Selection
Selection
Luc Baudet 2023 Sur le Pont Viognier Pays d’Oc
French White
Apricot and pear appear with a hint of honeysuckle and a mineral finish. The wine is made entirely from Viognier under the Pays d’Oc designation in Languedoc. Vineyard parcels are selected along the Rhône for their exposure, and the vines are tended with respect for nature. The winemaker’s earlier experience included whisky distilling, olive oil and cheese.
Domaine Artema 2023 Gamay Village
Canadian Red
Pale ruby colour accompanies smoky tones, green herbs, baked cherry and dried lavender. The palate is lean, with tart acidity, a modest finish and a touch of astringency. The ferment includes eighty-five percent destemmed fruit and fifteen percent whole clusters, and it takes place in stainless steel. Maturation lasts six months, with eighty-one percent in neutral French oak and nineteen percent in stainless steel.
Lunessence 2023 Estate Single Vineyard Chardonnay
Canadian White
Chardonnay from the Summerland Bench estate is foot trodden, wild fermented and aged for five months in French oak. Complete malolactic fermentation is used, and the texture is creamy. Honey, vanilla and red apple appear in a perfumed profile. The estate vineyard is farmed organically and sustainably in Summerland within the Okanagan Valley. Alcohol is thirteen and a half percent.
Domaine Cazottes 2021 Champêtre Blanc
French White
Fresh apple and pear accompany a lively profile with slight roundness and no residual sugar. Mauzac Blanc comes from organic vines on clay-limestone slopes near Cahuzac-sur-Vère. Whole clusters are pressed into tank for a cool overnight settling, then racked to tank for fermentation and maturation. The wine is lightly filtered before bottling with a judicious addition of sulphur dioxide. The vineyards receive biodynamic treatments.
Familia Furlotti 2019 Malbec
Argentinian Red
Malbec comes from a twenty-acre Lunlunta vineyard at 3,300 feet. The site has alluvial soil and uses sustainable farming with vertical-shoot positioning. A pre-fermentation cold soak is followed by a cool, long fermentation with native yeast. Thirty percent of the wine rests in neutral French oak, followed by twelve months in bottle. It is lightly filtered before bottling.
Keenan & Zoë 2022 Direct Press Syrah Viognier Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Syrah and Viognier are whole-cluster pressed and fermented together in neutral oak. The blend rests on fine lees for seven months before bottling without added sulphur dioxide. Bright, candied fruit accompanies clementine, pomelo and holy basil. The grapes are grown in Naramata, where the vineyard receives exclusively aloe-vera foliar treatments. The wine is dry, unfiltered and dark pink.
Rust Wine Co. 2022 Three Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
Medium ruby colour accompanies herbal, stemmy notes and a touch of volatility. The wine is dry, with medium-soft tannins, red fruit, a dash of soya, enough acidity and a dry finish. Pinot Noir comes from a southeast-facing vineyard in West Kelowna overlooking Okanagan Lake. Volcanic rock, clay, loam and iron-rich soils are found at the site.
Les Vins Contés 2020 Pow Blop Wizz Pétillant Rosé
French Sparkling
Two days of skin contact in stainless steel precede fifteen days of fermentation. The wine is bottled while sugar and yeast remain, then finished without filtration, fining or added sulphur. Grenadine, cherry and wild-strawberry notes accompany soft bubbles and fresh acidity. The colour recalls acerola, while the finish carries a juicy, fruit-driven character. Alcohol is 11%.
La Frenz 2024 Tudor Hills Vineyard Semillon
Canadian White
Semillon fruit comes from a family vineyard in Washington's Yakima Valley and is crafted into wine in British Columbia. Apple blossom, green kiwi and lemonade carry through the profile with lemon curd, peach and flint. The wine is highly fragrant and textured, with bright, savoury elements in the finish. This Washington-fruit release replaced the estate's unavailable local crop for the year.
Vanessa Vineyard 2025 V Series White Blend
Canadian White
Pinot Blanc, Roussanne and Chardonnay are co-fermented after hand picking and whole-cluster pressing. Minimal skin contact preserves delicate flavours. Fresh stone fruit and tropical citrus accompany subtle herbal notes. The pale colour leads to a smooth, rounded palate with generous fruit, balanced acidity and a clean, lingering finish. The blend contains forty-six percent Pinot Blanc, thirty-nine percent Roussanne and fifteen percent Chardonnay.
Château Rives-Blanques 2021 Odyssée Limoux Chardonnay
French White
Creamy lees accompany roasted pineapple, spice, mineral character and citrus fruit. The palate is tactile and medium to full in body, with fresh, balanced acidity. Chardonnay forms the entire wine and the grapes are organically grown. The estate specializes in white wines. Its vineyards lie around 350 metres in a protected ecological area where Mediterranean and Atlantic influences meet.
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.
Medici Ermete 2020 Phermento Lambrusco di Sorbara
Italian Sparkling
Lambrusco di Sorbara is refermented in the bottle. The wine is lightly sparkling and dry. Red berry, violet, citrus and bread-dough aromas accompany raspberry, grapefruit and ginger, with crisp acidity. The colour is bright pink and the bubbles are fine and persistent. The fruit comes from sandy soils around Soliera in Modena, and the wine is finished with a crown cap.
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.
Ursa Major 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Organically farmed Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir come from Kaleden above Skaha Lake, while the Gamay grows at Mariani Vineyard in Naramata. Each grape fermented separately with ambient yeast in stainless steel after its own preparation: Cabernet Franc was hand-destemmed and soaked for 48 hours, Gamay was whole-cluster pressed, and Pinot Noir was direct pressed. The wine was blended, hand-bottled, unfined and unfiltered. Raspberry, watermelon, blood orange, rosemary, strawberry, basil, peppercorn and rose petal appear in the profile.
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.