Some wines play out like a song, all perfect with notes and aromas hitting like verses and those precious, but present fruits, pleasing like a chorus. This is comparable to Nat King Cole’s, Autumn Leaves – it's clean and precise with some salinity, gentle tannins and a nice, alluring intensity which you dive into, or sit with your feet dangling in.

Frantz Chagnoleau Saint-Véran La Roche 2023

Frantz Chagnoleau Saint-Veran Prélude 2023

Frantz Chagnoleau Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint Pancras 2023

Vibrant aromatics and some great volume. Imagine falling, ripe orchard fruits and smooth oak notes that add without distracting. There’s also some saline and a flick of pastry. Sounds like a dream. And it will age well too.

Alex Moreau Bourgogne Blanc 2022

This masterpiece is given time in stainless and old barrels to nudge all the juice along and have it pour (after a decant) freely and with a little slurp. There’s a supple line of acidity, but the profile is delicate and so darn refined! Age and gift worthy? Oui!

Yann Bertrand Fleurie Coup d’Folie 2023

Silky and youthful with a thin stretch of tannin woven in. This is one of the more serious wines in Bertrand’s range and pours with a lot of minerality and some concentrated, deep red fruits.

Yann Bertrand Latignie Beaujolias Villages Gamay 2023

This wine feels alive and comes out ready to party with all its, tart crunchy fruits and brisk and earthy acidity. Yann’s proud of this vintage and put the grapes in concrete only so they could sing their fresh flavours loud and proud!

Yann Bertrand Beaujolais OH ! Gamay 2023

Squishy, full-blooded fruits that keep lively thanks to some rose water/potpourri notes. Taken from 20-year-old vines, and grown in a good but challenging season, there’s real concentration and some genuine savoury tannin here.

Schmolzer & Brown High Altitude Nebbiolo 2024

Drier style with just a lil’ residual sugar for balance and extra tastiness. This is a generous Riesling made by winemakers who seem to offer so much. Profile is a flurry of lime, slate, quinine, and some mountain herbs. So pure!

Schmolzer & Brown Obstgarten T (Trocken) Riesling 2024

Mon Dieu this is good!!! Full of vivid florals and fresh fruit that has a concentrated, granite aspect to it and just enough dried herbs and sweet spices to elevate things. Super impressive.

Phillipe Viet Fleurie Poncie Gamay 2023

An annual treat! After time in concrete with indigenous yeast, the wine is given a stint in oak which comes through in every sip as toasted wood spice. You’ll also get a bracing acidity and plenty of refined cherry liqueur notes.

Poggerino RISERVA Bugialla Chianti Classico 2020

A wet December/January and a dry February made for lush vines and healthy clusters leading to a lively, expressive blend. It’s just one more reason to love Airlie Bank. Profile is delicate, minerally and layered with subtle spices and charming boysenberries and raspberries.

Airlie Bank GG Grenache Gamay 2024

Like wearing a finely knitted Italian cardigan–they're back ‘on trend’ right? One dyed a dark and classy red and oozes cherry and red currant comforts plus some crumbly tannins and cool leafiness. Perfect while cooking and eating with friends.

Produttori di Govone Langhe Nebbiolo 2023

If you’ve never had Brunello before, 2019 was an amazing year, so this will be one to hold onto for a very special occasion. Palate is all silky but bold fruits that'll change your life and have you travelling to Italy ASAP. Decant for perfection.

San Giorgio Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Deliciously tart cherries and some papery tannins. They say taste is subjective, but this posits a compelling argument for the contrary – it’s that delicious. Everyone will (more than likely) love it.

Babche Sangiovese 2024

Everyone’s a DJ these days, but here’s one who doesn’t prattle on about their glory days, which is refreshing. Speaking of refreshing, this drinks with cut stone fruit and melon flavours and comes through with a fresh line of acidity and some mealy chew. Yum.

Paisley DJ Deadly Chardonnay 2023

Traditionally found in western Sicily (and Tuscany where it’s called Ansonica). Inzolia is a dry white wine that leads with white flowers, lemon and ripe fruit notes. Fuedo offers those flavours, just with a little bitter pith and savoury edge, making it perfect with dinners, lunches and snacks. Mangia! Mangia!

Feudo Arancio Inzolia 2023

Drinks plush and easy thanks to a core of red fruit, light tannins and an earthy edge. Any wine from La Mancha makes me think of evil windmills and the noble Rocinante carrying the deluded idiot on his ‘voyage’. I hope people are still reading Don Quixote.

Amigo De la Tierra Grenache Tempranillo 2022

An authentic local take on Grenache that will hit all your senses with loving red berries and an earthy, stony minerality that shines at dinner time, especially when something hearty is on offer.