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Choosing the wine you want.
We often get customers coming in the shop and they ask us, Do you have a good nice wine?
The answer to the question is in a way very simple, all of our wines are very good. Our aim is to supply
high quality wine at an affordable price, making wine drinking a pleasure, not just on special occasions but also for every
day.
So how do you choose? How do you tell a wine that’s just right for summer lunch in the garden form
one that would be better suited to a winter evening in front of a log fire? Just imagine when you walk into our wine shop
you could pick up a bottle from the ‘green tangy white’ section or go for a ‘spicy, warm hearted red’.
This would make things pretty easy, would it not?
You see, all those thousands of different flavours fall into 15 broad styles, which are as follows:
1. Juicy, fruity Red
Refreshing, approachable and delicious – Chilean Merlot shows what modern red wine is all about.
2. Silky, strawberryish Red
Mellow, perfumed wine with red fruit flavours – Pinot Noir is the classic grape.
3. Intense, blackcurranty Red
Reds with the distinctive blackcurrant flavour of Cabernet Sauvignon.
4. Spicy, warm-hearted Red.
Gloriously rich flavours of fruit berries, black pepper and chocolate – try Australian Shiraz.
5. Mouth-watering, sweet-sour Red
Intriguing wines with a rasping herby bite and sweet-sour red fruit flavours – Italian reds do this
better than any.
Delicate Rosé
Fragrant, refreshing and dry to medium try our Fayolle Rosé or Pinot grigio Blush.
Bone-dry, neutral White
Crisp, and refreshing, wines like Muscadet, ideal with fish.
Green tangy White.
Sharp, gooseberryish, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc leads the way.
Intense, nutty White.
Rich and succulent, subtle and powerful – burgundy sets the style.
Ripe, toasty White.
Upfront flavours of peaches, apricots and tropical fruits with toasty richness – the
taste of Australian Chardonnay.
Aromatic White
Perfumy wines with exotic and floral fragrances - none more so than Gewürztraminer, try our Morio Muskat
from Germany.
Sparkling Wines
Bubbles to make you happy and delicious flavours, too. Smile you are drinking Champagne.
13. Golden, sweet White
Luscious mouthfuls with intense flavours of peach, apricot and honey, such as Muscatel.
14. Warming Wines
Sweet, fortified wines with rich flavours – nothing beats Port.
15. Tangy, fortified Wines
Bone dry with startling stark, sour and nutty flavours – this is real sherry.
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