750 mL
750 mL
Château Moncontour Vouvray Brut
French Sparkling
Fine bubbles accompany white-fruit and floral scents. The palate is lively and powerful, with apricot and a rich, harmonious character. This white sparkling wine is made entirely from Chenin in Vouvray using the traditional method. The cuvée comes from a family estate in the Loire Valley. The wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol and 6.6 grams per litre of residual sugar.
Weingut Beurer 2022 Trollinger Trocken
German Red
Trollinger grows on Bunter Mergel and Kieselsandstein soils below the Pulvermacher vineyard. The old vines cover 1.2 hectares on a steep, south-facing slope. Most clusters are destemmed and given a cold maceration. After several days, some juice is bled for rosé and the remainder is warmed for fermentation. The wine receives a short élevage before bottling with minimal sulphur. The finished red is lighter-bodied and unoaked.
Viña Costeira 2023 Tamborá Godello Ribeiro
Spanish White
Greenish yellow with golden reflections, showing white fruit, apple, pear, floral and botanical notes over a mineral background. The palate is balanced, broad and unctuous, with a glyceric, persistent finish and a herbal aftertaste. Godello is hand harvested in eighteen-kilogram boxes in San Cibrao. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel at eighteen degrees, followed by four to six months on lees and maturation in tank. The sandy, granite-origin soils contain schist.
Julien Pineau 2021 Parce Que
French Red
Black cherry, cassis, nuts and cassis-jam character are present. Tannins are also present, with astringency in the finish. Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cabernet Sauvignon are macerated separately before fermentation and maturation. The organically farmed fruit comes from several French growers. Sulphur totals fifteen milligrams per litre, alcohol is thirteen percent, and the wine is classified as a French red.
Castell’In Villa 2022 Gazzarina Toscana
Italian Red
This pure Sangiovese red is slender and tonic, with youthful fruit and freshness. The grapes receive a short maceration to preserve their lively character, and the wine can be served lightly chilled at thirteen to fourteen degrees. It comes from Tuscany under the Toscana IGT designation, contains 13.5 percent alcohol, and is bottled as a still red wine.
Adriano Marco e Vittorio 2021 Lice Freisa Langhe
Italian Red
Cherry, strawberry, raspberry and rose meet a fresh, vinous character. The palate has moderate body, present tannins and an easy flow. Freisa comes from the family's first planting of the variety, a parcel once belonging to an uncle named Felice. Fermentation is spontaneous in stainless steel, with no wood used. The wine is classified as organic and matures in steel and bottle.
Tenute RaDe 2018 Derthona Timorasso Colli Tortonesi
Italian White
Pale yellow with golden highlights, showing dried fruit, honey and walnut. The palate is full-bodied, savoury and persistent. Timorasso grows on sandy soils in the Colli Tortonesi. Hand-harvested grapes are cold macerated and gently pressed, followed by static clarification and slow low-temperature fermentation. The wine remains on fine lees for six months with regular bâtonnage, then ages a further six months in bottle.
Tantalus 2024 Riesling
Canadian White
Mandarin, apple, pink grapefruit, citrus pith and wet stone are present. Riesling comes from Grimsby Hillside and Picone Vineyard in Ontario, where both sites are planted to clone 21B. Whole-bunch-pressed juice settled for two days, was refrigerated, and travelled to British Columbia. The final blend contains just under fifteen grams per litre of residual sugar and has tension.
Kir-Yianni 2023 Malagousia Single Block Bara
Greek White
Lemon-green in colour, with orange blossom, jasmine, white peach, pear and quince. Crispness meets a rich mouthfeel and a long finish. Malagousia comes from Block 11 at Samaropetra, on a ten-percent northwest-facing slope at 720 metres. The grapes are hand harvested, selected, given skin contact and fermented in stainless steel, with gentle lees stirring during the final six months.
Rigour & Whimsy 2023 Bite of the Dragon Riesling
Canadian White
Certified-organic Riesling comes from the Sekhon family vineyard in Osoyoos, British Columbia. Whole clusters are direct pressed, and the juice settles before being racked to older barrels. Fermentation and ageing take place on full solids, after which the wine returns to stainless steel for bottling. The finished white wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol by volume.
Soalheiro 2024 Alvarinho
Portuguese White
Citrus and concentrated tropical fruit meet floral character and mineral notes. The palate is dry, medium-bodied, textured and fresh, with a dense finish. Alvarinho is hand harvested from granite soils in Vinho Verde. Production includes pressing, forty-eight hours of cold settling and two months of stainless-steel fermentation at eighteen degrees. The wine also receives bâtonnage.
Viña Marty 2023 Goutte d’Argent Pinot Noir
Chilean Red
Fresh red cherry, strawberry, cassis and blueberry meet rose, granite and leather. The palate is fresh, light and mineral, with juicy fruit, fine tannins and a persistent finish. Pinot Noir comes from the Leyda Valley. Fermentation uses Japanese sake yeast at low temperature in stainless steel, followed by thirty days on the lees with weekly stirring. The wine is sustainably farmed.
Franz Strohmeier 2019 TLZ Rot No. 10
Austrian Red
Ripe small red fruit and blueberry meet smoky character. The palate is smooth and delicate, with fine tannins. Fruit comes from twenty-eight-year-old vines rooted in gneiss and rocky soils. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, with five weeks of skin contact before pressing. The wine matures for twenty months in wooden barrels and is bottled without added sulphur.
Château de Saint Cosme 2024 Côtes du Rhône
French Red
Intense white pepper, ripe black cherry and wild herbs shape a perfumed profile, joined by peppery red and black fruit, spice and mineral character. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, focused and balanced, with a savory aftertaste. This red wine is made entirely from Syrah grown in the southern Rhône, and it carries the Côtes du Rhône appellation.
Izadi 2021 Rioja Blanco
Spanish White
Straw yellow with bright green hues, the wine combines dried apple, lemon, stone and honeysuckle. The medium-bodied palate is firm and fresh, with chalk undertones and a flavorful finish. Viura, Malvasía, Garnacha Blanca, Tempranillo Blanco, Maturana Blanca and Turruntés form the blend. Fruit is harvested by hand, and the wine matures for six months in barrel.
Domaine Maby 2021 La Fermade Blanc Lirac
French White
Bright light-yellow with green reflections, the wine combines yellow plum, spring flowers and a chalky note. The palate is silky, rounded and clean, with lively freshness. The blend is forty percent Clairette, thirty-five percent Grenache Blanc and twenty-five percent Picpoul. Vines average thirty-nine years old. Fermentation lasts five weeks in tank, and maturation takes place in stainless steel.
Natte Valleij 2021 Coastal Cinsault
South African Red
Earthy wild strawberry, red fruit and dusty rose meet floral, potpourri and spicy freshness. The palate is medium-bodied and fleshy, with mineral tension and a soft finish. Cinsault comes from five dryland bush-vine parcels ranging from fourteen to fifty years old. The wine is wild fermented, matured in concrete eggs and foudres, bottled unfiltered and classified as vegan.
Bella 2018 King Vineyards Chardonnay Ancestrale
Canadian Sparkling
Chardonnay comes from King Family Farms in Penticton. The ancestral method uses a single fermentation: the wine is bottled while still fermenting and finishes that fermentation in bottle. Grapes are destemmed and basket pressed, with two rackings before hand riddling and hand disgorgement. No dosage is added. The vineyard was farmed conventionally for this release.
Tantalus 2023 Old Vines Riesling
Canadian White
Broken stone, wild herbs, earthy grass and eraser notes meet lime leaf, lime pith, green apple, verbena and pear. The palate is medium-bodied, with nervy acidity and a brisk, grippy finish. Riesling comes from an established two-acre block on deep silty soil. The fruit is sustainably farmed, cropped low and cellared for two years before release.
Quinta do Vale Meão 2021 Meandro Branco
Portuguese White
Very pale yellow-green with silver reflections, the wine combines meadow herbs, white apple, pear, mango and lime zest. Ripe stone fruit and fine acidity meet a mineral-salty finish. Rabigato and Arinto form the blend. The wine is dry and matures on its lees in stainless steel without oak. Its profile is crisp and textured, with basil also present.
Poppy 2018 Monterey County Pinot Noir
American Red
Red fruit brightens the palate, joined by raspberry and spice, while toasted French oak appears in the aromas. The texture is soft and silky through the middle, supported by proper acidity. A juicy fruit impression remains through the finish. Pinot Noir comes from Monterey on California's Central Coast, and the dry red carries 13.85 percent alcohol.
Domaine Wilfried 2019 L’Affable Côtes du Rhône
French Red
The blend brings together Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache Noir and Syrah. Grapes at the estate are harvested by hand and sorted, while fermentation uses native yeasts without oenological additions. Maturation takes place mainly in concrete vats. Depending on the release and cuvée, a light sulphur addition may follow malolactic fermentation or precede bottling. The vineyards are organically certified.
Rigour & Whimsy 2018 Gamay Noir
Canadian Red
Whole-cluster Gamay Noir ferments for three weeks, with punch-downs increasing through the fermentation. After pressing, the wine spends eight months in neutral puncheon and barrique. Hibiscus, Spartan apple, ripe blackberry, roasted peanut and pink peppercorn form the profile. Fruit comes from a single vineyard in West Kelowna. The release carries 10 percent alcohol, with pH 3.35 and total acidity of 7.25 grams per litre.
Las Moradas de San Martín 2017 Senda
Spanish Red
Cherry, plum and floral notes meet scrubland and mineral character, with granite detail and a long finish. The wine is made entirely from Garnacha. Selected fruit is harvested by hand, destemmed and fermented spontaneously in separate parcels before spending ten months in French oak. The vineyards range from forty to eighty-five years old, and the release is certified organic.
Ursa Major 2019 Entropy Is Comforting Syrah
Canadian Red
Syrah from Sage Brush Vineyard on the Black Sage Bench is blended with five percent Cabernet Franc. Wild fermentation is used, and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration. Fresh red and black fruit appear alongside subtle spice and dried herbs. The vineyard lies in the Okanagan Valley, and the release was produced in a small lot.
A Sunday in August 2022 Peachland Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Brambly raspberry and strawberry meet bright acidity and balanced tannins in this organically farmed Pinot Noir. The fruit comes from a single vineyard in Peachland, British Columbia. Natural fermentation follows fourteen days of semi-carbonic maceration, with a short élevage in neutral oak. Bottling is unfined and unfiltered with thirty parts per million of sulphur. Production totalled 250 cases, at 13.4 percent alcohol.
Orsi Vigneto San Vito Posca Rossa NV
Italian Red
Drawn from a long-running perpetual vat, the red version is topped up almost monthly with younger wine, bringing several harvests together. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is neither clarified nor filtered. The vineyards are cultivated biodynamically. The cuvée is continually evolving and is intended as a daily wine. The bottle uses a glass closure with a separate sealing ring.
Keenan Winery 2019 Syrah Napa Valley
American Red
Grown in Coombsville, Syrah is picked late in the season and whole-berry fermented in small half-ton boxes. Seventeen months in French and American oak follow fermentation. Black cherry, blackberry and floral notes accompany a soft texture and firm structure. The wine is dry, made entirely from Syrah, carries 14.5 percent alcohol and was produced in a lot of 492 cases.
Redstone Winery 2019 Limestone Vineyard Chardonnay
Canadian White
Bright straw in colour, the wine shows toast, spice, apple, peach and lemon with a thread of minerality. It is medium-bodied and dry, with integrated oak and good length. Chardonnay comes from Limestone Vineyard in the Twenty Mile Bench. The wine carries thirteen percent alcohol, one gram per litre of residual sugar and was produced in a one-hundred-case lot.
La Miraja 2021 Grignolino d’Asti DOC
Italian Red
Light in colour, the wine combines raspberry, dried cranberry and cherry with baking spice, forest-floor and mushroom notes. Its fruit concentration sits within a savoury profile. Grignolino's numerous seeds give the variety pronounced tannin. This bottling also has an acidic backbone, a tannic finish and 12.5 percent alcohol. The winemaker recommends serving it chilled, in the manner of a white wine.