Lower Alcohol Wines

Everything you want a Marlborough Sauvignon to be be - pungent, fresh, grassy and fun - but wrapped up in a wine of just 9.5% abv. So a large glass or a cheeky lunchtime tipple is well in order.

This fabulously inviting, sparkling red bursts all the myths about Lambrusco by being dry and joyously drinkable. Grown organically on clay and limestone soils the results are fantastic. Fresh br...(read more)

Delicately pink sparkling wine from the Prosecco region, blended with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon making for a very attractive and quaffable 'aperitivo'.

Bright fresh and zippy with rich citrus, peach and white flowers, palate has nice intensity with Apple, lemon and peach fruit, crisp and lively, decent mousse, good length.

A wine of pure pleasure, ripe citrus and peach with just a hint of kerosene, flows through on to a ripely fruited palate of rich citrus and vibrant mouthwatering acidity, delicious richness but n...(read more)

There's a certain greenness on the nose of this, but no untoward paint or fermentation aromas. Already giving straightforward pleasure. Quite a bit of texture and masses of fruit and refreshment...(read more)

From a small family-run Domaine in the heart of Chenin Blanc territory, (Coteaux du Layon) this is a beautifully crafted Crémant de Loire. Traditionally made (bottle-fermented) sparkling wine whi...(read more)

The 2017 Seméli is a deliciously fresh white from the hill country of Mantinia in Greece. Lovely citrus notes blend so well with the lifted white flower florals and a lemony, pithy texture that a...(read more)

In comparison with the Classico this has more sinew and is a little firmer fruited. A more direct line of less juicy fruit. This is all round a more serious, cerebral style from Signor Ferrari. I...(read more)

From sand and gravel soils this pure Cabernet Franc is superb. Loaded with crunchy dark berries and peppy red juice but there is a sheen of lovely polished black fruit too, lifted by spice and an...(read more)

Classic Médoc, but perhaps a little softer and more enveloping than many, thanks to Guillaume's care with late and hand-harvesting, cold pre-fermentation soaking, and careful maturation in barrel...(read more)

Moscato d'Asti is the small scale, less sweet, less fizzy and wholly more acceptable version of the 'Asti Spumante' much loved of maiden aunts and 1980's office parties. Bright fresh grape and cr...(read more)