Wooden gift box with sliding lid, capable of holding most magnum size wine bottles. Wine not included.

Generous black cherry and blackberry fruit, fragrant and direct, palate has depth of ripe berry fruit, juicy, sleek and concentrated.

This Italian red is one of my favourites: a thyme-scented sangiovese from coastal Tuscany that tastes of stewed damsons and has the colour to match. (from a piece extolling the virtues of drinkin...(more info)

The 2017 Zuani is another superb vintage from Patricia Felluga and her family. On the high Collio hills north of Venice. As ever, it is the same field blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Char...(more info)

Tasted 'blind' in a line-up of inexpensive champagnes (as well as one Grande Marque) this showed remarkably well, coming out as a clear winner. Bright, light and very fresh, this is an easy drink...(more info)

A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with about 10% Chardonnay to give a dash of elegance. Considerably better than some widely available cheap Grandes Marques, and very consistent in quality...(more info)

The 2011 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend bottled in 2015 after four years in large and old wooden vats. It comes in with 97 grams per liter of residual sugar. After those four years in...(more info)

Financial Times: Jancis Robinson’s best red wines to drink this Christmas: 'A Bordeaux blend heavy on Petit Verdot from the south of the Maremma. Flattering. Mature with marked sweetness'

One foudre and the remainder in barriques. An elegant aroma. Juicy strike to a rounded palate. There is quite some richness here too. It is fresh and lemony on the finish. It is ripe, but not too...(more info)

Coates & Seely Brut Reserve NV Hampshire, England goes from strength to strength. It’s a pinot-based blend and carries a suggestion of fresh walnuts and cherries with a sappy energy and rapie...(more info)

Very Tuscan with cooked meat, cassis, coffee and tobacco aromas. Palate has juice and lift, cassis, cherry, tobacco and a meaty savouriness, rich tannins and great length. A really lovely wine wi...(more info)

Good intensity, ripe citrus, quince, yellow plum with nice autolytic notes coming through, biscuit, nut and bread with just a touch of something floral. Clean and bright on the palate with rich c...(more info)