Domaine Bouscatiere 2002
The Rhone's 2002 vintage favoured this sheltered estate close to Chateauneuf. Their powerful red shows plenty of ripe, berry fruity flavours and a peppery, lingering finish.
| Sella e Mosca Terrerare 2000
We're delighted to have secured the last bottles of this "big, smooth, warm" (Italian expert Nick Belfrage) Riserva from Sardinia's premier winery that won an 'Oscar' in the 2005 edition of Italy's leading wine guide, Almanacco del Berebene. Key to ...
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Les Abeilles 2005
Andre Roux's first vintage was in 1936 and he was already a legend when we met him in the 1970s! No-one knows more about top class, fruit-rich Rhone reds than this old master. Andre personally selects the best grapes from Syrah and Grenache vines he...
| Tabali Reserve Chardonnay 2004
"For excitement head to Limari" says the Sunday Times. To the north of Santiago, between the Pacific coast and the Atacama Desert, it's a remote region carving an international reputation for its "really exciting wines" (Jancis Robinson MW) - in part...
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Bourg Lachamps Chardonnay (half bottle) 2006
West of the Rhone, well off the beaten track and in a landscape of high valleys and steep gorges nestle some excellent vineyards. It's no wonder that the wonderful wines of the Ardeche region aren't better known. Sharing the landscape with fields of...
| La Grange Saint Martin (half bottle) 2005
Taste the richness of La Grange St. Martin 2005, and you'll be glad you did. Deliciously concentrated, old-vine fruit, hand-harvested from vineyards owned by the world's greatest Chateauneuf-du-Pape estate ... "hauntingly perfect" says Robert Parker....
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Lustau Palo Cortado
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Showing the best characters of amontillado and oloroso sherry at the same time, Palo Cortado is "a highly prized rarity" (Hugh Johnson) almost always kep...
| Lustau Dry Oloroso
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Another rarity from the great house of Lustau - a rarity because most oloroso sherries are used as the base for sweet sherries. Not this one. Bottled dry...
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Lustau Dry Amontillado
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Amontillado is effectively "a well-aged fino that has developed a nutty flavour with maturity in oak" (Hugh Johnson) and this award-winning beauty has ba...
| Lustau Almacenista Manzanilla Olorosa (Cuevas Jurado)
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Manzanilla is the specialty of Sanlucar de Barrameda. Sherries matured by the sea take on a salty tang that just serves to make them even more appetizing...
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Lustau Almacenista Fino del Puerto Jose de la Cuesta
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Will Lyons of Scotland on Sunday (30/9/07) chose this sherry as part of his Top 100 Wines of the Year. Pale and straw-coloured; light, dry and tangy, wi...
| Lustau Pedro Jimenez San Emilio Solera Reserva
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine PX stands for Pedro Ximemez, the grape which, after being dried in the sun, produces the sweetest of all sherries. Traditionally used for blending though...
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Lustau Sweet Oloroso
"Lustau - the company's entire portfolio is a joy. Dive in, you can't go wrong" - WINE magazine Thanks to ageing in oak, this sweet sherry is astonishingly dark and nutty. Its mouthwatering, well balanced acidity makes it a delight on its own or wit...
| Colina de Piatra Alba Pinot Noir 2006
Haunting, elegant, silky, seductive, 'sexy' even ... just a few of the evocative words used to describe great Pinot Noir. We say the best way to understand Pinot is to get it in your biggest glass and savour every soft, succulent mouthful. Why not s...
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Farnese Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Members who've tasted Farnese's wines know how serious they are about authentic Italian quality. Their fine olive oils are made exclusively from a single pressing of hand-picked fruit grown on the estate's ancient hillside groves.
| Farnese Lemon Olive Oil 50cl
In the hilly Abruzzo, just inland from the Adriatic coast, lies the centuries-old Farnese estate - Italy's Winery of the Year. In addition to a range of highly acclaimed wines, they also produce beautifully light, cold-pressed extra virgin olive oils...
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El Bombero (Magnum) 2005
Never mind El Cid, Spain's other legend is back and this time in double-the-fun, 1.5 litre magnums! El Bombero's army of fans have waited eagerly for the 2005 vintage in large format bottles so now doubt there will now be a rush for the 'order button...
| Tsantali Cellar Reserve Five Year Old Oak Aged Mavrodaphne
Mavrodaphne is a unique sweet Greek dessert wine, lightly fortified to 18% alcohol, and much admired by Hugh Johnson. The Mavrodaphne grapes and Black Corinthian grapes are vinified separately untill approximately half their sugars have been convert...
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Cuvee du Vatican 2005
Parker loves what he calls Vatican's "powerful, rich, in-your-face style of wine" so we fully expect a rave review for this 2005. It has all the hallmark layers of brambles, redcurrants, spice and tar yet - incredibly - with even more ample body and ...
| Chateau de Beaucastel 2004
"Beaucastel, one of Chateauneuf-du-Pape's - and the world's - greatest wines." - Decanter Magazine Organically managed since 1964, Beaucastel is one of the finest and most distinguished estates in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The holistic philosophy of the ...
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