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Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows...
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Wow! Amazing aromas of crushed blackberry and blueberry, stems and rose petal. Entrancing. Full-bodied, very tight...
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Tawny Port is always exciting, but if you can afford to splash out, go for a 20 Year Old. All the major houses make...
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Dried cherries, plums and candied fruit with some figs on the nose. Light toffee, too. Medium-to full-bodied, very...
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Ripe and opulent plummy fruit on the nose, big and bold. Well extracted deep fruits on the palate framed by well...
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A white wine of exquisite aromatic complexity and depth. On the palate, Grattamacco Bolgheri Vermentino expresses a...
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Clean and fruity on the nose with hints of strawberries, raspberries and purple flowers. More red fruit on the palate...
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Intense, fresh and complex aromas showing hints of tobacco leaves, plums and pepper. Bright and clean on the palate...
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A Touriga Nacional-based blend of traditional Douro red varieties, grown on schist-sandstone soils at 600 meters of...
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This attractive full-bodied wine has an unctuous texture and crystallized lemon flavors. It is soft and perfumed with...
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This attractive full-bodied wine has an unctuous texture and crystallized lemon flavors. It is soft and perfumed with...
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A deep ruby colour, with a garnet rim. A classic bouquet, on which the liveliness of young fruit produces a delicate...
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A deep ruby colour, with a garnet rim. A classic bouquet, on which the liveliness of young fruit produces a delicate...
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A Touriga Nacional-based blend of traditional Douro red varieties, grown on schist-sandstone soils at 600 meters of...
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An elegant style that light-footedly dances across the tongue. Subtle layers of flavour play across the senses. Much...
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The buttery notes give this a rich allure, with ripe pear, lemon curd and crème brûlée flavors. Offers a fresh...
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Deep dark-purple colour with a vibrant and intense ruby rim. Aromas of ripe wild berries on the nose, combined with...
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Every year in the run-up to Christmas, Waitrose sells 10 wines at £10, and there's rarely a dud in the line-up. Bag...
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Grenache Port Blend Vermentino

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.

The Vermintino grape varietal has been grown in northern Italy for centuries, but is perhaps most closely associated with the island of Corsica, where it is the most widely planted grape varietal and is one of the key flagship grapes on the island. Thought to have originated in Spain, the Vermentino grape quickly spread to other countries, and is now found in many parts of Mediterranean Europe and the New World. The grape itself is prized by wineries due to the crispness of its acids, and the wide bouquet of refreshing flavors it carries. Most commonly, Vermentino is known for holding flavors of green apple and lime, and for having a relatively light body with a low alcohol content. As such, it makes a perfect match for a wide range of foods, and is particularly popular when paired with shellfish.