Welcome to Stone Vine & Sun
Stone, Vine & Sun Wine Merchants - committed to sourcing superb wines that truly reflect the land they are grown on.
22nd January 2021 - update.
We are open for business and we carry on. The supply of wine is fortunately deemed necessary to the nation's well-being - and delivery either by ourselves or our couriers must be the safest way to receive it.
We have now launched our 2019 Burgundy en primeur offer. 2019 is a superb vintage in Burgundy - Decanter magazine (February 2020) called it "a stellar year". The wines, white and red, are delicious and will be ready to drink soon. So do download this list (see the button above) even if you have not bought en primeur before, especially as we offer mixed selections at the back of the list for the first time. You will benefit from two advantages from a delay in our normal timing in making this offer. First, we were able to taste a higher proportion of finished, and often bottled, wines, making us more confident of our choices. Second, by pricing later we have clearly taken a more optimistic view of the value of the pound than some other merchants who released early. As a result we often seem to be 5-10% cheaper than some grander London businesses where we overlap. We are also not using a reduced harvest as an excuse for price increases and as a high-pressure selling tool: those who dramatically emphasise that the 2019 harvest was down 30-50% are being disingenuous, comparing it to the bountiful 2018 crop.
You can order most of the wines online, but if you would like advice on what to buy please email sales@stonevine.co.uk with your enquiry and a phone number and we will call you back. Do the same if you are seeking any of our tiny allocation of Grand Crus: and we do expect purchases of those to be linked to other wines in our offer.
Secondly, our January Sale will start on the morning of Monday 25th - the list is in the post to our subscribers, and it will be available then online.
Our shop in Twyford is still firmly closed apart from collections - we hope you will respect the reason for this. We are offering collections at the shop between 10 and 5 during week days. If you wish to collect please say so in the delivery instructions box - and when you plan to come. Please don't come without pre-ordering; we must take payment details for telephone orders; and please don't ask to come in. You order will be in marked boxes on a table just inside our door.
Finally, thanks for all the orders we have received over the last nine, strange months - it's great to have your support,
Simon Taylor
Wine of the week
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Product Code: IFA118
I Fabbri, Chianti Classico, Lamole, 2018
“We shipped this wine last summer, little realising it would swiftly win two top accolades within Italy and high praise from Jancis Robinson, MW.”
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Our Favourite Selection
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Product Code: CDE719
Las Colinas del Ebro, Garnatxa Blanca, Terra Alta, 2019
“"This wine’s flavour has been stuck in my brain ever since I first tasted it, and I have resisted the urge to write it up so I could save it...”
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Product Code: FRI320
Valle Frio, Pinot Noir, Maule, 2020
“We continue to maintain that Chile makes the best sub £10 Pinots in the world. Here is the latest vintage of a hugely popular wine here. Fom vines...”
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Product Code: JON218
Domaine Roussel, Joncier, l'O, Vin de France, 2018
“The latest vintage of Joncier's L'O includes some bought in fruit, also organically grown, from the Costieres de Nimes, hence it being...”
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Product Code: PIK619
Piekenierskloof, Cinsault, 2019
“Please note this is NOT the wine recommended by Jancis Robinson in the FT on the 12th of December but the following (very similar) vintage.”
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Product Code: RIV118
Château du Rival, Bordeaux Rouge, 2018
“This stood out in a blind tasting of reasonably priced 2018s: for a clean, red-fruited scent; generous fruit accented with cinnamon; a pleasing...”
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Product Code: HAT1NV
Thomas-Hatté, Champagne, Tradition, Brut, NV
“Our "house" Champagne, crafted by fifth generation champagne grower Franck Thomas from 70% Pinot Meunier, 20% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot...”
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Product Code: LAU318
Domaine J. Laurens, Cremant de Limoux Brut, Les Graimenous, 2018
“We have always said this was a dead ringer for Champagne (and frankly much more fun to drink than some of the battery acid cuvées churned out by the...”
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Product Code: CED619
Cape Atlantic, Sauvignon Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“We are the sole importers of this brilliantly charged and zippy SB, made by top Cape winemaker David Nieuwoudt at Cederberg. Although there is no...”
