White Wines
Our sales of white wines continue to be dominated by Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, so we make sure we offer you a very wide choice of wines from these two great varieties from all over the world.
However, we make considerable efforts to promote intriguing varieties and blends too, so do consider alternatives, whether Chenin Blanc (Loire and South Africa); the peachy and exotically fruited Rhône varieties - Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc; and those varieties we now broadly label "Alsace" but which appear all along the trade routes from northern France via Germany to north-eastern Italy - Pinot Blanc (Bianco), Pinot Gris (Grigio), Gewurtztraminer; plus of course Riesling.
Some of our most distinctive and increasingly popular wines are from grapes grown only in small zones: Picpoul de Pinet from the Languedoc shores of the Med; Gros and Petit Manseng (Pacherenc du Vic Bilh) from the south-west of France; Albarino from Galicia; or Grechetto from Umbria. Then there are blends: blending grape varieties with specific qualities - for example using one for fruit (e.g. Viognier), one for body (e.g. Marsanne) and another for freshness (e.g. Clairette) - makes complete sense and can make wine so much more interesting. We commend in particular blends from the Languedoc, Spain and South Africa - especially the latter.
Key to our selection is only to offer wines from vines suited to the climatic conditions in which they are grown: that’s why we don’t offer Sauvignon Blanc from the Languedoc, or Pinot Grigio from Australia - it’s simply too hot there for these varieties. Some grapes thrive in the heat - for example Grillo in Sicily. Finally, note that we enjoy and seek freshness in our whites, and abhor the following: over-ripeness; ugly adjustment of acidity levels with tartaric acid (yes, in hot countries they can legally dump sacks of white powder into the wine); and clumsily oaked examples.
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A versatile, textured Pinot Grigio sourced from selected vineyards in the Veneto. Now-2026
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV11%
Bottle75cl
CodeMRB124
GrapeGarganega

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Racovita, Pinot Grigio, 2023
Light bodied
A Pinot Grigio with some decent weight on the palate. Ripe flavours of pear and citrus feature...
OriginMoldova
RegionMoldova
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeRAC123
GrapePinot Grigio

This is the Cherrier family’s oaked cuvée. About a fifth goes into barrel, some new, giving...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeROS522
GrapeSauvignon Blanc

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One of Jérémie Huchet's "parcellaires", organically farmed, single vineyard...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeHUC423
GrapeMelon

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From vineyards at the very top of the valley, cooled by breezes and the cloud attracted to the...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionHemel-en-Aarde
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeDDD119
GrapeChardonnay

I came across this ripe, full-flavoured, barrel-fermented Chardonnay in 2020 by splitting a...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCeres
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeKOE622
GrapeChardonnay

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From a family-owned winery, blended from numerous sites within Marlborough, including the...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeMOU123
GrapeSauvignon Blanc

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Grüner Veltliner grown by the Sax twins from their vines on the slopes above Langenlois in the...
OriginAustria
RegionKamptal
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAX223
GrapeGruner Veltliner

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Classic marmamlade and honey notes. Delicious Sauternes for light desserts and blue cheese....
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Half Bottle37.5
CodeLDS120
GrapeSemillon

As the label calls it, classic fino: dry, nutty and lightly savoury. Drink this year.
OriginSpain
RegionJerez
ColourWhite
ABV15%
Bottle75
CodeFER3NV
GrapePalomino

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After three years under flor this fino was refortified and then had a further two years exposed...
OriginSpain
RegionJerez
ColourWhite
ABV17%
Bottle75
CodeFER4NV
GrapePalomino

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Mirror Lake, a wine cleverly sourced and blended from wine from some excellent estates (no...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMIR124
GrapeSauvignon Blanc