Finest Reserve NV, Quinta do Vale Meao Sparkling

Finest Reserve NV, Quinta do Vale Meao SparklingA fantastic example of single estate port wine. Traditionally made using foot treading in granit lagars before fortification. They vinify by parcel and grape variety, before ageing for a short period in large, old oak. The final wine is an expert blend from across different parcels and vintages, bringing together grape varieties and soil types to fully represent the character of the whole estate. Its dark, concentrated fruit character comes from

distinctive white made from Clairette

We love the wines of Birichino in Santa Cruz California

The wine was produced by celebrated winemaker Dermot Sugrue and spends 5 months on lees for bags of richness and complexity

but with plenty of room for further aging if that's your thing

unashamedly on the plush

The Specogna family owns 25 hectares of vineyard on the hill of Rocca Bernarda in the heart of the Colli Orientali DOC in Friuli Venezia Giulia

Bourgogne in name only

This is a lovely racy Alpine white made with the grape variety Jacquere

Rabigato and Viognier with 6 months oak aging from the Douro Superior

unoaked Pinot Bianco from the Alpine section of Italy

famous for some of the country's best Shiraz's

with fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke taking over in 1979