Fine Red Wine

A deliciously mature Gran Reserva at only £9.45 a bottle from Altos d'Oliva. A fine blend of tempranillo, garnacha and cabernet >

Beaujolais with a difference – vibrant, intense and fresh, with lots more character then most. Almost Rhone-like with luscious >

The grenache grape, garnacha in Spanish, originates in the early middle ages in the ancient mountainous kingdom of Aragón, >

It is made with grapes from vineyards at altitude in the Ascoli Piceano area of Le Marche, the region that stretches from >

Château Cayla 2016 is our everyday drinking claret. It has everything we were looking for soft, rich merlot driven fruit >

For everyday drinking it is very hard to beat the wines of the Southern Rhône. This grenache and syrah Côtes du Rhône from >

Named after Mireille and Marc Besnardeau’s three daughters – is a delicious predominantly grenache and syrah wine from 50 >

"Ok so it's February and cold and wet: although we may not want to go outside the fact that we can't is also rather tough. >

Mas Carlot Red 2018 is a rich syrah and grenache blend, almost Châteauneuf in style. Highly expressive and fruit-driven. >

"With the 2018 already released, it's great still to have the chance to snap up the enticingly mature 2016 Wynns 'The Siding' >

"The 2019 Esterházy Estoras Pinot Noir, from Austria’s Burgenland, is a little gem and brilliantly priced considering its >

“Decanter’s Steven Spurrier – whose memoirs, Wine - A Way of Life I would later publish – introduced me to the beautiful >

Château Saint Jean 'Plan de Dieu' is one of the very best Côtes du Rhône Villages - they also make one of the stars of Gigondas. >

The new 2016 vintage is due to be launched shortly. Please find tasting notes and review about the previous vintage, below. >

Château Les Gravettes 2008 is a very special parcel we found and bought all we could. A deliciously mature claret from a >

"Top Cabernet Sauvignon: Beautiful, bordeaux-aping blend from Stellenbosch, with heaps of bold, blackberry and cassis fruit."Jane >

Rioja Vega, a firm favourite among our customers, made a welcome return in the summer. One of the oldest Bodegas in Rioja >

A hot summer leads to good ripeness, and as long as there is just the right amount of rainfall, a good vintage is in the >

Graham Greene, nephew of the great writer of the same name and an old publishing friend, approached me ten years ago about >

Château de Fleurie is the perfect French red wine for what we hope will be a great and restrictionless British summer. The >

Monchiero's 2018 Nebbiolo D'Alba is a brilliant summer red.Expressive and eminently approachable right now, stylistically >

Brand new to our range, Cal Pla is a very smart and stylish barrel-aged Spanish red bursting with flavour, but also with >

"The Clos des Lunes winery is owned by famous Bordeaux estate Domaine de Chevalier, and built its reputation on its fine >

Big deep, rich and rewarding. Made partially from dried grapes- a traditional Tuscan process called ‘Governo’ which adds >