smalltown Vineyards express many of the Barossa’s prized districts form Gomersal, Kalimna as well as the Eden Valley and beyond. They work with exceptional vineyards simply expressed using minimal intervention, basket press where relevant, natural ferments in open top fermenters to best capture the Barossa’s magical flavours. This Shiraz is sourced from the finest available […]
