Wine
Wine
Gulfi 2009 Nerojbleo
Italian Red
Ripe fruit, maraschino cherry and blackberry preserves sit within a chewy, soft and slightly sweet texture. The wine is made entirely from Nero d’Avola grown around Chiaramonte Gulfi. Grapes are harvested in late September and remain on skins for a prolonged maceration. Maturation includes at least twelve months in French oak barriques and tonneaux, followed by at least one year in bottle.
A Sunday in August 2024 Island Vibes
Canadian Rosé
Red cherry, raspberry and strawberry accompany a light, bright profile with low tannins and refreshing acidity. Ortega and Foch are co-fermented from certified-organic fruit grown on the Saanich Peninsula. The grapes spend ten days on skins before pressing into stainless steel. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with only a trace of sulphur added. Production totalled 250 cases.
Emandare Vineyard 2023 Estate Maréchal Foch
Canadian Red
Blackcurrant, plum and fig meet a hint of pepper. The wine is robust and is fermented and aged in neutral French oak. Fruit comes from the estate vineyard in the Cowichan Valley. The property is organically dry-farmed, and the winery made its first vintage after reviving an established vineyard. Production for this release totalled 175 cases.
Castello di Tassarolo 2023 Rosa Spinola Monferrato Chiaretto
Italian Rosé
The rosé is made entirely from organically grown Nebbiolo. Vines stand near Fubine at about three hundred metres, with eastern and southeastern exposure. The soils contain magnesium, silt, clay and fine gravel. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo a short maceration before gentle pressing. Fermentation takes place at controlled temperature, followed by maturation in stainless steel.
Else Wines 2022 Merlot
Canadian Red
Fruity and juicy, the wine blends eighty-five percent Merlot with fifteen percent Pinot Blanc. The grapes spend seven days on skins and ferment with wild yeast. Maturation takes place in stainless steel, and minimal sulphites are added. Alcohol is twelve-point-four percent. Pinot Blanc was included after organic Merlot became unusually expensive for this release, helping keep the finished bottle accessible.
Domaine Capelanel 2021 Cuvée Ladybug Cahors
French Red
The wine is made from Malbec grown on an organically cultivated fourteen-hectare estate in Cahors. Old vines stand on iron-rich siderolithic soils in the Lot. Sébastien Dauliac is the fifth generation to work the property. This red, dry release carries the AOP Cahors designation and has thirteen-point-five percent alcohol. The cuvée is bottled under the Ladybug name.
Château de Pitray 2016 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
French Red
Ripe black fruit, spice and floral notes accompany an ample palate. The structure is solid, with freshness, velvety tannins and a long savoury finish. The blend comprises seventy-five percent Merlot, twenty-three percent Cabernet Franc and two percent Malbec. Vines grow on a clay-limestone plateau. Part of the wine matures in cement and part in oak for about twelve months.
Pietradolce 2022 Etna Rosato
Italian Rosé
Bright salmon colour accompanies wild red berry, strawberry, redcurrant and raspberry, with rose, sweet fruit and delicate spice. The palate is fresh, balanced and mineral. Nerello Mascalese grows on Etna's northern volcanic slopes between 600 and 700 metres. Grapes are harvested by hand and gently pressed, with traditional rosé vinification. The wine has fourteen percent alcohol.
Château Léoube 2022 Love by Léoube Côtes de Provence Rosé
French Rosé
Red berries, white peach and citrus accompany a pale pink colour. The texture is soft and smooth, with tangy acidity and a fine bite at the end. Grenache and Cinsault are harvested by hand and directly pressed. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place in stainless steel, and the wine clarifies naturally before bottling. The estate is certified organic.
Abbazia di Novacella 2023 Pinot Grigio Alto Adige
Italian White
Pale straw colour accompanies citrus, peach and honeydew melon. The wine is medium-rich, fruity and direct, with orchard fruit. Tangy acidity appears on the finish. Vineyards stand between 600 and 700 metres on permeable moraine deposits of mica schist, paragneiss and quartzite. Grapes are harvested by hand; three quarters ferment and mature for six months in stainless steel, with one quarter in large oak casks.
Mamete Prevostini 2022 Botonero Alpi Retiche Rosso
Italian Red
Bright ruby colour with moderate transparency accompanies cherry, currant, strawberry, rose and violet. The flavour is fresh and the wine is medium-bodied. Nebbiolo grows in the province of Sondrio on south-facing sites between 300 and 700 metres, over sandy and silty decomposed granite. Skin maceration lasts six days. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and about eight months of maturation in stainless steel.
Chahut et Prodiges 2019 Coup de Canon
French Red
Purple-red colour accompanies anise, violet and prune. The profile includes a faintly crisp opening, berry character, tannin and acidity. Grolleau comes from ninety-year-old vines on clay-flint soil. Whole clusters macerate in concrete and are pressed; fermentation and maturation take place in fibreglass tank. The cuvée is a red Vin de France from the Loire Valley and is bottled without added sulphur.
Laurent Saillard 2020 La Paire
French Red
Fruit comes from Julien Moreau's Domaine de Cambalu vineyards beside the Cher, a Loire tributary east of Tours, where vines grow on clay-limestone soils. Gamay and Grolleau are co-fermented for this red wine, which has eleven-point-five percent alcohol. The cuvée joined the range for this release and was made from grapes grown by another vigneron.
Laurent Saillard 2020 Ça Se Discute
French Red
Fresh, fruity and juicy, with a light peppery thread that is fully integrated. Pineau d'Aunis from certified-organic, biodynamically farmed vines is used. The grapes undergo six days of whole-cluster maceration and mature in fibre tanks, with no sulphur added. The wine is classified as Vin de France, comes from the Loire Valley and has twelve percent alcohol.
Laurent Saillard 2020 Un Été Partagé
French Red
Fruit comes from Julien Moreau's Domaine de Cambalu vineyards beside the Cher, a Loire tributary east of Tours. The site is planted on clay-limestone. Grolleau is the sole variety used for this red wine, and alcohol is eleven-point-five percent. The cuvée was new to the range for this release, and the grapes came from another grower.
d’Arenberg 2015 The Footbolt Shiraz Museum Release
Australian Red
Boysenberry pie, mulberry, blackberry and liquorice meet subtle chocolate brioche and mocha. The texture is rich, with juicy fruit, chewy tannins, acidity and oak. Small batches are gently crushed in open fermenters, foot-trodden, basket-pressed and transferred to new and used French and American oak barriques. Maturation lasts twelve to eighteen months; the wine is unfined and unfiltered.
Cascina Tavijn 2019 Bandita
Italian Red
Deep ruby colour with violet shadows accompanies red fruit, forest floor, wet earth and herbal tones. The wine is intense, with strong acidity and a long earthy persistence. Old vines grow on calcareous ground at 260 metres. Grapes are harvested by hand, ferment spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and macerate for about two months before maturation in steel.
Maison Noir 2019 O.P.P. Pinot Gris
American White
Apples, pears and peaches lead the fresh profile. Fruit is sourced from several Willamette Valley vineyards and combines grapes from multiple appellations, giving the wine breadth, complexity and several layers. This is an Oregon white made from Pinot Gris, with thirteen-point-six percent alcohol. The bottle is finished with a screw-cap closure. The winery was founded by sommelier Andre Hueston Mack, a former Per Se and French Laundry sommelier.
Undurraga 2018 T.H. Carignan Maule
Chilean Red
Oak, raspberry and sour cherry appear with red fruit, dry earth, spice, leather and juicy plum. Strong tannins are balanced by higher-than-expected acidity. The wine is made entirely from Carignan grown in Cauquenes and Loncomilla within the Maule Valley. Vines are goblet trained on granite-based soils. Maturation lasted sixteen months in used French oak barrels, and production totalled 1,367 cases.
Attilio Ghisolfi 2015 Langhe Nebbiolo Sbardajà
Italian Red
Nebbiolo comes from vineyards in Monforte, Monteu, Priocca and Treiso, set between three hundred fifty and four hundred metres. The sites face south and southwest, with marly, calcareous and clay soils. Skin maceration lasts five days at controlled temperature, and fermentation uses native yeast. Maturation takes nine to twelve months in small oak casks, followed by six months in bottle.
Olivier Rivière 2023 Rayos Uva Rioja
Spanish Red
Graciano, Garnacha and Tempranillo form the blend. Red berries, alpine herbs, anise, fennel and green tomato appear with twiggy spice. The palate is tart and energetic, with refreshing acidity, fine tannins and fourteen percent alcohol. Fruit comes from Aldeanueva de Ebro in Rioja Oriental. Maceration lasts about three weeks, followed by five months in steel and concrete.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2025 Vin Rosé
French Rosé
Seventy percent Gamay and thirty percent Côt make up this Loire rosé. The fruit comes from organically farmed vineyards in Touraine, and the wine carries the Vin de France designation. Wild strawberry, redcurrant, citrus and a floral note are joined by a lively palate, crisp acidity and a salivating finish. Indigenous yeasts conduct fermentation, preserving the fresh fruit character. Alcohol is twelve percent.
Ciavolich 2015 Aries Pecorino
Italian White
Made entirely from Pecorino, the fruit comes from vineyards in Pianella and Loreto Aprutino. The grapes are hand-picked in the first hours of daylight and carried to the winery in small baskets. After soft pressing, the must ferments at controlled temperature in stainless steel. A small portion spends three months in French tonneaux before blending and bottling, followed by about two months in bottle.
Cantina Terlano 2018 Terlaner Cuvée
Italian White
Brilliant pale yellow with green nuances, the wine brings green apple, white peach, lemon balm and mint. Peach also appears on the palate, which is lively and mellow, with freshness, minerality and a persistent finish. The blend is sixty percent Pinot Bianco, thirty percent Chardonnay and ten percent Sauvignon Blanc. It contains thirteen-and-a-half percent alcohol and matures in stainless steel and large wood.
Chateau Musar 1999 White
Lebanese White
Brilliant full gold in colour, with butter, honey, roasted almonds, apricot, vanilla and orange. Toasty honey, ripe apricot, nuts and spice carry through the rich palate, balanced by good acidity. The blend is two-thirds Obaideh and one-third Merwah from low-yielding Mount Lebanon vineyards. Fermentation began in cement vats, followed by six to nine months in French Nevers oak barrels. Alcohol is twelve-and-a-half percent.
Sons of Sugarland 2023 Barbera
South African Red
The fruit comes from a single vineyard in Goudini, a ward of Breedekloof, rooted in river pebbles and sandstone. Whole bunches fermented before eleven months in neutral four-hundred-litre barrels. Bright, juicy fruit includes fragrant plum, herbal boysenberry and wild blueberry. Tannins are nearly negligible, while cracked pepper appears on the finish. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Code Wines 2024 Growers Series Syrah
Red
Licorice, light garrigue, dark plum, cassis and prune appear with a core of pepper. The profile has moderated intensity and restrained alcohol, while acidity and tannin are balanced. Syrah fruit was grown in Washington State's Rattlesnake Hills AVA, and the wine was made at a winery in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia. Production totalled one hundred ninety cases, with thirteen-and-a-half percent alcohol.
Château Maltus 2022 Lalande-de-Pomerol
French Red
Blackcurrant, coffee, graphite, oak and undergrowth define the aromatic profile. The dry, full-bodied palate is generous, with present acidity and balanced wood. Structure and a polished texture accompany spice, pepper, dense black fruit and rich tannins. The fruit comes from vines averaging sixty-five years of age, and maturation lasts eighteen months in wood. Merlot accounts for seventy percent of the blend.
Vignobles Lassagne 2023 Le Big Boss Lussac-Saint-Émilion Cabernet Sauvignon
French Red
Deep purple in colour, with intense fruit and spice. The palate is round and powerful, with silky tannins, red fruit and blackcurrant. The wine is made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon grown on fifty-year-old vines in clay-limestone soil. It matures for eight months in cement tanks. The vineyard is in conversion to organic farming, and the wine contains thirteen-and-a-half percent alcohol.
Bernard Baudry 2018 Chinon Blanc Le Domaine
French White
Chenin provides the base for this Loire white. Bright straw with a watery hue, it offers Jonathan apple, pear, honeysuckle, quince and light spicy musk. The palate brings ripe pear and baked apple with good weight and a soft, rich texture. Further quince and spice are present. The finish is dry and fresh, with a medium-to-long spicy aftertaste.