Wine
Wine
Gérard Bertrand 2024 Hampton Water Rosé
French Rosé
Pale pink in colour, the wine brings together red-fruit, citrus and spice notes with minerality, freshness and intensity. Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Syrah are harvested separately. The fruit is destemmed, cooled and pressed, then fermented for fifteen to more than thirty days. A portion of the wine is handled in barrel before the final blend is assembled.
Foradori 2020 Lezèr Vigneti delle Dolomiti
Italian Red
Purple-violet in colour, the wine combines berries, plum, cherry and floral notes with a fresh, juicy and light profile. Twenty separately fermented lots are assembled, using vessels that include barrels, amphorae, stainless steel and cement. Crunchy acidity accompanies red-berry and black-fruit character. The wine is made in Trentino and carries the Vigneti delle Dolomiti designation.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2019 Le Petit Buisson
French White
Made from Sauvignon Blanc, the wine shows ripe apple, fresh herbs, citrus and flint. It is medium-bodied and refreshing, with bright acidity, a delicate texture and a long finish. Grapes are hand harvested and gently pressed. Fermentation occurs in neutral vessels with wild yeast, followed by six months on the lees in Burgundy barriques. It is bottled without fining or filtration.
A Sunday in August 2020 Pinot Blanc Pétillant Naturel
Canadian Sparkling
Organic Pinot Blanc is destemmed, then kept as whole berries for five days of semi-carbonic maceration. Fermentation begins with ambient yeast, and the wine is bottled before primary fermentation finishes. Five months on the lees precede disgorgement. No fining or filtration is used, and sulfur is limited to twenty parts per million. Tangerine-creamsicle fruit sits within a bright, structured profile.
Catherine & Pierre Breton 2017 Grolleau
French Red
Made from Grolleau, this red comes from the Loire and carries 10.4 percent alcohol. The estate’s vineyards are certified biodynamic and receive organic care without chemical treatments. Harvest is by hand. Fermentation uses indigenous yeasts, sulphur is kept to a minimum, and the wines are bottled without filtration. The release is classified as Vin de Pays du Val de Loire.
Kühling-Gillot 2018 Spätburgunder
German Red
Cherries, raspberries and plums form a bright fruit profile, joined by light peppercorn. Limestone and loess are also noted. The Pinot Noir is light to medium in body, with fine tannins marked by black tea and a firm framework. The wine is dry, carries thirteen percent alcohol and spent nineteen months in barrique. It is certified organic under the European Union standard.
Nervi 2005 Gattinara
Italian Red
Garnet colour accompanies a bouquet of marasca cherry and blueberry, with powder, fireplace and tertiary aromas emerging as the wine opens. The palate is austere rather than immediate and develops gradually in the glass. Bunches are gently destemmed and pressed, with maceration lasting at least twenty days in oak and steel vats. Maturation takes place for a minimum of three years in large oak casks.
Domaine Bernard Baudry 2009 Chinon La Croix Boissée
French Red
Dark pomegranate and black-cherry character appear with black pepper, rose petals and other floral notes. The wine is mineral and intensely structured, with ripe tannins and a long finish marked by acidity. Fruit comes from a steep, south-facing site covered in chalk with little topsoil. Cabernet Franc was fermented in wooden vats for twenty to thirty days and matured in oak for as long as eighteen months.
Little Farm Winery 2015 Pied de Cuve Chardonnay
Canadian White
Smoked lemon and grapefruit appear with spice, red apple and a hint of cherry. The palate is fresh and delicate, with pristine lemon fruit. Chardonnay from an organic vineyard in Cawston was fermented with a pied-de-cuve starter, divided between older barrel and tank, and matured on gross lees for ten months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered, with minimal sulphur added at bottling.
Gérard Bertrand Esprit de Côtes des Roses Brut Rosé
French Sparkling
Chardonnay accounts for fifty-five percent of the blend, Pinot Noir thirty percent and Grenache fifteen percent. Fine mousse accompanies lime and chalk aromas, while the palate is clean and soft. Red berries and white flower petals are also present, and the finish is long and refreshing. The cuvée includes reserve wine, completes its second fermentation in bottle and spends time ageing on the lees.
Vini Aurora 2016 Fiobbo Offida Pecorino
Italian White
The yellow colour is bright without being deep. A slight initial reserve gives way to fresh floral character with a touch of botrytis. The palate is both soft and incisive, with acidity, salinity and freshness alongside a lightly mentholated finish. Pecorino is the sole variety. Half of the wine ferments and matures in large barrels, with the remainder handled in stainless steel; both parts age for a year before blending.
Kumeu River 2025 Village Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
Lifted red fruit aromas accompany a cool, round and fruity palate with chalky tannin and a dry, refreshing finish. The Pinot Noir comes from Rays Road in Hawke’s Bay, where wind-blown clay loess lies over limestone. Grapes were hand harvested, destemmed and crushed. Fermentation used indigenous yeasts, total cuvaison lasted two weeks, and maturation took place for seven months in tank.
Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme 2019 Vercheny Rouge
French Red
The release is made entirely from Pinot Noir grown in the Cheverny area on clay-and-sand soils. The clay is associated with concentration and depth, while the sandy ground is associated with fruit character. The harvest yielded thirty-five hectolitres per hectare. Because the blend contains no Gamay, the wine is presented as Vin de France rather than under the Cheverny appellation.
Rigour & Whimsy 2025 Gong Show
Canadian Red
Gamay Noir accounts for seventy percent of the field blend, with thirty percent Chenin Blanc. The organically farmed fruit comes from Apeiron Vineyard in the Okanagan Valley and was harvested on September twenty-seventh. Maturation lasted three months in neutral French barrique, and bottling took place on February ninth. Alcohol is 11.4 percent, acidity 5.9 grams per litre and added sulphites sixteen milligrams per litre.
Terravista Vineyards 2025 Verdejo
Canadian White
Nectarine opens the profile with delicate stone-fruit and floral notes. Ripe melon and fresh citrus accompany a textured, medium-bodied palate, while key lime gives the finish a dry, tart edge. The Verdejo was hand-picked in two lots, twenty days apart, then whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation used stainless steel and twenty-eight percent concrete. Lees ageing lasted five months, and alcohol is 13.4 percent.
Vignobles Lassagne 2023 Le Repaire Lussac-Saint-Émilion
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot are used in equal proportions. The red has tangy freshness, pure fruit and creamy, fine, velvety tannins on a medium-bodied palate. Maturation takes place in concrete vats, and alcohol is thirteen and a half percent. The family property dates to nineteen fifty-two and covers forty-eight hectares across Bordeaux, Lussac-Saint-Émilion and Lalande-de-Pomerol.
Ursa Major 2025 Back from the Brink Nouveau
Canadian Red
Thirty-plus-year-old Pinot Noir from Windy Ridge Vineyard in Kaleden is combined with Gamay Noir from Naramata Bench. Whole clusters co-ferment in a closed stainless-steel tank and receive daily foot treading for one week. The process is semi-carbonic. Free-run juice is then racked to tank to finish fermentation. The red is hand-bottled by gravity without fining or filtration, with ten parts per million of sulphur added.
Domaine Artema 2024 Chardonnay Village
American White
Apples lead the fruit profile, joined by pears and peaches. The Chardonnay is fresh and light, with softness on the palate and a leesy finish. Fermentation is divided equally between stainless steel and neutral French oak barrels. The wine undergoes complete malolactic fermentation and ages on its lees in tank with periodic stirring. Fruit for the release came from Washington State.
Ovorra 2022 Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
Chilean Red
Blackcurrant, ripe plum and dark cherry form a concentrated aromatic profile. Vanilla, cedar and warm spice are also present. The Cabernet Sauvignon spends a year in French oak. It is intense and structured, while the palate is powerful and composed. The tannins are firm and polished, and the finish is long and expressive. Fruit comes from the Maipo Valley in Chile.
Clos Berenguer 2020 Clos de Tafall Priorat
Spanish Red
Grenache, Cariñena, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon form the red blend, with fruit drawn from estate vineyards around El Molar. Ripe fruit appears with balsamic detail, aromatic herbs and light toast. Smoke, stone and iron accompany strawberry preserves, red liquorice, violet and cured tobacco. The palate has volume and balance, with chalky tannins providing weight and focus. The finish is long and persistent.
Rose Gold 2025 Côtes de Provence Rosé
French Rosé
Bright citrus, strawberry and cherry appear with minerality and clean acidity. The rosé is crisp and carries thirteen percent alcohol. Casey Barber founded the company in Texas and works with a collective of producers around Saint-Tropez and the surrounding Golden Triangle of Provence. Grenache is the stated variety, the wine is dry, and its country of origin is France.
Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2016 Muscat Turckheim
French White
Muscat d’Alsace accounts for eighty-five percent of the blend, with fifteen percent Muscat Ottonel. The thirty-seven-year-old vines grow on gravelly silt and loam at the edge of Herrenweg de Turckheim, where the microclimate is warm. Fermentation was quick and finished bone dry. Pale yellow-green colour accompanies delicate floral aromas, an airy texture and soft velvet on the palate. The profile has tannic structure and a long finish.
Noëlla Morantin 2018 Mon Cher
French Red
Gamay from the Loire Valley forms this natural red wine. The grower's parcels were already farmed organically when she began working them. After training in viticulture and oenology, she worked alongside natural-wine producers in the Loire and Burgundy before making her first vintage. She later became the owner of the vineyards and retained one hectare planted to Gamay.
Cantina Gaffino 2023 Il Buon Bastardo Cabernet Sauvignon
Italian Red
Cabernet Sauvignon grows on volcanic clay soils at a density of 6,300 vines per hectare. Harvest falls in the final third of September. Cold pre-fermentation maceration lasts twelve hours at ten degrees Celsius, followed by twenty-four days on the skins. Maturation includes six months in barriques and a further six months in bottle. The profile is balanced and includes tannins.
Campi Valerio 2023 Fannia Falanghina del Molise
Italian White
Falanghina comes from a one-hectare vineyard in Monteroduni, planted at 560 metres on mainly clay soil. Harvest takes place in mid-September, followed by alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. Orange blossom and yellow-fleshed fruit appear with freshness, balance and pronounced minerality. The wine is dry and carries a medium finish, with field flowers, pear and white pepper also present.
Spier 2017 Creative Block 3
South African Red
Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Viognier form this red blend from South Africa's Coastal Region. Violets, black cherry and mulberry appear with black pepper and fennel. The mid-palate is silky and rich, with concentrated fruit and dense tannins. Grapes are harvested by hand, fermented for up to two weeks, and matured for sixteen months in French and American oak barrels.
Dlúhé Grefty 2021 Rufus
Czech Red
The wine comes from Mutěnice in the Czech Republic. The family farms one and a half hectares of organic vines across eight small plots of clay and loess. Relatives help in the vineyard and cellar, while the children inspire the label artwork. The plantings include several central European varieties, and every bottle is closed under crown cap.
Bodegas Arzuaga 2019 Pago Florentino
Spanish Red
Cencibel is harvested in small boxes from a south-facing vineyard in Malagón. Cold maceration lasts three days, while maturation takes place for twelve months in French and American oak. Blackberry and blueberry appear with liquorice, roasted coffee, dark chocolate, toast and incense. The palate has ripe red fruit, acidity and body, with long, velvety persistence and roasted notes.
Pierre Amadieu 2021 Les Hautes Rives Cairanne
French Red
Hand-picked Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah come from hillside vines rooted in light marl and pebbles above the Aygues. Fermentation lasts fourteen days in stainless steel vats and concrete tanks, with unballasting and pumping over. Ageing takes place entirely in tank. The red wine is full-flavoured and smooth, with balance and freshness, and its stated cellar potential is five years.
Stoller Family Estate 2021 Dundee Hills Chardonnay
American White
Chardonnay opens with wet stone and lemon tart. Persimmon and starfruit appear with firm vibrancy and tension. The finish is clean and taut, with plusher fruit flavours lingering. Fruit comes from south-facing Dundee Hills sections planted on well-drained red Jory soil. Fermentation and ageing use stainless steel, concrete and neutral French oak, followed by three months together in tank.