Our Summer Wine Selection

Always so fresh and bright with nectarine, lime and almond blossom aromas and flavours. Persistent with lovely fresh fruit weight in the mouth, citrus and stone fruit, just a touch of fresh almond. The acidity lifts the...(read more)

We came across Elodie Balme after a full day of tasting in the magnificent Palais des Papes in Avignon, and Elodie's wines were the pick of the day. The winemaking style of overtly ripe fruit coupled with vibrant freshne...(read more)

100% Pinot Noir rosé from the Loire valley. Pale, fresh and really dry with gentle strawberry notes. Nice and pale but with a redder hue than Provence rosés. Of course, it's a charming warm day refresher, b...(read more)

Transparent garnet. Fruit seems a tad less lively than Moya Meaker’s. But it’s a fair rendition with some length. 14%

Vermentino from the French Mediterranean coast with citrus and dusty minerals. Very sophisticated wine at its price level, and better by miles than anything we have found in Italy (where this grape originates) at up to t...(read more)

If you’ve given up on picpoul because cheaper versions have become insipid, try this, it’s brilliant: whistle-clean; saline, like your skin after a sea swim; reminiscent of crushed rocks and faint white blossom. Try with...(read more)

This gorgeous Orvieto spends about 4-5 months on the lees. is a blend of 4 grapes - Trebbiano Toscano, Grechetto, Verdelho and Sauvignon Blanc - each adding extra depth, fruit and texture - but perfectly melded in to a g...(read more)

This really is one of those wines that beggars belief when you taste it and then see the price. Brilliant Pinot Noir, fragrant with a smoky intensity, dark cherry, strawberry and forest floor notes. The palate has good w...(read more)

Vanessa Cherruau is somewhat of a maverick - making this gorgeous red on the famed slopes of the Hill of Chaume - an appellation classified only to produce sweet white wines (Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru and Coteaux de Lay...(read more)

Herbarium is a floral, beautifully balanced, four-way blend of mostly Pinotage with 44% Mourvèdre, Syrah and Grenache from Bot River, Stanford, Sondagskloof and the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Fresh, pale and refined,...(read more)

In the late 1600s a prosperous farmer, Cornelis van Niekerk and eight others took a stance against the Cape’s corrupt governor by refusing to sell their wine to the dishonest regime. Instead, they sold directly to passin...(read more)

This is the fourth vintage of Sandra Bravo's brilliant old-vine Garnacha from Rivas de Tereso and it's every bit as good as its predecessors. Aged in 300-litre clay amphoras, it's wonderfully perfumed and intense, with e...(read more)