Teaming up with New Zealand wine producer Yealands has been a pleasure, and we’ve created three delicious and easy to make vegan recipes to pair with their three different styles of Sauvignon Blanc.

Is it time to rethink wine packaging? These exquisite Sicilian wines certainly make a great case for it. Here’s our review of their Syrah rosé and Catarratto white.

Bordeaux is a beautiful beast. It’s the historic homeland of the finest of fine wine and our choice for the Christmas table. Here’s why.

The flavour profile of a Chenin Blanc is hard to pin down; it may exhibit mineral, chamomile, pear, apple, quince and even ginger, depending on its ripeness at harvest.

Savagnin hails from Jura in North-eastern France. It’s a luscious, bucolic, meadow-y region rife with buttercups and happy cows. Read on.

We're big fans of this grape, particularly in the autumn and winter months as it pairs so so well with darker, richer, earthier foods like game meat and mushrooms.

A zero-waste hero in the world of wine. We love the process involved in making a Valpolicella Ripasso, and we love drinking it too. It’s a very special bottle of wine with a great story to tell.

The final episode of Grape Minds series 2 saw us speak with Simon Rogan: 4 Michelin-starred chef, vegcentric food hero, and Beaujolais man.

This bold wine from southern Italy has all the quintessential characteristics of a red wine from a hot growing climate: it’s full bodied, soft, and very juicy.

Lockdown or no lockdown, drinking bubbles with Maxine Thompson, founder of Polka Pants, was the Friday night. In Grape Minds episode 5 we discuss the ultimate Champagne food pairing.

The montepulciano grape loves fat. It hails from “the land of shepherd’s” and its perfect partner is pecorino. We sipped and chatted with Danilo Cortellini for episode 4 of Grape Minds…

Let’s start with the basics - Rioja is not a grape, it’s a region of northern Spain, and it’s red wines are typically a blend rather than single varietal wines.

There’s a delightful saline, ‘sea-breeze’ quality to this wine (a true hallmark of Albariño from Rias Baixas) and a zesty acidity that’s layered with flavours of ripe peaches, lime cordial and soft white blossom.

It’s known for its red fruit flavours - cherries, red currants, raspberries and strawberries - and with ageing in both barrel and bottle it develops wonderfully complex aromas of mushrooms, wet leaves and forest floor.

We are very excited to announce the launch of our new series of Instagram Lives - Grape Minds! Episode 1 saw us taste the Ortega grape with sommelier Charles Carron Brown.

Bracing acidity, with tell-tale aromas zippy lime, clean mineral, and - if aged - petrol. There’re many reasons why Riesling reigns again!

Pinotage is South Africa’s national grape. It is a full-bodied wine with bold, coarse ‘Bordeaux-like’ tannins, concentrated dark purple and black fruit flavours - we love it!

Gewurztraminer is one of the six aromatic grape varieties and on this it delivers in spades! It’s a bold, highly aromatic, rich white wine which can, truth be told, divide a crowd.