Wnco Mwnco

Wnco Mwnco Wine shop based in Cardigan selling a range of sustainable, organic and biodynamic wines - always at hand with friendly advice to find the right wine for you!

Lovely pork chop from Moch Coch and some very local veg... but this post is not about the dinner.Suffice to say I was no...
24/08/2026

Lovely pork chop from Moch Coch and some very local veg... but this post is not about the dinner.

Suffice to say I was not best pleased when a case of 2025 Waterkloof Wines Chenin I ordered arrived as 2022 vintage - it's a very slow mover, and while I was confident the wine would still have life in it, I thought a more recent vintage would look more appealing on my shelves.

I could have tried to send it back and get it replaced, but thought I'd taste a bottle first - and I was blown away. What an absolute stunner of a wine! Fresh as a daisy, plenty of life ahead of it, this is mineral and taut with brittle acidity, gentle white peach and floral notes - pure class from first sip to last. Perhaps not your typical Cape Chenin as it doesn't have the usual Rooibos-tinged tanginess - this is probably more like something very expensive from the Loire.

Biodynamically farmed and quietly natural in a non-funky way, and hailing from a winery that is a WWF Conservation Champion too for good measure!

22/08/2026

Shiny and new!

Introducing three new wines from esteemed winemaker Rob Hall in the Yarra Valley, Australia. With Hall's emphasis on highlighting the local terroir and on using minimal intervention techniques, these three wines have laser focus and lovely complexity.

Chardonnay - mostly whole bunch press and with some of the fruit having 24hrs skin contact, the idea is to achieve texture and character with the fruit mass and lees rather than oak. The result is one of the purest Chardonnays I have ever tasted - complex and delicious, and a far cry from the fat buttery overoaked Aussie Chardos that (let's face it) put everyone off this wonderful grape for so long.

Pinot Noir - this and the above are probably the most important varieties in the Yarra, and this is a beautiful example of why that is. Again, purity is the word at the forefront of my mind, it really is a super example of an Aussie Pinot. Nice fruit, delicate spice from large old oak barrels, perfectly balanced acidity and tannins - it's a stone cold banger.

Cabernets - unbeknownst to this humble wino in the sticks, Australian wineries have been happily using the word Cabernets to refer to their Bordeaux blends, and this is just that. Mostly Cab Sav, a chunk of Merlot and a little blob of Malbec, this is bright, fresh and generous, with dark berry fruit and a hint of spice. The balance of fruit, acidity and tannins is just spot on here, and (as with all three wines) the alcohol level will not leave you regretting it the next morning - a good job because this is very smashable.

I tasted samples of all three a week or so ago, and ordered a load in the very next day - suffice to say, I can't wait to drink these again!

Enjoying the eclipse down on the quay, seemed somewhat apocalyptic with the sun being eaten and the river flowing backwa...
13/08/2026

Enjoying the eclipse down on the quay, seemed somewhat apocalyptic with the sun being eaten and the river flowing backwards...

Well fed and 'watered' as ever by the BOCS DU bois.

01/08/2026

All part of the service!

01/08/2026

Opening late Monday to Saturday throughout the Eisteddfod. How late depends on who comes along!

House wine available by the glass, or share any bottle with a friend for just £10 corkage

Diwrnod 2 adref ar ben fy hun - diwrnod i'r brenin!Swper 'sgod i un, plîs!Pysgod - Tato newi Sir Benfro - Tom Samways L...
28/07/2026

Diwrnod 2 adref ar ben fy hun - diwrnod i'r brenin!

Swper 'sgod i un, plîs!

Pysgod -
Tato newi Sir Benfro - Tom Samways
Llysiau -
Gwin - , wrth gwrs!

Hapus iawn!

Mrs Mwnco and the girls have gone away for a couple of days - so I do what I always do when it's only me to feed, and ge...
27/07/2026

Mrs Mwnco and the girls have gone away for a couple of days - so I do what I always do when it's only me to feed, and get down to Dafydd Davies for some offal. No-one else in the house likes liver so I end up craving it.

Frit Mallorquí is mythologised in my head as the most amazing thing to eat after a dip in the sea. Liver, bacon. Fennel, onions peppers and potatoes - all cut into small pieces and fried in olive oil. De-lish.

So after cycling back from a dip at Gwbert this was what I made. I don't have any Mallorcan wine but it tends to be quite low in acidity anyway and a rich dish like this needs acidity for balance. I went for yummy Godello from northern Spain and I was a very happy boy!

Al fresco Sunday dinner again.During the Ottoman occupation of Greece, rebels and bandits fled to the hills. These Kleft...
20/07/2026

Al fresco Sunday dinner again.

During the Ottoman occupation of Greece, rebels and bandits fled to the hills. These Klefts (thieves) would steal sheep and goats from landowners, and because the smoke from cooking them on a fire would give away their location, they used to cook the meat in parcels on embers buried beneath the earth. Potatoes, onions, olives oil lemon and herbs were added and the dish came to be known as Αρνί κλέφτικο - Arni Kleftiko, stolen lamb.

No fire pit in the garden for me though, just low and slow in the oven, wrapped in parchment - with a simple Greek salad, steamed borlottis and quick roasted courgettes, this was a glorious thing to come back to after a nice long nature walk at Rosebush, a cool off in the quarry pool, and the obligatory pint at the Tafarn Sinc.

Wines were Greek too - aromatic and zingy Malagouzia from Attica, and a bright and juicy Kotsifali-Mandilaria from Crete. Στην υγειά μας!

Three newbies:Newly released white to complement the ever popular Gavroche Red - this is a Blanc de Noirs, so made from ...
07/07/2026

Three newbies:

Newly released white to complement the ever popular Gavroche Red - this is a Blanc de Noirs, so made from red grapes, Cinsault and Black Muscat in this case. Organic and Biodynamic, lovely texture and crunchy summer berry flavours.

Another Cremant, from Jura this time - 100% Chardonnay, gentle and elegant - tastes like toasted brioche, and I mean the stuff you find in a proper boulangerie, not the pap you find in the supermarket bakery aisle.

And Munaloss hails from Val d'Ossola in the far north of Piemonte, close to the Swiss border. Here Prunent Nebbiolo is blended with Croatina to make this sappy and smashable red, light bodied in the manner of a cool climate Pinot Noir, or Beaujolais. This will go with a lot of different foods, but I imagine it will be long gone by the time the food hits the table.


New stockPork dinnerBeach treasure Tortoiseshell Who says I can't do brevity?
06/07/2026

New stock
Pork dinner
Beach treasure
Tortoiseshell

Who says I can't do brevity?

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