Argentina does Malbec better than anyone on a mass scale, much of it due to the plentiful vineyards planted at altitude in the foothills of the Andes Mountains where sunshine enhances ripening and cool night temperatures elongate the ripening season to accentuate much needed acidity in this grape. These factors combine to provide growing conditions that are unmatched anywhere else in the world that Malbec is planted on a large scale. Wines like this one are testament to the dense fruit character, spicy notes and complexity of good Malbec, often at a relatively modest price.

We love this wine and it also carries organic certification, another thing the dry climate in Argentina allows for with relative ease, but that's another story. 

If you love big reds, try this one out for size. 

If you fancy a smooth and very fruity red wine to enjoy with delicately flavoured food like pasta or white meat, Legaris Roble is the perfect red wine to choose.  This Ribera del Duero, made from 100% Tinta Fina (Tempranillo), also displays touches of vanilla from the time it spent in oak.  Pure fruit in your glass. Don't over-think, just relax and enjoy it, calmly.  

Grape

The most iconic sake from Hokkaido and it has been a local favorite for more than a century!  Our Toji Brewer prepares this delicious sake with crystal clear waters from
the famous Shokanbetsu mountain range using traditional techniques of the
only remaining sake brewery in Northern Hokkaido.

Produced with silky smooth mountain water, this sake has crispy and dry taste with light finish.

Kunimare Kasen is delicious on its own or with oilier, strong-flavoured dishes such as sukiyaki, yakitori, tempura, salted squid, etc.

ABV: 15.5%

South Africa makes some great wines and this new Cabernet is not to be missed. Full bodied, dry, rich and dark; just like the world's best expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon. 

Kaapzicht is a fourth generation winery in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The winery was founded in 1946.

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. 

Complex, savoury Pinotage from South Africa (home to this quirky red grape variety). This wine has red fruit flavours, savoury earthy notes and a charred taste on the finish. 

Bodega Terras Gauda overlooks the gentle green countryside of Galicia in north west Spain where its vineyards are planted. Terras Gauda uses its own yeasts, selected from its vineyards. These yeasts are unique to the winery and have been patented. This is one of the reasons the TG wines are so consistent because they don’t need to rely on commercial yeasts.

Chill this wine to 12 degrees and break out your best seafood, recommends wine importer Sophie Cotter, who brings this wine into New Zealand. 

Albarino is on trend globally right now and originally comes from north west Spain and the north of Portugal, where makes its fresh, zesty, dry as a bone and super flavoursome taste go particularly well with seafood. This wine comes from Terras Gauda Winery on the Spanish side of the Minho River, which separates Portugal from Spain.This region and its Portuguese counterpart over the border is the original home for the Albarino grape, known in Portugal as Alvarinho.

Grapes: 70% Garnacha, 20% Syrah 10% Cariñena

Winemaker Notes

Forest floor aromas, fruit and minerality are a welcome sign we are in the south of Priorat. Sensations which make us re-live a springtime stroll through Mediterranean woodland. Intense and fresh, balanced with some silkiness which is characteristic of Mas d’en Gil wines.

This wine works well with meat-based dishes: grilled lamb with Mediterranean herbs or grilled Iberian pork dishes, red meat such as Galician Rossa beef (Rossa Gallega). It also goes well with fatty fish such as grilled tuna or with rice and risotto dishes.

Dry, delicious dark black fruit flavours with a spicy twist in this modern Portuguese red blend of Castelão, Tinta Roriz and Pinot Noir. This is a stunning combo of two local red grapes with one of the world's most popular French red grapes (Pinot Noir). 

Great drinking now and over the next three to four years. Excellent value for money.

If you like Riesling, you will love this exceptional high quality and super concentrated, rich, dry example from one of the Mosel River's most important and dramatic steep vineyards, Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr. This luscious wine is balanced by the freshness of Riesling's naturally high acidity which adds complexity and backbone to every sip of this flavoursome, citrusy and full bodied Riesling. 

Fritz Haag is one of the great producers in the Mosel region and this shale vineyard is one of the great sites, named after the famous sundial which is situated in the heart of the vineyard; hence the name sonnenuhr - German for sundial. 

The Haag family has making wine since 1605 and been instrumental in the development of Brauneberger, a place recognised as one of the Mosel’s best wine areas since the sixth century. The winery is headed today by Oliver Haag, whose father Wilhelm (son of Fritz) became recognised as a Riesling world leader, awarded the deceptively simple title of Winegrower of the Year in 1994.

One of the greatest Rieslings from a special vineyard site. We receive a small allocation of this exceptionally beautifully balanced medium dry Riesling. It's made from one of Germany's great Rieslings from a hallowed vineyard site that has been revered for centuries for its ability to ripen this great white grape to a peachy flavour spectrum while retaining fresh lime zest aromas and crisp balancing acidity for a long finish. 

What the critics say...

Lively and subtle nose of ripe yellow apple, white peach and wild flowers. Juicy and elegant with a vibrant acidity
that lights this up beautifully. A touch of perceptible grape sweetness at the front of the medium-bodied palate, but
the long, wet stone finish is admirably dry. Spot on balance. Drink or hold.
JamesSuckling.com

APPELLATION: DHC – Villány wine region

SOIL: dolomite, marl, limestone or occasionally sandy loess

VINEYARD: Pannon region, PDO

GRAPE VARIETY: Kékfrankos

WINE MAKING: Matured in large wooden Hungarian oak.

ORGANOLEPTIC SPECIFICATION: Lifted, earthy aromatics, brick dust and blueberries, cocoa powder and hints of beefy gamey complexity follow and then saturate the palate. From Hungary, the tannins are fleshy, and smooth, and there’s an almost creamy, savoury character running through it.

TECHNICAL DATA
ALCOHOL:13%
ACIDITY:4,7 g/l

Tres Cabezas is an explosion of sensations, a red blend with an intense purplish red color and purple nuances. In the nose it stands out an exquisite
combination of acidic and fleshy red fruit aromas. In the mouth, it surprises with a fruity freshness, silky texture and soft tannins, culminating in a touch of sweetness that makes it irresistibly pleasing.

Tempranillo, Carinena & Garnacha