Pure Vallée Le Rosé makes us think of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 – sure, we could compare this wine to a summer’s day, but that would...
The Bougrier family’s relationship to winemaking in the Loire is like Professor Brian Cox’s with space… or writing election winning jams for Labour MPs –...
The Rhonéa Ventoux Rosé is perfect for a bright summer sipper. This wine flaunts a delicate salmon pale colour and boasts aromas of pink grapefruit, strawberry and sweet...
The vineyards of Famille Perrin are on the slopes of Mont Ventoux, which are in turn, on the slopes of the alps, like mountainous Russian...
Henri and Simone Ducourt bought Chateau d'Haures in 1983 and made it their home. Now the main place where their family and friends gather, the...

Cuvée Dissenay Pinot Noir 2021

£12.00
Glossy red ruby in colour, this fabulously French Pinot Noir boasts intense black fruit aromas on the nose, followed by a hint of vanilla and...
Famille Bougrier's Touraine Sauvignon Blanc is a fresh and light white wine with sumptuous exotic fruit aromas that are accompanied with a slight minerality. The...

Loudenotte Viognier 2021

£12.50
The Loudenotte Viognier 2021 is limpid gold in colour. It has great complexity on the nose, with notes of fresh stone fruits (apricot, peach), fresh-cut...

Loudenotte Chardonnay 2021

£12.50
The Loudenotte Chardonnay 2021 is young looking and bright gold in colour. It's aromas are complex and vibrant, with fresh fruity notes and a hint...

L'Orangeraie Viognier 2020

£12.50
This wine is very well named as, just like a fancy Parisian Orangery, it is packed full of tropical fruits. The grapes are harvested in...
The Riesling Chasseur De Lune Bestheim is a pale colour with gold reflections. The nose is expressive with floral notes. The wine opens towards citrus...
The Potel-Aviron Beaujolais Villages Gamay based red wine is bright, with fresh strawberry and raspberry aromas that are followed by medium weight red fruit on...
Attractive intense yellow colour with shiny reflections. This wine opens up with a complex nose and a beautiful aromatic range combining notes of ripe fruit...
This Côtes du Rhône Famille Perrin Reserve red wine opens up with a powerful, very expressive empyreumatic nose with toasted notes, undergrowth and mushrooms such...
This Gewurztraminer is a yellow gold in colour. It's aromatic with notes of lychees, exotic fruits and spices. Ample and fruity, round attack. Aromas of...

Fleur de Thénac Rouge 2016

£16.00
Weirdly Thénac is famous for the Lascaux Caves (faded graffiti of fat horses), truffles (a fungus that is a favourite snack for swine but inexplicably...
The Domaine Coussin La Croix Du Prieur Rosé 2022 has a very pale pink color with a subtle and delicate nose of stone fruits such...
Sometimes tasting notes can seem so far-fetched you wonder whether the writer is actually taking you for a ride. If we were to say that...

Maison Dousset Petit Chablis 2021

£18.50
We understand that wines such as this are labelled Petit Chablis because the grapes are grown just outside Chablis proper, despite the wines being made...

Château Carignan Cadillac 2019

£18.75
They might seem a fairly austere, old-fashioned lot, but Bordelais(es) tick with hidden passion. On the outside they seem elegant, carefully presented. Some even say...
This Pinot Gris is deep yellow in colour with golden reflections. Open and very expressive, aromas of apricot and honey. Ample attack, round and balanced...
The Mâcon Prissé Vignerons des Terres Secrètes is crisp, fresh, and fruity. This is an intense Chardonnay that showcases white and citrus fruits, white flower bouquets,...

Potel-Aviron Fleurie 2021

£19.50
The Potel-Aviron Fleurie Gamay based red wine is bright, with fresh strawberry and raspberry aromas that are followed by medium weight red fruit on the palate....
The historic Chateau Plaisance was acquired by the Ducourt family in 1994. Ever since, they have been producing elegant, harmonious wine with unique character with...
Many consider Vacqueyras as where the smart money is spent in the Rhône, like buying property in south-east London if you can’t afford to live...

Pouilly-Fumé Harmonie 2020

£21.00
Typical flint and mineral Pouilly Fumé characteristics. Beautifully poised on the nose, expect prominent, in-your-face aromas ranging from freshly cut grass to tropical and ripe...
Originally established by Robert and Yvette Michelas, the domain is now run by their four children. Most impressive that they have worked side-by-side for 30...

Château Mazeris Canon Fronsac 2016

£22.00
We like to think of the wines of Canon-Fronsac as the Samwise Gamgee of Bordeaux. Sure, it might not have the glamour of Pomerol or...

Maison Dousset Chablis 2021

£23.00
Chablis is a brilliantly versatile wine when it comes to pairing with foods, and Maison Dousset's Chablis is no exception to this. This elegant, unoaked...

Miraval Provence Rosé 2020

£24.00
One of the most famous Rosé's in the world! An exclusive wine from the estate of Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt, this gorgeously pale pink...
Domaine des Amphores is a family owned winery in Saint Joseph, Northern Rhone. This 100% Syrah Boasts rich, dark forest berry notes with aromas of...
“A red Sancerre? What next, white Merlot? Black gin? A blonde Ginger Spice!?” Yes, as shocking as you may find it Pinot Noir is grown...
Deep garnet colour, this Domaine des Capes Ocres des Dentelles offers a wide range of flavours including very ripe black fruit, liquorice, and herbs such as thyme,...

Domaine des Malandes Chablis 2021

£26.00
We've all experienced something atypical that totally paid off: in a fancy restaurant when you ordered the chef's lasagne, only to discover it's entirely deconstructed,...
This elegant, crisp dry wine is a perfect example of Sancerre Rosé, it's a pale crystal-clear pink with orange undertones. The nose is sumptuous and...
Rich, Garnet red in colour, this seductive Bordeaux boasts an abundance of dark fruit flavours with Cherries and Plum giving way to hints of forest herbs,...
The Rully Plante Moraine, it's nutty, steely and fresh with precision and freshness of green fruit, giving lovely weight and balance to the palate. The...

Marchand Tawse Vire Clesse 2021

£32.00
It is said that you can't buy class, usually by an aristocrat upset that a member of the nouveau riche has turned up to a...

Remoissenet St. Romain 2017

£36.00
A fine example of a Chardonnay from Burgundy with excellent flavours of white fruits stemming from the late picking along with great levels of minerality....

Châteauneuf du Pape Roque Colombe

£36.00
A classic powerful Châteauneuf-du-Pape made from a blend of Cinsault, Grenache noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah. Roque Colombe ages the wine in oak barres for 12-18 months...

Whatever those pesky historians may tell you, France will always be considered the home of wine. Wine is so engrained in this country that we are surprised that their motto has not been updated to “Liberté, egalité, fraternité, vinosité”. It was l’Hexagone that introduced the world to terroir (the sense of place of wine), which gave birth to wine laws and wine regions as we now know them today. And they didn’t stop there; they are the biggest wine producing nation on the planet, offering a diversity of wine that is unparalleled...From the glamour of Champagne to the almost Germanic Alsace, from the elegance of Burgundy to the power of the Rhône and the south, from the delicacy of Provence rose to the richness of their dessert wines, from the famous reds of Bordeaux to the equally famous whites of the Loire, it may sound clichéd, but there is something for everyone “en France”.

And who is the biggest importer of French wine? Us, the UK, that’s who. So although they may give the impression that they don’t care what you think (with their aloofness and their “bof!”), deep down they do.  But if asked what our favourite thing about France and its wine is, we’d have to say their hand gesture to suggest that someone else is maybe a little drunk (this is done by making a fist and holding it to the centre of your face, as if singing into a microphone with your nose, and then twisting clockwise). Everything about French wine is cool.