Our Picks

Adam and Liam have made some personal choices of wines that are among their own particular favourites from the shop...

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White wines

Adam 

Palliser Estate Riesling 2024 £17.50 (Martinborough, New Zealand)

(Vibrant zingy very slightly off dry Riesling, with refreshing acidity and minerality to go with the citrus notes of freshly squeezed lime and crisp apple, finishing with a mouthwatering freshness. Great with Thai or Vietnamese food.) 

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Monte del Fra Custoza Superiore Ca' del Magro 2022  £22  (Veneto, Italy)

(Consistently excellent, complex, elegant white blend from vineyards close to the shores of Lake Garda. Orchard and stone fruits, floral spice and mineral notes, a slightly oily mouthfeel from lees ageing, a pleasing freshness and a persistent finish. Perfect risotto wine )

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Gaia Estate Monograph Assyrtiko 2024 £19.95  (Nemea, Greece)

(Deliciously fresh and vibrant Assyrtiko, lighter than those from Santorini, but bursting with flavour. Bright and crisp with zesty citrus, tropical fruit and mineral notes. Great food wine)

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I Vigneri di Salvo Foti Aurora Etna Bianco 2024  £39  (Sicily, Italy)

(A stunning white from a small plot in Milo on the Eastern slopes of Etna. 90% Carricante, 10% Minella, super zesty, mouthwateringly fresh, with an almost saline minerality alongside grapefruit and tropical notes. Perfect with salty Mediterranean flavours like olives, anchovies, capers, sun dried tomatoes or just some salty focaccia bread)

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Liam

Simonsig Starting Blocks Chenin Blanc 2025 £14.50 (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

(Lovely unoaked cape Chenin with zesty citrus notes, baked apple richness and a hint of honey. Just slightly off dry, but with a fresh clean finish, this works very nicely with spicy food or shellfish.) 

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Finca Os Cobatos Godello 2023  £17.50  (Monterrei, Spain)

(Crisp and dry yet rich, textured and fruity, this is a superbly balanced Northern Spanish white made for tapas and seafood)

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Moreau Naudet Chablis Vielles Vignes Les Pargues 2022  £34.50  (Burgundy, France)

(Fabulous Chablis with more rich fruit than most, lots of concentration and waxy, leesy texture, yet still crisp and dry. The finish goes on and on) 

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Rose

Adam and Liam  

San Marzano Tramari Primitivo rose 2022 £13.95 (Puglia, Italy)

(Both of us singled this one out. Juicy, fruity rose from the Salento, with a great balance of sappy red berry fruit and fresh acidity, finishes dry and fresh)

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Red wines

Adam

San Marzano Il Pumo Salice Salentino 2023  £12.95 (Puglia, Italy)  

(One of the best value wines in the shop. Satisfyingly robust and fruity and yet dry and medium weight. Captures the Southern Italian sun in its ripe fruitiness, but has enough savoury character and lift of acidity to make it food friendly, as any good Italian wine should be) 

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Monteraponi Chianti Classico 2022 £29 (Tuscany, Italy)

(Fantastic example of Tuscan Sangiovese, from an excellent producer. Fragrant, dry and bursting with juicy cherry and raspberry fruit, anise spice, ripe tannins, earthy, savoury notes of tea leaf and a lift of fresh acidity)  

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Fuentenarro Ribera del Duero Crianza 2021  £19.95  (Ribera del Duero, Spain)

(A powerful yet elegant and complex Spanish red: lots of fruit, firm tannins, high acidity, earthy spicy notes, this is great with hearty food especially if decanted an hour or two in advance. Will also age well.)  

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Arianna Occhipinti SP68 Rosso Frappato/Nero d'Avola 2024 (Sicily, Italy)  £28

(From a dynamic winemaker in Vittoria, South East Sicily. A wonderfully vibrant, juicy and delicious red. Light, distinctive and mouthwateringly fresh. Especially good lightly chilled. The Frappato gives red berry fruits, acidity and minerality, with darker fruit and body coming from the Nero d'Avola. Organic, biodynamic, low sulphite, unoaked, this is a wine that sings of purity, varietal character and a true sense of place. Natural in the best sense of the word.) 

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Liam

Ondarre Rioja Reserva 2020 £16.95 (Spain)

(soft, rich and mellow traditional Rioja with lots of savoury smoky notes and vanilla oak to compliment the generous ripe fruit. 75% Tempranillo plus Mazuelo and Garnacha ) 

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Les Clos Perdus Corbieres Cuvee 191  2021 £21 (Languedoc, France) 

( A blend of 50% Carignan with Syrah and Grenache, this is a brambly, hearty red from Southern France, with excellent balance between fruit, fresh acidity, tannins and savoury notes. Medium to full bodied but very drinkable and not at all heavy on the palate)

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​Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Contrada Santo Spirito 2023  £48  (Sicily, Italy)

(another Sicilian wine, this time from the exciting Etna region. This is a fabulous powerful, complex, single vineyard expression of Etna, from one of the most influential  producers in the region. Fruity, smoky, spicy, rich, structured, and yet balanced and elegant)

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Sparkling

Adam

Davenport Limney Estate Sparkling 2020  £35 (Sussex, England) 

(great quality English sparkler, can give vintage Champagne a run for its money. Sophisticated, dry, fruity, biscuity, complex, lovely fine mousse, long finish) 

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Liam

Meinklang Prosa Frizzante 2022 £16.95 (Burgenland, Austria)

(fun, and delicious lightly sparkling biodynamic pet nat rose from Austria. Perfect summer fizz)

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