A strong ruby red coloured wine. The bouquet has notes of vanilla and sweet fruits such as currants, blueberries and cherries.

Velvety in the mouth, with a firm structure and good balance and a long persistent finish.

Aged in Slavonian oak barrels for about 30 months before bottling.

Serve with red meats and aged cheeses.

This wine can be kept for up to 10 years. 

This glorious red wine has aromas of ripe berry and plum fruits. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins, dark fruit and warming spicy characters.

Made from a blend of traditional local grapes. 

Goes well when drunk with lamb.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Fresh, plummy aromas with savoury, smoky notes. The palate is ripe and rich with vibrant fruit, slightly rustic yet moreish tannins and a persistent finish.

Perfect with pork belly dishes or barbecued meats, boerwurst, game or good, old fashioned sausage and mash.

Suitable for vegans.

Suitable for vegetarians.

The grapes for False Bay Bush Vine Pinotage stem from a single vineyard of unirrigated bush vines in Stellenbosch. The attraction to this mature (planted in 1996), coastal, bush vine vineyard were the cooler temperatures and small, naturally balanced and concentrated berries. Made by Waterkloof's talented young Cellarmaster Nadia Barnard. Balanced grapes are hand harvested, fermented spontaneously with wild yeast and then raised in large wooden casks (or 'foudre' en Francais). The resulting wine therefore, is perhaps more 'Pino' than 'Tage'. No additions other than sulphur as a preservative. Grown, made and bottled in South Africa. False Bay - Real Wine, Coastal Vineyards, Sustainably Farmed, Hand Picked, Naturally Crafted, Wild Ferment, Cask Aged. 

A deep garnet red colour with aromas of fresh red and black fruit. On the palate the richness of the tannins harmonises with the fleshy notes of the wine.

The finish has good grip and it is long with spices, menthol and chocolate.

 This juicy wine has a beautiful cherry red colour. The nose shows an abundance of intense red berry fruit and hints of vanilla flavours. The palate is soft, full flavoured with a smooth easy drinking finish.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans

Great with casseroles and roast beef 

A medium bodied, wine purple red in colour with hints of violet. Red fruits and vanilla on the nose lead to a smooth, silky wine in the mouth with a long pleasant finish.

Ideal with chicken, quiches, roast beef, pastrami and hams.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. 

Purplish-red colour. Intensely fruity nose, with standout plum and redcurrant aromas and hints of toast and blackcurrants. Smooth, ripe, velvety tannins and good density. An enjoyable and persistent finish.

 FOOD MATCH
 Ideal served with barbecued red meats and stews, and well-seasoned white and game meats. Also excellent paired with pastas such as rigatoni and ripe cheeses.
 
The Colchagua Valley extends from San Fernando in the north to Chimbarongo in the south. The climate is Mediterranean, and the area receives winds from the south and morning fog. Springs are frost-free, and summers are very warm, which encourages proper ripening. Summers are hot but with cool night temperatures. The soils are medium to very deep, of alluvial origin, and have a silty-loam texture that allows for good vine development. The grapes were hand picked in late April and early May and submitted to a week-long pre-fermentation cold treatment at 8ºC (46ºF) to extract more fruit characteristics. Alcoholic fermentation took place at 25º–28ºC (77º–82ºF) with pumpovers determined  by daily tastings through the end of the process. A post-fermentation maceration followed, and then the wine was devatted, separating the free-run wine from the skins. Malolactic fermentation took place naturally. 20% of the wine was aged in French oak for 6 months and then blended for a more complex character.
Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans.
This wine is Organic.

An approachable style of claret that has a ripe and round plummy nose with a hint of wood spice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Full bodied and well structured, this is a lean wine with gentle tannins. Made from 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc.

The winery is now Sustainable.

This wine reveals an intense bouquet with delicate and seductive vanilla. Soft and smooth, the palate retains elegance while showing fresh and persistent aromas.

Made from a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot with grapes grown to the south west of the town of Bergerac. Made by husband and wife team Pascal and Flavie Cuisset.

The wine is full bodied with ripe plum and strawberry notes.

Serve with beef, pork, game. poultry and mild and soft cheeses 

Rich plummy fruit throughout, this is a medium bodied, food-friendly Bordeaux with an earthy, cocoa-dusted finish.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

The winery is also classed as sustainable.

An intense dark ruby coloured wine made from a blend of traditional grapes mainly: Grenache Noir, Syrah and Mouvedre. The grapes are sorted by hand before destemming and crushing. The wine is matured in vats and oak casks before bottling.

The nose has ripe black fruit, cherry and spices. The palate reveals the presence of tannins and is elegant and full. The finish is long and luxurious.

An intense ruby red wine with an expressive bouquet of red fruits such as raspberry and black cherry, laced with notes of vanilla and spices. The palate is rich with dark plum fruit and a long, harmonious finish.

Serve with chicken, red meats and cheeses.

The Côtes du Rhône is made from various types of soils, but mostly from limestone terraces with sand and red clay.

The colour is purple tinged garnet. The aromatic range of the nose goes from fresh berries (wild raspberry, blackcurrant and blackberry) to spices.

The palate is big and full flavoured with silky smooth tannins and touches of liquorice and pepper.

Intense garnet red colour with purple hints. A combination of fresh fruit such as raspberry and redcurrants with peppery notes and a touch of menthe and spice. Great depth of flavour on the palate with silky tannins and super length.

enjoy with duck, poultry, a host of red meats and a wide range of cheese.

This is an intense, brilliant garnet coloured wine. It has lovely fruit, loads of body and a heady bouquet of ground peppers, raspberries, currants and spices. The wine is full bodied and dense and is rich and elegant.

A wonderful rich red wine that is made just 3 metres outside the northern border of Chateauneuf du Pape so must be classed as Cotes du Rhone.

A most elegant yet modern wine with mature fruit notes, well integrated with vanilla and hints of cacao from the 12 months spent in American oak. On the palate it is broad and full with an attractive cacao flavour, soft tannins and a lovely balance.

Try with roasted red meats,. hard cheese, BBQ and grilled meats. 

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 A modern style of Rioja which is made using 100% Tempranillo grapes which are grown in some of the best areas in Rioja Alavesa.

The wine is aged in American oak barrels for 24 months then aged for a further 12 months in bottle before release.

The nose is dominated by well ripened fruits, strawberries and toasted notes with hints of leather. The palate is deep and warm, well rounded with smoky notes. The wine is rich and full flavoured.

Good with barbeques and cold meats. 

Cherry-red colour with the violet nuances of a young wine. Intense on the nose, which brings notes of red fruits, creamy toffee and strawberry. The attack is fresh and easy-drinking, with a fruity, balsamic finish in which hints of the nose return

Grapes are selected and destemmed before crushing. The wine spends 12 - 14 months in toasted American oak barrels which lend spicy aromas and flavours to the wine.

The wine is Garnet red with tawny hues. Juicy hedgerow fruits and a touch of smoky vanilla on the nose backed by hints of cedar spice. Smooth and well structured with a lingering finish.

Serve with any red meat, lamb, cheese and game.

Classic Rhone style red, friendly and warming with sweet rich juicy blueberry fruit. The spice of Grenache blends well with the Syrah to give a lusciously textured wine with plum and strawberry fruits and a rounded palate. This is a medium bodied drinkable wine.

Drink with hearty food such as grilled meats and casseroles. Also great with pizzas and medium mature hard cheeses.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Deep ruby red with fantastically expressive aromas of cherries, cedar wood, rosemary and cloves. A rich savoury palate with lots of Morello cherry and blackberry flavours, some earthy spice and fine tannins. A wine packed with flavour and heritage.

Food match: Perfect with rich, lamb casseroles or a spicy chickpea harissa stew

Suitable for vegans.

Suitable for vegetarians.

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), Syrah (40%), Cinsault (15%) and Carignan (5%) Grapes are grown on 15-20 year old vines on sandy limestone, with clay sub-soils. All four varietals were hand harvested and fermented in concrete vats for 10 days. Malolactic fermentation begins spontaneously, after which the wine was blended and then aged for 16 months in concrete vats.

A heady perfume of freshly picked irises and peonies drift above the crushed berry fruit nose. The fleshy, luscious, cherry flavours and hints of rose are typically vivacious, backed up with a touch of spice and good depth.

 Light and fruity. 

In the winter serve with roast lamb and in the summer chill and serve with roast barbecue chicken and pork. 

Suitable for vegetarians. 

A deep coloured red wine with an intense, elegant bouquet of blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry and cherry. In the mouth these fruits are evident with fullness and roundness and balance with gives good length. The finish is long with spicy notes.

Great with a loin of lamb or cheese. 

Full, ripe black fruits and appealing warm spice on the nose with damson flavours, generous round fruit, smooth tannins and a fresh finish.

Rich pasta dishes with salami or ham or a meaty lasagne.

Suitable for vegans.

Suitable for vegetarians.

Bodegas Juan Gil own over 500 hectares of vineyards, between 700 and 850 metres altitude, in the northwest of Jumilla: old bush vine Monastrell planted in chalky soils, and Shiraz grown in sandy soils on younger, trellised vines. Vinification is carried out at the winery in the heart of the Juan Gil vineyard area. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, temperature controlled, and the juice maintains contact with the skins during this 10-day process.

Grown on the rugged slopes of the Abruzzo hills, this is a rich, deep wine. The bouquet and palate are both rich in blackberry flavours, with hints of spice.

A full flavoured wine, perfect with traditional Italian dishes. 

Intense ruby red wine with pleasant floral aromas of ripe red fruit and liquorice. The palate is well balanced with warm herb notes and it has gentle, elegant tannins with hints of vanilla from the oak ageing.

Serve with roasted vegetables and meat dishes.

A deeply coloured, medium bodied, spicy red with aromas of ripe plums and black cherry. The palate combines warm, juicy red fruit flavours with savoury, lightly smoky characters, a hint of bitter chocolate and nip of tannin on the finish. Produced from grapes grown in the southwest and eastern Sicily.

Drink with juicy burgers with a slab of mozzarella or charred lamb steaks.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans

Intense ruby red colour with a complex bouquet, reminiscent of cherries, raspberries and redcurrants. The oak ageing adds a pleasant roasted and spicy aroma. The palate is full bodied, supple and well balanced with a long finish.

Just before harvest the grapes, when the grapes are fully mature and are ready to be picked, the stems of the bunches are twisted so that no further nourishment reaches the grapes, thus inducing a natural drying of the grapes on the vine. The bunches are left for about 12 days and lose approximately 25 - 30% of their weight in water, concentrating their flavours before harvest. 

Perfect with roast red meats and mature cheeses. 

A medium bodied, easy drinking red wine made in the Salento peninsula in southern Puglia. The wine has aromas of red berry and damson fruit. Fresh and lively on the palate with juicy berry fruit and a hint of spiciness. Balanced by tangy acidity and soft ripe tannins. The wine is not oaked.

Ideal with pasta dishes in butter and parmesan or with tomato based sauces. 

Suitable for vegans.

Suitable for vegetarians.

Good deep coloured red made from Cabernet Franc in the Loire Valley. The wine has a rich, full palate of red fruits and spices. The palate has plenty of grip and peppery notes with hints of liquorice.

Perfect with poultry, red meats and cheeses.

A fruity, easy-drinking, versatile red from La Mancha, south of Madrid. Bright cherry and red fruits flavours with a soft rounded finish.

The grapes are sourced from a mixture of trellised and bush vines in the Manzanares district of La Mancha- renowned for it’s limestone soils.

Good with Charcuterie, red meats and stews

Suitable for Vegetarians

Suitable for Vegans 

 A deep cherry coloured wine. It has a ripe rich spicy nose and leads to a palate that has plenty of blackcurrant and blackberry notes with hints of spice and a fresh finish.

Drink with meat and pasta dishes.

This is a soft, easy drinking dry red wine, full of delicious ripe fruit flavours made in Tierra de Extremadura in Spain.

Enjoy on its own or with tapas food. 

The hue of the medium dark purple Zinfandel, displays all the attractive qualities of a young wine. Pleasant ripe red currants and fresh strawberry immediately come to mind followed by caramelised sugar and toast. The savouriness of bright red fruits are enveloped in the succulent juicy wine which possesses soft, supple tannins.

Serve with full flavoured meat dishes such as spare ribs or beef brisket or with tomato based pasta dishes.

 Suitable for vegetarians and vegans