50 Wines to try before you die! – Our eighteenth wine – Biodynamic, Felton Road, Bannockburn Pinot Noir, Central Otago 2019/20 75cl
£54.95 per bottle
£593.46 per case
(V) and (VG) New Zealand Pinot Noir is probably the best in the world after Burgundy and Felton Road produce probably the best Pinot in New Zealand. Bannockburn must be…
50 Wines to try before you die! – Our second wine – Rubicon, Meerlust, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2017/18 75cl
£28.95 per bottle
£312.66 per case
Owned by the Myburgh family since 1756, the Meerlust estate once secretly hosted and hid the late Princess Diana on a trip to South Africa. The Myburghs were pioneering growers…
50 Wines to try before you die! – Our third wine – Lytton Springs, Ridge, Sonoma, California 2018 75cl
£63.95 per bottle
£690.66 per case
The iconic Ridge Estate is one of California's most respected wineries. It produces cult wines whose elegance and finesse is matched only by Burgundy and Bordeaux. The Lytton Springs 2013…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our fifth wine – Cervaro della sala, Castello della Sala, Antinori, Umbria 2019/20 75cl
£76.50 per bottle
£826.20 per case
The renowned Antinori family can trace its wine-making roots back to 1385. They have been one of the most innovative wine makers of the twentieth century, combining Italian with classic…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our sixth wine – Bodega Norton Privada, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 2018/19 75cl
£23.95 per bottle
£258.66 per case
(V) Originally from the south-west of France, the Malbec varietal has found its true apogee in Argentina, which alone has the heritage of original French vines now. Edmund James Palmer…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our nineth wine – Condrieu La Petite Cote, Cuilleron, Northern Rhone 2017/18 75cl
£58.95 per bottle
£636.66 per case
(V) Yves Cuillerontook over the family estate when his uncle retired in 1987. At the time, Condrieu was relatively little known. Yves’ perfectionist approach soon resulted in wines that grabbed…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our tenth wine – Taylor’s Vintage Port 1994 75cl
£145.95 per bottle
Taylor's is often referred to as the "Latour" of vintage ports, given its typically backward yet impressive inner strength that guarantees its longevity. Made solely in exceptional and declared years,…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our eleventh wine – Quinta do Crasto, Douro Red 2019/20 75cl
£16.95 per bottle
£183.06 per case
(V) Portuguese table wines seem a little under the radar. It's a shame - the reds, like our Quinta do Crasto 2016 this week, pack an enormous punch taste-wise and…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our thirteenth wine – Domaine de la Janasse, Principauté d’Orange Vin de Pays de Vaucluse, Terre de Bussière 2019/20 75cl
£13.95 per bottle
£150.66 per case
Domaine de la Janasse has very quickly become one of the finest estates of the southern Rhone. Now under the control of Christophe Sabon and his sister Isabelle, Janasse's Chateauneuf…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our Fifteenth wine – Givry Rouge, Chofflet-Valdenaire, Burgundy 2018 75cl
£22.50 per bottle
£243.00 per case
The Givry appellationis centred in the middle of Cote Chalonnaise lying south of the famous Cote de Beaune in Burgundy, producing mainly red wines from the pinot noir grape variety.…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our Sixteenth wine – Gavi di Gavi, Lugarara, La Giustiniana, Piedmont 2020 75cl
£18.50 per bottle
£199.80 per case
In the wake of the success of their reds and of course the ubiquitous Pinot Grigio, Italian whites are also having something of a renaissance. A refreshing alternative to the…
50 wines to try before you die! – Our Seventeenth wine – Langhe Nebbiolo, Langhe, Piedmont 2020/21 75cl
£25.95 per bottle
£280.26 per case
Nebbiolo, the varietal that defines the fabulous Barolo and Barberesco wines, is a notoriously difficult grape. It is not only early to flower but also late to ripen which means…