Selection
Selection
Spier 2019 21 Gables Chenin Blanc
South African White
Dry-farmed Chenin vines grow in decomposed Malmesbury shale on the Tygerberg hills, fifteen kilometres from the ocean. Six hours of skin contact and overnight settling precede fermentation in French oak vessels of several sizes. The wine remains on its lees in barrel for fourteen months. White peach, pear, toasted almond and wood spice accompany a creamy palate and white-grapefruit acidity.
Giramundo 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon
Argentinian Red
Blackberry, dark cherry and cassis accompany mint leaf, black pepper and cocoa nib. Concentrated black fruit appears with dark chocolate, vanilla and a herbaceous note. The finish is firm and lingering, with smooth tannins, mint and dark fruit. The grapes come from Eugenio Bustos in Mendoza's Uco Valley, and the wine is made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon.
Lornano 2021 Chianti Classico
Italian Red
Tangerine peel and citrus blossom accompany cherry, strawberry, graphite, pencil shavings and pepper. Cherry returns on the palate with peppery earthiness, warming acidity and firm, taut tannins. The wine is made from Sangiovese. Temperature-controlled fermentation takes place in stainless steel with fifteen to eighteen days on skins, followed by malolactic fermentation in French oak and twelve months of oak maturation.
Okanagan Crush Pad 2020 Free Form Riesling
Canadian White
Organic Riesling from Garnet Valley Ranch is whole-bunch pressed and fermented in stainless steel with natural yeast. Granny Smith apple, tropical citrus and mandarin pith appear in a delicate, refreshing profile. A creamsicle texture accompanies fine Okanagan tension and length. The wine is identified as natural, with no added sulphites and less than ten milligrams per litre of total sulphites.
Chateau d’Aydie 2009 Madiran
French Red
Deep ruby colour accompanies black fruit, coffee, graphite and dark chocolate. The palate is rich and weighty, with black plum, juicy acidity, silky tannins and precise oak. Tannat comes from three clay-based soil types, including limestone, gravel and rounded stones. The fruit is harvested by hand, followed by a five-day cold maceration and twenty to twenty-five days of skin contact.
Andréa Calek 2025 Blonde
French White
This Vin de France white is made entirely from Chardonnay. The grapes are pressed directly and begin spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, with no sulphur added. Alcohol is 12.5%. Andréa Calek works in Valvignières, a dry village in Ardèche, after experience with Dominique Hauvette and Gérald Oustric. His approach combines disciplined farming with low-intervention cellar work, and he makes the wines himself.
Esporão 2020 Colheita Branco
Portuguese White
Antão Vaz, Viosinho and Alvarinho are grown in an organically certified vineyard on clay-loam soils derived from schist. Part of the wine ferments in concrete tulip tanks before four months on fine lees. Straw colour with green tones introduces citrus, orange blossom, grapefruit and papaya. The palate is balanced and vibrant, with an intense body and a persistent finish.
Château Laurence 2016 Petite Laurence Bordeaux Supérieur
French Red
Merlot grows on clay and calcareous highlands for this Bordeaux Supérieur. Temperature-controlled fermentation takes place in stainless steel, followed by sixteen months in French oak. Coffee, oak, blackberry jam, plum and tobacco appear in the profile. The palate is fruity, fresh and silky, with blackberry, strawberry and plum held by fine tannins. The estate identifies its farming as sustainable.
Le Nuvole 2016 Iànghë
Italian White
Malvasia del Vulture and Moscato di Rapolla are vinified separately for this white from Basilicata. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in concrete before the wine rests in bottle. Straw colour introduces broom flowers, fruit and herbs, with beeswax, apricot and rosemary. The profile includes fresh acidity, salinity and length. The natural blend contains eighty-five percent Malvasia and fifteen percent Moscato.
Colombera & Garella 2020 Cascina Cottignano Bramaterra
Italian Red
Nebbiolo forms eighty percent of the blend, with Croatina and Vespolina at ten percent each. The Cottignano parcel lies at 350 metres in Masserano, on acidic volcanic porphyritic sand. The organically farmed vines are twenty to fifty years old. Native-yeast fermentation follows destemming and soft crushing, with up to forty days on skins. The blend rests six months in concrete, then two years in an older large oak cask.
BLANKbottle 2016 Nothing to Declare
South African White
Marsanne, Fernão Pires, Viura, Clairette Blanche, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris and Viognier come from across the Western Cape. Herbal and anise notes accompany quince, Sicilian lemon, pear, peach blossom and apricot. Moderate acidity keeps the wine fresh, while an oily texture and fynbos scent shape the 13.5% palate. The cuvée pays tribute to vine smugglers who worked around restrictions to make wines from the grapes they wanted.
Tenuta delle Terre Nere 2022 Etna Rosso
Italian Red
Pale red in colour, with tart cranberry and cherry fruit. The palate is supple, light and juicy, with little tannin and a slightly bitter almond finish. Nerello Mascalese forms most of the blend, with a small share of Nerello Cappuccio. The vines grow on volcanic soils between Castiglione di Sicilia and Randazzo, and the wine matures in oak for about one year.
Finca Decero 2023 Mini Ediciones Petit Verdot
Argentinian Red
Petit Verdot from the Remolinos Vineyard in Agrelo carries Middle Eastern spice, blueberry, herbs, cassis and blackberry. The palate is dense, with forceful acidity and a warm finish. This highly limited parcel shows the variety in pure form, from vines originally planted to enrich the estate's icon blend. The red wine has 14.5% alcohol and comes in a 750-millilitre bottle.
Calcarius 2019 Hellen Bianco
Italian White
Falanghina grows on white Kimmeridgian limestone soils in the Gargano area of Puglia. The grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed and fermented spontaneously in stainless steel, then mature for six months in tank. Bottling is unfined and unfiltered, with a small sulphur addition. The profile is saline, with ripe cedar, chalk, citrus bitterness and a honeyed finish. Alcohol is 11%.
Narrative Fortified
Canadian Fortified
Merlot and Syrah are fermented in concrete, then fortified mid-ferment with grape spirit distilled on site. The wine spends at least two years in neutral oak before bottling. Pepper, sweet black cherry and chocolate sit within a lightly creamy texture and smooth finish. It can be served slightly chilled or at room temperature, with toasted almonds or fruitcake.
Faustino Rivero Ulecia 2025 Bierzo Godello
Spanish White
Clean, bright lemon-yellow colour carries golden highlights. Lime, floral notes and a herbaceous background accompany a fresh palate with good volume and a citrus finish. Godello grows in alluvial soils that combine clay, sand and pebbles. The wine spends three months on its lees without oak and contains 13% alcohol. This young white comes from Bierzo in northwestern Spain.
Domaine Duseigneur 2023 Sakura
French Red
Deep purple colour introduces black and red fruit, cherry, pepper, sweet spice, floral and herbal notes. The palate is round, velvety and fruit-forward, with a fresh, juicy character. A lightly bitter finish carries vegetal and dark-fruit nuances. This Vin de France red was produced as a low-sulphur natural wine and carries organic and biodynamic classifications.
Peltier-Ravineau 2025 Balle dans le Pied Rouge
French Red
Gamay and Côt make this Vin de France red from the Loire Valley. After two years focused on farming, the growers began bottling their own wines from their project in Valaire. Their domaine covers five hectares, while some cuvées also use purchased fruit. Cellar vessels include fibreglass, old barrels and truncated wooden tanks, and pressing is handled with a vintage Vaslin press.
Peltier-Ravineau 2025 Balle dans le Pied Blanc
French White
Sauvignon makes this fresh, organically certified Vin de France white. After two years focused on farming, the two growers began bottling their own wines, having studied viticulture and oenology in Beaune and gained experience with local and Burgundian mentors. Their five-hectare project is based in Valaire, near Cheverny, and works with limestone and flint soils. Cellar vessels include fibreglass, old barrels and truncated wooden tanks.
Domaine de Noiré 2024 Soif de Tendresse Chinon
French Red
Cabernet Franc from 25- to 30-year-old vines grows on clay-siliceous plateaus. The organically certified fruit is hand harvested after grass cover, debudding and early leaf removal. A 48-hour cold maceration precedes five days of alcoholic fermentation at 20–22°C. Dark ruby colour and fresh red fruit accompany a tender, round and pulpy profile, with discreet tannins and a fresh finish.
Anthony Buchanan 2025 Blaufränkisch
Canadian Red
Blaufränkisch was destemmed without crushing and fermented with ambient yeast, with two punch-downs each day. Fourteen days on skins preceded draining and pressing. After settling overnight, the wine moved to a mix of third-fill French and neutral oak barrels. Natural malolactic fermentation and five and a half months on lees came before unfined, unfiltered bottling. The result is bright and fruit-forward, with some tannin.
Scout Vineyard 2024 Picone Vineyard Riesling
Canadian White
Riesling comes from Picone Vineyard atop the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario's Vinemount Ridge. Oneida clay and clay loam sit over dolomitic and argillaceous limestone. The juice cold settled during transport, then fermented naturally in old neutral barrels and aged in neutral barrel. Orchard fruit includes apple, pear and peach, with spice and a leaner texture. Bottling was unfined and unfiltered, with 12.7% alcohol.
Manos Negras 2021 Stone Soil Select Malbec
Argentinian Red
Malbec comes from selected stony parcels in Altamira, southern Uco Valley, at about 4,000 feet. Sandy, silty and stony patches occur within the vineyard, while the rockier sections have abundant surface stones and rounded rocks coated with calcium carbonate. The profile includes deep violet-red colour, black fruit, mineral notes, freshness, fruit, acidity and balance. Twelve months in French oak includes twenty percent new barrels.
Ursa Major 2025 This Cowboy Ain’t Leavin’ Gamay Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Gamay from nine-year-old vines grows in sandy loam and glacial gravel just outside Naramata. The southwest-facing slope was farmed by hand. Whole clusters were pressed directly into stainless steel for fermentation, then moved to neutral barrel with a 25 ppm sulphur addition. Eight months on gross lees preceded bottling without fining or filtration. Alcohol is 11.8%.
Maria Rigol Ordi 2019 Reserva Brut Nature Cava
Spanish Sparkling
Ripe peach, green apple and lemon peel appear with toasted nuts, butter, bread dough and vanilla. Persistent flavours continue through the finish. Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel·lo form the blend. Traditional-method production includes a second fermentation in bottle and at least twenty-four months of bottle ageing, with no sugar added after disgorgement. The wine contains 11.5% alcohol.
Intellego 2021 Kedungu
South African Red
Hand-harvested Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Syrah and Pinotage were fermented separately, mostly under carbonic conditions, with some open-top semi-carbonic treatment. After eight days, the lots were pressed into neutral French barrels, aged for ten months, blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition. Red and black berries, wild herbs, earth and black pepper appear with tart-fruit acidity and a long finish.
Hic et Nunc 2018 Altromondo Grignolino
Italian Red
Light cherry-red colour accompanies fruit, floral and spice notes, with peppery and balsamic tones. Freshness, tannin and acidity are present alongside a savoury, juicy palate. Grignolino from a marl-soiled hill with southern exposure at nearly 300 metres spent eight months in stainless steel. Six thousand bottles were produced in Piedmont, and the winery is located in Vignale Monferrato.
Ken Forrester 2024 Roussanne
South African White
Hand-harvested Roussanne was fermented at cool temperature and bottled early to preserve fresh fruit. Quince and pear-drop aromas appear with green apple and grapefruit. The wine carries 13.5% alcohol, 5.5 grams per litre total acidity and 1.9 grams per litre residual sugar. This still white comes from Stellenbosch in South Africa's Western Cape and is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Sage Hills 2020 Ancestral Method Pinot Gris
Canadian Sparkling
Estate-grown Pinot Gris comes from thirteen-year-old vines in sandy clay loam. Half the fruit was whole-cluster direct pressed, while half was destemmed; fermentation took place in stainless steel. Bottled during primary fermentation, the wine spent twelve months on lees before hand disgorgement, with no dosage or added sulphites. Bright red fruit, cherry, raspberry and grapefruit appear in a dry sparkling profile.
Joseph Drouhin 2020 Saint-Véran
French White
Slow pressing excludes juice from the final pressings, and fermentation uses neither artificial yeasts nor enzymes. Ageing takes place in stainless-steel vats for six to eight months. Golden colour and green reflections accompany ripe Chardonnay, musk, white flowers and peach, with a round palate and refreshing character. The vineyards occupy Jurassic limestone at Burgundy's southern end, just north of Beaujolais.