Our second Australian drop brings another selection of recent arrivals and wines we’ve been looking forward to sharing. This time, we turn the spotlight on Byrne Farm, Denton and Swinney, with plenty to tempt you across Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir and a few less familiar paths...
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Whether you’re choosing a bottle to enjoy over the festive season, a thoughtful gift or something to tuck away in the cellar, this latest arrival from Quinta do Noval has plenty to tempt...
Benjamin Leroux has made a stunning set of wines in 2024, in both colours. The whites are outstanding, as the vintage's growing reputation suggests, but the quality of the reds is a revelation. It speaks to Leroux's skill as a grower and maker to have produced such even, superb wines in a challenging year. Yields were a vintage of two halves. Most of the Côte de Beaune achieved reasonable crops (Meursault premier crus held at a comfortable 48 hl/ha), while the Côte de Nuits was hammered by mildew and cool, rainy weather during flowering. Leroux normally makes thirty barrels of Nuits-Saint-Georges, but in 2024 he made one. Several bottlings couldn't be made at all, and some 1er cru and grand cru fruit went into generic wines, a bonus for us as consumers...
Croix & Courbet is the shared project of two longtime friends: David Croix, the man behind Beaune’s Domaine des Croix, and Damien Courbet, whose family domaine in Nevy-sur-Seille dates back to 1869. The pair first met as oenology students in Dijon, but it wasn’t until 2019 that their Jura venture took shape. With quality grape contracts becoming harder to secure, Damien told David it was now or never. Since then, the project has grown vintage by vintage, welcoming a trusted Château-Chalon grower in 2022 and adding new cuvées along the way...
If you think that brilliant Burgundy and bargain prices are a thing of the past, think again! Domaine Goisot is simply one of the great growers of Burgundy; they just happen to be based in the Yonne/Auxerre area, well and truly off the beaten track...
Camille Thiriet and her husband Matt Chittick’s 2024s absolutely blew us away when we tasted them in Burgundy last year. The whites are juicy and mineral, while the reds are fine-boned and beautifully perfumed, showcasing the whole-bunch style the couple love and execute so well...
The latest releases from Swinney continue the Estate's run of quiet, hard-earned excellence, reflecting the joint effort of owners, siblings Matt and Janelle Swinney, winemaker Rob Mann and viticulturist Rhys Thomas. As always, these wines come from Swinney's meticulously managed Frankland River vineyards, farmed to deliver the finest, most expressive, low-cropped fruit...
Twenty years on from the debut that redefined Sherry for the fine wine world, we have our latest shipment from Eduardo Ojeda and Jesús Barquín of Equipo Navazos. Selected and bottled by two of the most knowledgeable Sherry people on the planet (Ojeda the master blender of Grupo Estévez and Barquín the world's most respected Sherry critic), we have, as always, a range of insanely good, otherworldly Sherries...
Located on the steep slopes of the Val di Pesa (between Florence and Siena), Corzano e Paterno is a picturesque organic farm on the very edge of the Chianti Classico area. Here the Goldschmidt and Gelpke families produce not only the beautiful Chianti we import, but also outstanding olive oil and Pecorino cheese that they sell to many top Italian restaurants...
There’s plenty to explore closer to home right now. So we’ve brought together a selection of Australian wines that have recently arrived or haven’t yet had their moment in the spotlight, from Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Hunter Valley classics, Victorian Nebbiolo and McLaren Vale Grenache.
Toro Albalá should need little introduction to our customers. Hugely influential in elevating Pedro Ximénez into the fine wine category, they were the first Montilla estate to bottle PX under their own label. They were also the first to offer vintage-dated PX from their extraordinary library and, as far as we know, remain the only producer in the region to make all their wines, dry and sweet, from Pedro Ximénez...
Valenciso has carved out a distinctive place in modern Rioja, producing wines that favour perfume, freshness and finesse over sheer weight. From their cellar in Ollauri, Luis Valentín and Carmen Enciso work with mature, organically farmed Tempranillo grown across the limestone-rich, Atlantic-influenced hills of northern Rioja Alta...