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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Bodegas Peique are a family run winery in the heart of Bierzo. Hand harvested from low yielding...
OriginSpain
RegionBierzo
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodePEI120
GrapeGodello

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Wonderful tangerine, candied lemon and a little struck match note greet you. There is a...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCLB019
GrapeChardonnay

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Named after the five-sided marine fossils found locally, this wine is selected from several...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAU718
GrapeChardonnay

From a very small plot planted in the 1940s on gravel and red clay soils. A third of the wine...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV14.4%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAB319
GrapeChardonnay

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Half is barrel-fermented and aged in barrel (10% new), giving honeyed notes to the fruit....
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeFAJ419
GrapeChardonnay

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From a small, half a hectare parcel, on clay and limestone planted in the late 1960s....
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAB119
GrapeChardonnay

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"Château de la Liquière’s schist vineyards sit in the highest parts of the Faugères...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeLIQ720
GrapeRoussanne, Vermentino & Grenache Blanc

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Produced from vines planted in 1936 at 350m above sea level this is a superb Semillon. The age...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionStellenbosch
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeORW117
GrapeSemillon

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Tohu Wines is the first Maori owned winery in New Zealand, with more than 4000 Maori families...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75
CodeTOH118
GrapeChardonnay

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Mont de Milieu is a hillside vineyard facing south and south-east, and as such the vines are...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75
CodeFRR519
GrapeChardonnay

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The Fourreys own a healthy 3.60 hectares of Côte de Lechet, divided amongst six plots over the...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75
CodeFRR719
GrapeChardonnay

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The Quails' Gate estate in British Columbia lies in the lee of the Cascade mountains -...
OriginCanada
RegionOkanagan Valley
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeQUG117
GrapeChardonnay