Past Shipments

Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, Chile

As one of Chile’s oldest winemaking houses, over the past 130 years Santa Rita has helped to pioneer the fresh, fruit-fuelled style of world-beating wines for which Chile is famous today.

Their Cabernet Sauvignon is a fruity, supple red wine, with red berry and blackcurrant flavours, herbal overtones and a soft round finish.

Marvellous on its own or with roast meats.

Bordeaux Private Label 2007, France

Bordeaux is the first name in wine, and that our first private label wine bottle had to be from this region was essential!

Long renowned as the cradle of the wine world, the Bordeaux region has for hundreds of years produced the benchmark for quality red wine by which all others have been judged.

Our own Private Label Bordeaux is a very well balanced traditional blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc; a fine, deep, velvety wine, with fresh, crushed blackberry fruits on the nose, and plumy, soft Merlot on the palate. Vigorous and persistent, with a nicely lifted finish with ripe, well integrated tannins, this is a wine that will pair well with meats and cheeses.

Caliterra Chardonnay Reserva 2006, Chile

From stunning vineyards draped over the cool foothills of the Andes, the high altitude and the cool, dry climate lend Chardonnays from Chile a freshness, producing clean flavours often of citrus and light tropical fruits, often tempered and softened by the use of new oak barrels.

Third in our trio of wines, this rising star of the wine world, the Caleterra Reserva is pure lightly oaked Chilean Chardonnay: dry, soft and creamy, with crackling biscuit notes and a light tropical fruit character.

Great when chilled, goes well with tandoori white meats, fish dishes and meals with creamy sauces and low on chili spice.

Trevini Merlot / Primitivo 2007, Italy

In the past Southern Italy’s rich, uncomplicated reds were often used to ‘bulk up’ thinner wines from more famous regions further north. Today, these fleshy, fruity wines are finally being recognized on their own merits. Southern Italian wines, and especially those made from the Primitivo grape, are still relatively unknown in the wine world, ensuring these these quality reds of great strength and character remain great value for money.

Trevini Merlot/Primitivo is a classic example of this, being intense and full bodied with rich, black fruits, hints of spice, a full mouth feel and mature tannins.

Nine Hills Chenin Blanc 2008, India

A golden-hued colour and light palate lend this Indian Chenin Blanc characteristics more commonly found in the fine Chenins of the grape’s original home in the Loire Valley of Northern France.

Aromas are floral, with hints of orange and tropical fruits, including pineapple, while the palate gives a soft, rounded structure, and a hint of natural acidity, to balance all the fruits. Drink this with light meals: salads, appetizers and fish dishes.

Di Martino Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Chile

Chilean wine exploded onto the world stage in the late 1990's, challenging the Old World of Europe with its full, clean fruits and great quality at bargained prices.

Vibrant in appearance and intense on the nose with notes of citrus fruits, herbs and green apples, the Di Martino Sauvignon Blanc is a pure product of the Chilean wine revolution - it is clean, fresh and lively with a long clear citrus finish.

A good match with Indian food, using butter or cream sauces.

Trivento Tribu Torrontes 2008

Torrontes, a white wine varietal almost unheard of outside Argentina, is known for its intensely aromatic qualities. With floral notes and the slightest hint of aniseed on the palate this wine would please even the most hesitant of wine drinkers.

Best enjoyed by itself as an aperitif, or with spicy food or smoked meats.

Crabilis Vermentino, Sardinia 2006, Italy

The lovely, crisp Vermentino grape is possibly the beautiful island of Sardinia’s greatest gift to the world. A tough mountain vine that likes rocky soils where it’s roots can grow deep to tap hidden minerals, Vermentino belies it’s rough and tumble nature to produce delicate wines of great floral complexity and minerality.

Straw coloured with a youthful greenish tinge, floral and perfumed with notes of Mediterranean herbs, the winemakers at Crabilis have crafted a classic, sensual Italian experience. Great on its own, or with fresh fish dishes and pastas

Cloof Pinotage 2003, South Africa

South Africa’s signature red grape, Pinotage is a hybrid (marriage) of two French varieties; light and complex Pinot Noir from the Burgundy region, and the tough and robust Cinsault from the hotter South of France. Together they form Pinotage, a new grape variety that has adapted perfectly to South African climate and the wider palate of the wine drinking world, making block-buster reds that are full and robust, and yet with often delicate fruits and refined structure.

Made from 40 year old vines, this is a great example of all, that Pinotage can be. Rich, ripe notes of red currant, damson and cedarwood shine through the well integrated, toasty French Oak, making this a voluptuous and mouthfilling red, with great structure and lingering complexity

Goldridge Estate Pinot Noir 2006, New Zealand

New Zealand is fast becoming a world leader in the difficult Pinot Noir grape variety, owing to the clean, aromatic and fruity wines coming from the Otago, and Marlborough regions.

With twelve months spent in Oak barrels, this Marlborough Pinot Noir is designed to marry the best of young, New World fruit with Old World structure and earthiness.

Look out for hints of the famous ‘farmyard’ flavours of fine Burgundy, allied to light, cherried fruit and silky texture.This is a red that will pair with many Indian dishes, from roasted meats to milder sauce based curries.