This jammy journey of mouth FOMO keeps going! Finding a path in volume 15 is a beery take on one of the most delicious spreads to come across your toast - Lemon curd. The sweet and tart thiccness of this is a perfect pairing with the gentle fruitiness of fresh sliced strawberries to remind you of a summer weekend breakfast. Visually delicious with a soft glowing orange hue the beer delivers aromas of lemon custard with a strawberry edge. Sweet and tart flavours of real lemon curd roll around the mouth with a creamy custard richness to finish.

ABV: 5.9%

August is the heart of winter in NZ. A time for sipping rich beers by the fire. A Bock Bier is a classic style of the traditional German beer, a winter lager. Still retaining the lager traditions of being fresh and easy drinking the bock has the winter qualities of being smoother and richer with a bit of extra strength. A clear dark brown pour and dense cream head the beer has aromas of toasted rye bread, some dried dates and light cocoa. A full body of rich warming malt complexity and a simple clean and uncomplicated finish.

ABV: 5.9%

Grisette is a blond ale, related to the farmhouse ales of Hainaut in Francophone Wallonia. This beer style was cherished by thirsty Belgian miners, after a hard days work below ground. The grain bill comprises barley malt, raw wheat and oats with moderate hopping from New Zealand grown noble hops. The classic Ardennes yeast melds the drink into a perfect refresher after a hard day's work, the lower ABV in this version beckons a second glass. Sante! 

Savitar is one of the great Shirazes from McLaren Vale, made with grapes grown on the Lopresti Vineyard's Chinese Block, located at the south end of McLaren Vale, about four kilometres east of the coastal town of Port Willunga. The vines struggle here, producing low yields of fruit with tiny berries which are full of black fruit flavours with dried herb, black olives and an earthy structure of dark smokiness, making this a power packed wine. 

It's named after a mythological dragon like creature, in homage to this wine's bold flavours and powerful length. It's an impressive wine for now and will undoubtedly age for the long haul - think a decade at least. 

The winemaking

Grapes for Savitar Shiraz are selected by hand from the Lopresti Vineyard in McLaren Vale, a site where they struggle and deliver in small volumes. This is regarded as outstanding raw material. They are fermented and the wine pressed before being transferred to oak barrels where it remains on light lees for 18 months before blending. 

Commercial description

Our Merlot Cabernet Franc comes from our Cornerstone vineyard growing in Hawke's Bays' famed Gimblett Gravels appellation. An area renowned for producing excellent hot climate reds. We think Cornerstone is the jewel in the appellation's crown but there again we are rather biased!

In our Iris blend, the Merlot sets up the palate with ripeness and structure while the Cabernet Franc brings its sweet dried basil notes to create our deliciously good medium-bodied red

Fruit forward but dry and fresh with a light body, intense flavours and far too much drinkability for its own good. 

Organic certification

The organic story at Seresin

One of the greatest things about Seresin Estate is the organic certification. This came relatively early on for Seresin, who was dismayed by the amount used and the impacts of man made chemicals, which were routinely and frequently sprayed on vines. His early adopting philosophy of organic certification paved a positive path for the integrity of the wines as well as leading others to follow suit.

Commercial Description

This Pinot Noir is from our Ballochdale Vineyard, high in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough. This is the first wine Sir George made from this vineyard he acquired in 2023. The vineyard sits at 300m high and is one of the highest and most southerly vineyards in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough.

As soon as we released this wine, it was loved by all. It truly is a gorgeous example of a perfectly crafted Marlborough Pinot Noir. We are so proud to share it with you.

This is a dreamy, spicy and smooth Spanish Tempranillo from Bideona, a winery founded in 2018 in Rioja Alavesa. This is one of our best sellers and is made from impressively old vines, many of which were planted in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and the result of the viticulture is incredible concentration

The wine was aged in an adventurously modern combination of French and American oak barrels, all older oak, for five months. 

The name Laderas means hills and refers to the sloping vineyards from which this smooth, softly fruited, deep red wine comes. Bodega Badiola owns 300 parcels of land on the slopes of Sierra Cantabria, in the villages of Villabuena de Alava, Leza, Samaniego, Laguardia, Navaridas and Baños del Ebro. 

The average vine age of is about 50 years and the vines are trained en vaso, referring to the sturdy bush vines, grown without trellising on limestone soils. All grapes are hand picked and the wine is aged in a combination of French and American oak barrels of second and third use, for five months. 

Warm and richly spiced, Rubis infuses premium organic Hawke?s Bay wine with handpicked roots, fruits, flowers and herbs. Deep, complex and perfectly bittersweet, displaying flavours of ripe red berries, bitter orange, clove, anise and savoury herb notes.

Serve on ice with a wedge of orange or simply with a dash of soda. Highly versatile, Rubis can be enjoyed in your favourite cocktails.

The perfect gift, Churchill's white, ruby and tawny ports all in one pack.

A perfect accompaniment for a cheese selection at the end of a meal.

Collection includes:

1 x Churchill's Dry White Port (200ml)

When all the other Port companies were producing young White Ports with an average age of 2 or 3 years, Churchill’s presented a 10 year old product. “We wanted to bring dignity to our white grapes, contrary to the current trend at the time. Wine experts and consumers believed that all Port should be red! But that didn’t stop us from taking a different stance. As early as the 1990’s we bottled our White Port in transparent bottles to show-off its natural golden colour! It is not our best seller but definitely an  emblematic wine for Churchill’s and chosen by the great chefs of the world for food pairing. In Portugal chef Victor Sobral was a pioneer in preparing food to accompany Churchill’s Dry White Port.”

1 x Churchill's Reserve Port (200ml)

Reserve Port is a house blend of premium wines produced from the same top grade “A” vineyards from which Churchill’s vintage ports are sourced. Reserve Port retains the structure and fresh fruit of a young vintage but has been softened by its age in wood and filtration prior to bottling.

A delicious Port served on its own but also excellent with fruit or chocolate desserts and soft cheeses.

Reserve Port has a bright, full ruby colour with violet tones. On the nose, very distinctive with fresh blueberries and hints of eucalyptus and gum cistus; a very vibrant young Port with plenty of natural acidity but also balance and pedigree denoting its grade “A” vineyard origins.

1 x Churchill's 10 Years Old Tawny Port (200ml)

Churchill’s 10 Year Old Tawny is blended from the LBV level. As with all Churchill’s Tawnies, Churchill’s 10 Year Old Tawny Port is partly aged in large oak vats before finishing its maturation in traditional port pipes (600 litre). As a result, Churchill’s 10 Year Old Tawny receives less oxidation and loss of colour, and tends to be drier, well-structured and darker in colour with fresh fruit flavours dominating the nutty, wood-aged characteristics.

Maravedí is the name of an ancient Spanish coin and this wine is an excellent example of a Tempranillo and Syrah blend, made from old Spanish dry farmed and organically certified vineyards. Deep purple with a ruby rim, displaying aromas of red fruit and blackberries with slight spicy notes of freshly ground pepper. Medium bodied and juicy on palate, yet with fine tannins and a refreshing finish.

The continental climate, with sunny days and cool nights, allow for intense fruit and excellent varietal definition, while retaining remarkable freshness. The Organic Grapes are picked at night and in the early morning hours and shipped quickly to a state-of-the-art winery for destalking, light crushing and fermentation under temperature control in stainless steel. Maceration lasts for 8-10 days to achieve a perfectly balanced style without excessive extraction. No oak is used to achieve a pure expression of the combination of Tempranillo and Syrah.

Greystone is one of North Canterbury's wine stars situated on the slopes of limestone rich hills in Omihi. All of the grapes that go into Greystone wines are 100% certified organic with BioGro NZ and all are estate grown. No additional fruit is purchased to supplement production, which is one of many incremental steps that go into Greystone's high quality wines.

This pretty pale pink rose is made from 100% organic Pinot Noir. Aromas are plentiful with red berries, cream, brioche and lingering mineral notes. Summer berries and tropical notes flow through to the palate, finishing with focused acidity.

Certified organic with BioGro NZ.

About Greystone

The Greystone wine story began in 2000 when the Thomas Family bought an old sheep farm on the Omihi hills in the Waipara Valley, North Canterbury. The rolling limestone hills lured this family in and their goal was a single minded one: to make great wines from the limestone rich soils here. Fast forward 20 years and Greystone is one of the great (and, some might say, yet to be fully discovered) wineries in this outstanding wine region. Not least due to the work of winemaker Dom Maxwell and general manager Nick Gill, who began working together in 2005 and has grown along with the brand and quality. 

Stone Paddock Cabernet Franc is an outstanding red made by Paritua, one of Hawke's Bay's top producers of reds modelled on the best of Bordeaux. This gorgeous ripe Cabernet Franc is full of fragrant red fruity aromas and flavours of redcurrants, raspberries and spice, held together with supple tannins which dance across the mid palate of this wine. 

It's made from grapes planted on free draining red metal soils of the Paritua vineyard, an organically farmed single vineyard in the Bridge Pa Triangle Wine District of Hawke’s Bay. Vines here are managed with an open canopy to provide good airflow and exposure to sunlight, which aids ripening for this classic Bordeaux red grape variety. 

The wine was matured in seasoned French oak for 12 months followed by blending, fining and filtering just prior to bottling.

If you have ever wondered why an actor you’ve always admired seems to be perpetually cast in supporting roles and never lands the lead, it will be easy to relate to Cabernet Franc. One could argue that this seductive classic red could lord it over both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It is a parent of both of these better known grape varieties, but Franc tends to hang around the edges, adding its personality when needed with colour, depth and spice but rarely vying to be star. And yet, when it is allowed to shine, here is a grape and a wine to adore.

The new Dicey Wine brand is the brainchild of the well experienced Dicey brothers, Matt and James, whose parents were among the pioneers of viticulture and winemaking in Bannockburn, Central Otago, when they co-founded Mt Difficulty Wines.