Piedmont

This brilliantly priced Cortese is a complete winner -Bright fresh and really easy going in this vintage. It has a pure citrus feel, clean as a whistle with crushed rock, a touch of creamy nut and a gentle salinity on th...(read more)

Many a wine merchants' secret guilty pleasure - it is practically impossible not to love the brisk grapey pleasure of a Moscato d'Asti. Gently, naturally sweet with a easy frothy fizz; flavours of pears and sweet white g...(read more)

The estate's top cuvée or Gold Label (Oro) is classic Gavi from their very old vineyards. The big difference here is that the wine spends six months on the lees adding extra weight, a hint of smoky spice, some cri...(read more)

This is another delicious spicy, savory white from the Barale family. Delicate frame yet laden with yellow plum notes, white blossom florality and a gentle nuttiness like almond paste. At once generous in impact and yet...(read more)

Manni's Grüner Veltliner is a pure joy to taste. His fruit comes from his high vineyards at between 660-700 metres of altitude in the beautiful Eisaktaler Valley. More Austria and 'The Sound of Music' than what you...(read more)

From seven different south- and south-east-facing vineyards in Derthona on limestone-clay soils, farmed organically (but not certified). Ambient-yeast fermentation, 9 months on the lees in tank with battonage to add that...(read more)

Aromatic and gently bold, white flowers and apricot, lovely palate weight, richness, grip and verve. There is an apricot-like density with a deftly spicy undertow. No excess weight here at all. This remains bright and pe...(read more)

100% Timorasso of which 50% was fermented in tonneaux and 50% in stainless steel. Vineyard planted in 2017. More complex and more subtle nose than the Derthona of the same vintage. Intense, long and layered palate of ora...(read more)