Cantine Pellegrino has been a family operation since 1880, producing Marsala and a few select other specialty styles of the region. Amber in color with toffee, nutty aromas. On the palate this wine is rich and smooth with intense dry fruit flavors. This marsala is dry by DOC standards, but retains a small amount of residual sugar from the fermentation process prior to fortification with eau du vie. Aged for at least 2 years in French oak barrels. 

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Churchill’s was founded in 1981 by winemaker Johnny Graham, whose family has been making wine in the Douro for six  generations. We were the first port shipper to be started-up in over half a century and are now the last independent British port house. Churchill´s ports are unique for their signature dry, fresh style. We produce all our ports from grade A grapes that are  hand-picked, foot crushed and naturally fermented for finest  quality wines with minimal intervention.  

VIBRANT - ORANGE BLOSSOM – SMOOTH 

Our iconic Dry White Port’s distinctive golden colour and smooth nutty f lavours are the result of skin fermentation followed by a careful ageing  process. With aromas of grated nutmeg and eucalyptus, this port is fresh and complex, showing hints of orange peel. SOURCING  Specially selected from higher altitude Grade-A vineyards. 

TASTING NOTES  

Colour: Vibrant golden colour. 

Nose: Grated nutmeg and eucalyptus. 

Palate: Fresh and complex with a hint of orange peel and a long peppery finish. 

WINEMAKING NOTES  Grapes are cold stored overnight at 10ºC before being crushed with stalks (100%) in the granite lagares at Quinta da Gricha. Light maceration by foot treading and fermentation on the skins. After fermentation, the wine goes through an ageing period in seasoned oak casks for approximately 10 years. 

CELLARING Filtered and ready for immediate drinking so does not require bottle ageing.   SERVING Best enjoyed within 2 years of bottling. Serve chilled (8º-10ºC)

TUACA is 100% natural, based on a 500-year-old recipe originating in the hills of Tuscany. The process begins according to tradition with the selection of the finest Italian brandy, ranging from 3 to 10 years old. It?s sourced from Faenza, a small city near Bologna, known for producing brandy with a pleasing aroma, amber colour and an exceptionally smooth finish. The final presentation is created as the master blender folds the Italian brandy into a blend of natural sugar and fine spirits before adding the crowning touch of soft citrus and vanilla essences.soure: tuaca.com

Hastings Distillers are New Zealand’s first producer of certified organic artisan spirits and liqueurs. The artisans behind it are Kate Galloway and David Ramonteu. On the back of their extensive background in winemaking they successfully create sophisticated, unique spirits and liqueurs that will always have a place on our shelves.

Combining their East Block 200 Gin, L’Opera bitter orange and Rubis Vermouth, ‘The Count’ pays tribute to the classic Negroni. 

Featuring all organic botanicals, the Count is a luscious and spicy assemblage of aromatic gin, fragrant seville and navel oranges, dark fruits, dried herbs and warm spice.  The palate is smooth and round with a pleasant, lingering bitterness.

Sophisticated, yet simple, The Count is ready to serve.

Pour cold over a single large ice cube and garnish with an orange twist.

ALL OF HASTINGS DISTILLERS PRODUCTS ARE BIOGRO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Fernet Branca is a bitter, aromatic spirit made from of over 40herbs and spices, including myrrh, rhubarb, chamomile, cardamom and saffron, with a base of grape alcohol. The recipe is a secret, and wascreated by the young Maria Scala in 1845 in Milan. Scala's name became Maria Branca through marriage, and the product's name was born. TheFernet Branca is still produced in Milan by the company FratelliBranca, over seen by the Branca family. Fernet Branca is usually served as a digestif after a meal, but mayalso be enjoyed with coffee and espresso, or mixed into coffee and espresso drinks. It may be enjoyed neat at room temperature or with ice. Source: webtender.com 

O2 Chenin - Chenin with oxygen, aged and oxidised in barrel for 3 years. In the spirit of the great dry Oloroso Sherry wines of Southern Spain or similar from the Jura, Portugal and beyond comes the first Central Otago version of what an aged style of wine can achieve.

Chenin, grown our Morrison vineyard, has been barrel fermented in older French oak and left aging on lees for a year. Racked and then fortified to 15% the wine is then left in barrel, 3/4's full, with air for a period of three years. Over this time it slowly develops its colour, a bright  amber  golden hue, and crucially also its flavours and aromas.

Aromas of lightly burnt butter & umami lead to a palate that is driven by bright acidity. Dry mineral edged nuttiness elevates these savoury flavours to a salty edged finish leaving nothing but freshness of flavour. Delicious and refreshing at the same time.

This is a wine that demands hard cheeses , salty cured meats, shellfish in their brine and piles of fresh notes and dried fruits to go with it, it will sing with matches such as these and remind you of every Mediterranean holiday you wish you had.

Drink slightly chilled
Eat with hard cheese and cured meats - or have a holiday in Spain

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First established by William Chambers in 1858, the Chambers family has been making wine at Rosewood for over six generations.

The Rare Muscadelle (Tokay) boasts a deep amber color along with a rich, sumptuous nose of molasses, brown sugar, and a smorgasbord of spices and flavors, a whopping, unctuous texture, amazing concentration, and a powerful, heady finish.