13/10/2026
Bored of the usuals? Start swiping!
Five w**es, five stories, none of them the usual suspects. In store now.
Which one would you try first?
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1. Giorgi Solomnishvili ‘22’ Saperavi — £25.00
Georgia’s answer to Malbec, and arguably better. Dense, wild and brooding, with mulberry, dark cocoa and cracked black pepper, all wrapped in smooth, ripe tannins. Fermented in qvevri clay vessels before ageing in French oak — a method practised here for 8,000 years. Not a w**e you stumble across
2. Le Peewit Sauvignon Gris — £10.00
Sauvignon Blanc’s rarer, pink-skinned cousin, grown in Gascony and named after the lapwing that migrates there each winter. White peach, citrus and apple blossom, with a fresh, zesty finish. Different, inexpensive and genuinely hard to find elsewhere.
3. Cottas Douro Branco — £16.50
A blend of Viosinho, Arinto and Gouveio from high-altitude vineyards in the Douro — the same valley famous for Port, doing something completely different. Tropical fruit, citrus and a whisper of wet slate, with real freshness and body.
4. Cottas Unoaked Touriga Nacional — £24.50
Portugal’s most prized red grape, usually reserved for Port, shown here in rare unoaked form. Bold blackberry, blackcurrant and toasted cinnamon, with soft tannins and real structure. No oak to hide behind — just the grape, honest and unfiltered.
5. Osado White Malbec — £13.50
Malbec, but not as you know it. Pressed gently to avoid picking up any colour from the skins, this is the same grape behind Argentina’s biggest red export, reimagined entirely in white. Strawberry, white flowers and citrus blossom, with the texture and weight of its red sibling underneath.
