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We're very proud of our business development direc

We're very proud of our business development director @alvaro_ribalta who joined the MW club on Friday. Well known for being one of the toughest qualifications around, a lot of people think about it, but only 418 globally can put those letters after their name! Huge congrats Alvaro 🙌🍾

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Grus is named after a constellation visible above

Grus is named after a constellation visible above the Elqui Valley, whose clear skies are prized by stargazers✨. It’s a blend of mainly Syrah, Garnacha, Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot which varies from year to year. Syrah is to the fore in the 2018, making up just over 50% of the blend - it's floral and expressive with a herbal twist, juicy and velvety - best vintage yet according to @luisgutierrezsd
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Vinedos de Alcohuaz is located at 1,800m in the Elqui Valley. Carved out of the granitic mountains, where the sun beats down, the stars shine brilliantly and it barely rains 30cm per year. These are pure mountain wines that speak eloquently of their home.

Fresh off the boat from Oz... get in touch for mor

Fresh off the boat from Oz... get in touch for more info...
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🍇Timo Mayer - new vintages of Syrah and Cabernet from the whole-bunch master
🍒🌹More silky, seductive Sucette Grenache @yobetts @carlarzabetts
Luke Lambert new vintages of Chardonnay, Syrah and Nebbiolo🦄
💥New wine - a spicy Syrah joins the Empire of Dirt team
🐰🐷 from @timwildman selling like the proverbial 🔥🍰
Back in stock smashers from @delinquentewineco
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Happy #winewednesday

Meet the winemaker: Terroir al Limit make some of

Meet the winemaker: Terroir al Limit make some of the most elegant and expressive wines in the Priorat. Meet owner and winemaker Dominik Huber and taste a selection from regional to single vineyard cuvees @honestgrapes online tasting next Thursday 25th 🍷
Find out more:
www.honestgrapes.co.uk/grower-event-terroir-al-limit
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The winemaking has evolved since the project started 20 years ago - replacing small oak barrels with concrete tanks and large foudres, and adopted gentler extraction. Luis Gutierrez @wine_advocate recently said: “The wines seem to be going from strength to strength, with great definition, delineation and freshness, more transparent to the terroir, more about the place than the varietal.”

Looking for a New World Chardonnay with edge? Look

Looking for a New World Chardonnay with edge? Look no further! 🎉
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The Tasman Chardonnay from Kiwi producer Abel is fresh, fun, and full of flavour - we can’t get enough of it!
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Fruit comes from rolling hills of the Moutere Valley where Chardonnay thrives; with rich clay soils, high sunshine hours and a glorious maritime climate, the area is perfect for making a fresh and highly textured style. Winemakers Sophie and Mark McGill take inspiration from the wines of Chablis, choosing to move away from oak rich styles in favour of Chardonnay with energy and brightness.
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The result? Intense aromas of peach, citrus and flinty minerality rise to great you from the glass. The palate is juicy, with mouth-watering acidity and concentrated fruit. While time on lees gives a gentle nuttiness and textural quality that rounds out its naturally bright acidity 🍋🍑🍏 Available all across London at your local @bottleapostle

Drinking Corlea Fourie’s wines is like a practic

Drinking Corlea Fourie’s wines is like a practice of mindfulness, which we could all use a bit of these days. 🧘🏻‍♂️Produced in Wellington, South Africa, the grapes come from a certified organic vineyard called Gesamelike Wei, which means communal pasture – the site was originally used for grazing by nomadic trek farmers. Made from hand harvested Grenache, and destemmed to a stainless-steel tank, fermentation takes place naturally. After 3 days on skins the wine is gently pressed and aged in neutral vessels until bottling.
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The result? A wine which exhibits a vibrant ruby shade, with delicate plum, violet, and raspberry on the nose, clear tannin structure and beautiful length. The chilled red for your picnic dreams, or enjoy with a hearty Italian dish. Happy #Winewednesday 🍷

🚨NEW PRODUCER🚨 Bernhard Bredell was named Yo

🚨NEW PRODUCER🚨 Bernhard Bredell was named Young Winemaker of the Year in @timatkinmw South Africa 2019 Report. We're excited to have just received a small allocation of wines from that vintage.
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Bernhard's grandfather planted vines in the 70s on Sinai Hill, a granite outcrop in Lower Helderberg. The area has a fresher maritime microclimate that is different from much of Stellenbosch. 🌊 When Bernhard set up @scionsofsinaiwines in 2016, one of the goals was to preserve some of the old vineyards his grandfather planted. The name reflects this commitment to both land and family: a scion having the dual meaning of a young vine shoot and a generational descendant.
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Bernhard is a soil nut - he studied oenology, viticulture and soil sciences at the University of Stellenbosch, and encourages the farmers he works with to work organically. 🌱It follows that he has a low-intervention approach in the cellar - slow fermentations in open-top vats, ageing in old oak, no manipulations to the juice or wines and no filtration. His goal is expression of a place, a vineyard, it’s history and its soil. “I’m not trying to be weird or funky – for me what’s most important is to have that line between vineyard and glass as uncompromised as possible,”
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More info on our new price list and website.

With #newzealandwineweek on the horizon we're putt

With #newzealandwineweek on the horizon we're putting the spotlight on fantastic Kiwi producers like @novumwinesnz Rachel and Will Hoare's aim is: "To make the best wines that we can, interesting wines that we want to drink and that echo their sites". That might not sound like an unusual ambition, but placed in the context of Marlborough where so much fruit goes to big commercial wineries, it's more radical than it sounds.
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They're currently getting ready for vintage. Rachel says: "It's been an extremely hot summer for us here, and vintage is looking like it’s going to be super early – maybe the earliest ever. Fruit looks amazing though".
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It'll be a while before we get our hands on the 2021s, but you can find their 2019 Chardonnay - of which @rebeccagibbmw @vinousmedia has this to say: “This unshowy Chardonnay seduces you with its understated but savoury style. Full-bodied yet perfectly tied together by a fine line of acidity that pierces the rich core of fruit from its beginning to its lengthy finish. White Burgundy lovers should put this on their shopping list.”
At VinCognito @thegoodwineshophq @lovewineje
Happy Friday indeed!

'Rupestris evokes the strength of the rock, the pu

'Rupestris evokes the strength of the rock, the purity of the earth, something primitive, rustic, wild, ancient and authentic'
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Refreshing minerality sings through in this mouth-watering blend of native varietals: Xarel·lo, Malvasía de Sitges, and Xarel·lo Vermell. Zinging acidity is balanced with a supple chalky texture and pure, persistent citrus fruit 🍋
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Celler Pardas is part of the new generation of producers in Catalonia. Their focus is on preserving the balance and health of their land, they farm organically without irrigation, and aim to work in partnership with nature leaf 🌿
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For Londoners locked down in the South-East, you can get your Rupestris fix at @peckhamcellars - remember shop local! ✊

🚨BACK IN STOCK🚨The wait is finally over! Lel

🚨BACK IN STOCK🚨The wait is finally over! Lelie van Saron Chardonnay is here 🥂
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From winemaker up-and-coming South African winemaker, Natasha Williams, the Lelie van Saron is a traditionally made cool climate Chardonnay. The fruit is grown in Hemel-en-Aarde and beautifully expresses the minerality of the region’s Cartref soils in balance with refined varietal fruit 👌
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Natasha's approach to winemaking is simple: make wine with a pure expression of the terroir and grape variety, using natural methods. The result is elegant, honest wines from cool climate sites
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📷 : @lelievansaron

🚨 New South African juice just landed 🚨 Stay

🚨 New South African juice just landed 🚨 Stay tuned, or get in touch for more info...
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💥New producer @scionsofsinaiwines Bernhard Bredell 👉makes pure uncompromising wines from dry-farmed bush vines in Lower Helderberg
💥New vintage @lelievansaron Chardonnay
💥PLUS new own label collab @natashawilliamssaron @benhenindigo a vibrant skin contact Pinot Gris
💥New vintage @nattevalleij perfumed and juicy Cinsault
💥Wild Air @stormwinessa back in stock

Friday night and the Doktor is in… my glass 🍷

Friday night and the Doktor is in… my glass 🍷
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I’m referring to the delicious Yarra Valley Pinot Noir from Timo Mayer of course! Sourced from Timo’s infamous Bloody Hill vineyard, this wine is similar to his other Pinot— Close Planted— except it is made with 100% whole bunch 🍇
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The nose is powerful and wildly aromatic, while the palate is deliciously savoury, with incredible texture and fresh acidity. Put simply, it is an absolutely stunning wine. Great to drink now but will age beautifully as well 👌

Amid a sea of Big Wine, Delinquente offers a diffe

Amid a sea of Big Wine, Delinquente offers a different approach: to produce fun, approachable and terroir-driven wines that will challenge people’s perception of the Riverland. This year brings us another fantastic selection of DLQ wines, each bursting with pure, unadulterated flavour 😋
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A prime example is the Screaming Betty - a thirst-quenching, acid-driven, and textural Vermentino. This modern take on the grape gives classic aromas of stone fruit and crisp pear on the nose, while the palate is textural and tropical with a beautiful, long finish 🍑
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We wholeheartedly encourage you to support your local retailers! For North Eastern London-dwellers, get your hands on a bottle of Betty at @forestwinese17

A GSM that makes you go mmmm 🤤 . The emphasis

A GSM that makes you go mmmm 🤤
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The emphasis is really on the M here as Mourvedre takes the lead in Dune’s twist on the classic McLaren Vale blend, with some Montepuciano thrown in to provide aromatic lift. The wine is packed with bright berry fruit, ripe tannins complemented by aromas of dried herbs and a long spicy finish 🌶
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Dune was founded by brothers Peter and Duncan Lloyd, who learned the importance of wine in bringing food to life while growing up in McLaren Vale. They source fruit from around Blewitt Springs, often working with Mediterranean varietals that thrive in the sub-regions hot, dry conditions. Their approach focused on site, with a style in mind for each of their wines that stems from the individual qualities of the vineyard, adapting the winemaking to suit the personality of each wine 🍷

What are you drinking this Australia Day? 🦘 . W

What are you drinking this Australia Day? 🦘
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We're in the Yarra Valley with the Empire of Dirt Sauvignon Blanc
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Empire of Dirt is an Indigo collaboration with Rivar Mayer (with a little input from his dad Timo) exploring varieties which used to be planted in the Yarra. The fruit comes from the vineyard next door and was whole bunch pressed, with a third crushed and left overnight before pressing to give the wine more varietal characters and texture. The wine had good acidity and didn't need any additions apart from a little sulphur 🔥
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The result is a super fresh Savvy B; bone-dry with beautifully integrated varietal character: a grassy nose, with grapefruit, elder-flower and a rounded textured and a mouth-watering finish 🍋

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