celebrate, bubble, pop!

		2006 Giustino B. Prosecco Extra Dry , 75cl, 11.5%, Veneto, Italy, £17.00	Vintage prosecco like you’ve never tasted. The promise of summer in a bottle, swirling sunsets and candied clouds soaring to lofty heights. Tiny bubbles exploding on your tongue, releasing their ‘feelgood’ pheromones and bringing smiles to a lucky few....read more
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		Argeo Prosecco Brut NV, 75cl, 11%, Veneto, Italy, £9.00	Perfect for those hot afternoons when relentless UK sun beats down (who am I kidding?). Fill the paddling pool, turn on Jack Johnson and relax. No bubbles in the pool please!...read more
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		Jaquesson Cuvee No. 730 , 75cl, 12%, Champagne, France, £24.00	Need a new name to drop? Tired of carrying those weary few? Spice up your repertoire and take the path less traveled. Voted the "Champagne Lover's Champagne", Jaquesson is the toast of those who recognise quality and like to yell that quietly....read more
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pure, delicate, neutral

		2007 La Lande Blanc, 75cl, 11.5%, VDP Cotes de Gascogne, France, £6.00	A little ray of sunshine beamed in from Southern France, reclining in a citrus deck chair. Aromatic with hints of green apples and gooseberry. On the palate it has good fruit and beautifully balanced acidity that gives the wine a long fresh crisp finish....read more
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		2007 Santa Celina Pinot Gris, 75cl, 13.5%, Mendoza, Argentina, £7.00	At an altitude of 1100m on previously uncultivated land, you can understand why this is in the pure category. Spicy, smoky, and fragrant; a poised and elegant alternative to its better known cousin Pinot Grigio. ...read more
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		2006 Trebbiano d' Abruzzo DOC-Organic, 75cl, 12%, Montepagano, Italy, £9.00	Ganic Or Ganic? No I’ll take the organic please. Pure, unadulterated yumminess wrapped up in peaches with touches of lime. ...read more
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		2006 Sarotto Gavi de Gavi DOCG, 75cl, 13%, Piemonte, Italy, £10.00	You want pure? This is pure. You want delicate? This is delicate. Awash with melon, drowning in pineapple with a mineral fountain dancing merrily in the middle. Dive in for a couple of laps. A popular choice at the Ivy so we’re told. ...read more
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		2007 Puiattino Pinot Grigio, 75cl, 12.5%, Venezia Giulia, Italy, £12.00	This is Pinot Grigio for the big table where the adults sit. This is late night TV for grownups. Put away the teddy bear and get out the nude twister. Lime and tropical fruits with a richness usually reserved for ‘special’ occasions. Dim the lights....read more
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		2006 Arpeggio Bianco, 75cl, 12.5%, Sicily, Italy, £5.00	Dark at 4.30pm. A closet full of overcoast and scarfs. Whoa! Light and airy with all the windows thrown open on a hot summers day. Summer's sweet scents with a touch of spice, wafting through. ...read more
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		2006 Campo Nuevo Viura, 75cl, 12%, Rioja/Navarra, Spain, £6.00	Dry, light and fresh like crisp cotton sheets on a hot, humid night (if you use sheets that is). The fan could be quieter and I've a strange feeling I'm being watched. Damn that ceiling mirror. ...read more
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		2006 Pinot Grigio delle Venezie, 75cl, 12%, Veneto, Italy, £7.00	Ok. Ok. so the summer wasn't what we ordered! Doesn't matter. Crack this this beauty and enjoy some Italian sun ripened goodness. Add some friends, sit back and enjoy this chatty little Pinot Grigio. Apply liberally....read more
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		2006 Le Vigne Pinot Grigio, 75cl, 12%, Veneto, Italy, £9.00	What is it with Pinot Grigio? It seems to sidle up to you with scant regard for proper introductions and before you know it, you're in a relationship. Friends love its easy nature and your parents know something is up. The sunset never looked so good....read more
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		2006 Castello Soave Classico, 75cl, 12.5%, Soave, Italy, £13.00	The rustle of gold braided wheat whispering in soft, dulcet tones while the clouds pass overhead in lazy fashion. Sleek and velvety with a twinkle that positively flirts with you. Roll over and I'll do your back. ...read more
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crisp, aromatic, vibrant

		2006 Chateau Poyet Muscadet Sur Lie, 75cl, 13.5%, The Nantais, France, £7.00	Cool and crisp, and possessing a little something that makes you go “Oh yeah baby. That’s what I’m talking about”.Green apples and jasmine with a touch of salt (yes salt) to give it a mouth watering finish. Bust out the oysters and hold my calls....read more
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		2006 Escale Sauvignon Blanc , 75cl, 12%, VDP Cotes de Gascogne, France, £8.00	Ah. The joys of travel. People meeting, exchanging ideas, sharing sunsets. French sauvignon with a little international influence. A modern twist on a little old world expertise. Pass the gooseberries and throw me a lychee. Lovely!...read more
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		2005 Pacific Rim Chenin Blanc, 75cl, 12.5%, Santa Cruz, California, USA, £11.00	Va Va Boom. Flavours of pear, quince and grapefruit essence,with an eruption of floral aromas.An off-dry style without any cloying sweetness. A lively acidity keeps the wine balanced and adds an exotic touch to its Californian upbringing. ...read more
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		2007 Mansion House Sauvignon Blanc, 75cl, 13.5%, Marlborough, New Zealand, £12.00	Born in the Land of the Long White Cloud where fields of forest green touch the sea. Gooseberry and lemon aromas open way to a full and assertive on the nose and palate. Beautifully structured, with a vibrant acidity intertwined with crisp fruits....read more
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		2006 Chateau Favray Pouilly Fume, 75cl, 12.5%, Pouilly Fume, France, £14.00	NZ savvy might be hot, but let’s not forget where it all began. Depth of fruit and a fantastic concentration matched by a superb balance. An aromatic flowery bouquet, finishing with crisp citrus style fruit, great length and limestone/minerally tones....read more
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		2006 Stormy Cape Chenin Blanc, 75cl, 13.5%, Western Cape, South Africa, £7.00	Out on the high veld speed matters. A racy disposition matched with a high level of alertness is the difference between seeing the next sunrise or gracing that evenings menu. Run Chenin, run. ...read more
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		2006 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc, 75cl, 13%, Marlborough, New Zealand, £13.00	From the team that put Cloudy Bay and NZ on the world wine map, comes this stylish and well-structured sauvignon. A leash on the fruit gives innuendo while acid nips playfully at your heels. "Sit" you say. But it won't. OK then. Fetch me another bottle....read more
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full, rich, ripe

		2006 Domaine Cessane Marsanne Viognier , 75cl, 13%, Vin de Pays d'Oc, France, £8.00	Pay D’Oc (Sth France) is producing wines of real flavour and freshness without compromising on quality. Hand picked and modern vinification techniques. Viognier provides the rich apricot body and Marsanne dresses it elegantly with layers of citrus....read more
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		2006 Pulenta Estate Chardonnay, 75cl, 14%, Mendoza, Argentina, £10.00	When you make wine this high up, even God gets a look in. Heavenly scent with a miraculous union between oak and fruit, this chardonnay is rich and creamy, but without overblown topical flavours. ...read more
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		2006 Hewitson 'Lu Lu-V' Viognier, 75cl, 13.5%, Barossa , Australia, £11.00	Evocative aromas of apricot, peach and acacia blossom and a cornucopia of mouth-filling fruit flavours bombard the senses. Citrus zest and tangerine with hits of pawpaw, guava and tobacco only add to this sexy, exotic Australian offering. Superb! ...read more
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		2006 Fairview 'Oom Pagel' Semillon, 75cl, 13.5%, Western Cape, South Africa, £15.00	An outrageous, opulent wine, with a fantastic texture, concentrated lemon, citrus blossom and green fig aromas. Rounded off with spicy clove and vanilla oak flavours, Oom Pagel Semillon needs your finest culinary creations - this is for a special dinner. ...read more
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		2005 Manciat-Poncet Pouilly Fuisse, 75cl, 13%, Pouilly Fuisse, France, £18.00	Subtle, alluring and downright sexy. Tropical scents and ripe white fruits come take you by the hand and whisper sweet nothings in your ear. Gentle oak maturing adds brioche flavours, married to ripe pineapple fruit and mineral acidity. Absolutely divine!...read more
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		2006 Lerane Terret/Viognier, 75cl, 12.5%, Vin de Pays d'Oc, France, £6.00	When the heat rises this summer and the smell of BBQs drifts lazily from your neighbours yard, you remember years gone by. Arguments over undercooked chicken, bee stings and sand in your sandwiches. Open a 0range 1 and relive the highlights instead. ...read more
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		2006 Redfin Chardonnay, 75cl, 13.5%, South Australia, Australia, £10.00	Those Aussies. So arrogant. So competitive. So thirsty. It's difficult when you've got little water and you're surrounded by sharks. Tempers get frayed. Brows get bent. Wines get concentrated. We like that. Concentration that is....read more
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		2004 Riverstone Chardonnay, 75cl, 13.5%, Monterey, California, USA, £15.00	Swimming pools. Movie stars. Hell, they even got The Terminator running the show. Super size me with some toasty oak and lashings of orange and spice. You'll be back....read more
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		2005 Domaine Janasse Viognier, 75cl, 14%, Chateauneuf Du Pape, France, £17.00	A supermodel once said she wouldn't get out bed for less than 10K. She had one hell of an ego and legs to match. Meet the wine equivalent. Confident, elegant, and draped in compliments. A real stunner!...read more
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light, simple, fresh

		2007 Campo Nuevo Garnacha Rose, 75cl, 13%, Navarra, Spain, £6.00	A lovely, simple rose for quaffing before you hit the dance floor. Strawberry pink with bright reflections It is fresh, youthful and clean. ...read more
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		2007 Veritiere Rosato Veronese, 75cl, 13%, Veneto, Italy, £7.00	A flirty little rose, winking suggestively from the corner of the bar. Soft, red fruit flavours pouting and giving you the come on, with a crisp freshness like a stingy slap on the inner thigh. Naughty, but oh so nice. ...read more
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		2006 Vega Infante Rosada, 75cl, 12%, Valencia, Spain, £8.00	From close to the Spanish Mediterranean comes this expressive and exotic rose. Red berries laced with some herb notes are scattered across the bouquet, while the plate is predominately fruit. Spice and a touch of tannins add depth and character. Olé! ...read more
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		2006 Redfin Sangiovese/Merlot, 75cl, 13%, South Australia, Australia, £9.00	Devilishly delicious on its own or with food! Sangiovese gives a cherryish perfume combining floral characters on the nose. Take a sip and enjoy the freshness, softened only by the ripe, rounded berry fruit of the Merlot. ...read more
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		2006 Cuvee des Oliviers, 75cl, 13.5%, Vin de Pays de l'Herault, France, £6.00	Summer's sweet sun kissed this wine and made her blush. Soft and sensuous with a naughty streak that your mother warned you about. Clothing optional. ...read more
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		2006 La Flor Malbec Rose, 75cl, 14%, Mendoza, Argentina, £7.00	Taking the country by storm, Rose is the next big thing. Move over Big Brother, stand aside Kate Moss. The world through this rose is no parking wardens, 28 degree days and summer all year round. Elvis is in your building. ...read more
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		2006 Alpha Zeta Rosato, 75cl, 12%, Northern Italy, Italy, £8.00	It's the top down and no speed limit. It's getting home late without the guilt. It's talking to David Attenborough and he finds 'you' interesting. Wake up! Rose you can lose yourself in and nothing else matters....read more
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		2006 Pinot Noir les Fumees Noires, 75cl, 13%, Languedoc, France, £9.00	"I don't want to be Pink. I want to be Red!" Calm down, calm down. If the shoes fits. Light, simple and fresh are the requirements and this pinot ticks all the boxes. A distinguished quaffer....read more
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		2005 Domaine Chatoux Beaujolais , 75cl, 12.5%, Beaujolais, France, £10.00	It's the brambly underbrush of the thorny question that tugs on your strawberry emotion. Settle there in rhubarb recliners with scarlet nymphs and chocolate courtiers swirling in your glass. Twisted vines and heady times in classic Beaujolais. ...read more
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juicy, round, easy

		2006 V Valpoicella ALPHA ZETA, 75cl, 12.5%, Veneto, Italy, £7.00	This is pasta. This is friends. This is easy. Soft, supple fruit with a perfume of fresh black cherries. On the palate the wine is soft and ripe, with a light, youthful freshness which lifts its cherry pie flavours and accentuates the bouquet....read more
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		2007 La Flor Cabernet Sauvignon, 75cl, 14%, Mendoza, Argentina, £9.00	What do you get when you cross high quality vineyards located at an altitude of 980m with melting ice from the Andes providing a natural irrigation system? You get super lovely, outrageous quality dripping in black fruits and steeped in structure. ...read more
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		2006 La Vendemia Rioja, 75cl, 13.5%, Rioja/Navarra, Spain, £10.00	This guy makes good wine. No wait. This guy makes tremendous wines. Fat, succulent red berries shown four months in new oak and given the royal treatment. Modern yet traditional with a type of intensity usually found in more expensive styles. Hats off!...read more
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		2005 Peachy Canyon Incredible Red Zinfandel, 75cl, 14%, Pasa Robles, USA, £12.00	Zinfandel. It’s all about the fruit. Big fat, supercharged fruit revving in colour and brimming in confidence. King sized, six foot-six, front-row berries throwing around their weight. Raspberries and blackberries in pepper pants and spicy shoes. ...read more
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		2004 Alana Tuapapa Pinot Noir, 75cl, 13%, Marlborough, New Zealand, £14.00	Three words. Poise, finesse and elegance. All three are present in this stunning and beautifully built Pinot. A treat for the senses. ...read more
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		2006 La Lande Rouge, 75cl, 12%, South West France, France, £6.00	We wanted a wine for Red 1 that was a giver. Not a charity wine, requiring lots of forms to fill out nor offering any tax breaks. Just a supple, easy-drinking, everyday tie loosener that you could ease into at days end. Do not disturb. ...read more
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		2005 Vina Cerrada Rioja Tinto, 75cl, 13%, Rioja/Navarra, Spain, £8.00	"Son. One day. All this". Juan had heard it all before so he packed his car and headed for Navarra. Young winemakers putting the shine back into Rioja. New ideas and heart in a region born to rear vines....read more
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		2004 Bonny doon Big House Red, 75cl, 14%, California, USA, £10.00	Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give him a bottle of the Big House Red and he'll wish he had a steak instead. A medley of flavours married in a consummate union make this wine a heady proposition. Tagged for your safety....read more
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		2004 Grenache Clos de Gilroy, 75cl, 13.5%, Santa Cruz, California, USA, £13.00	We love Bonny Doon! Nothing is taken too seriously and wine is viewed as complimentary to our wee lives. The Gilroy is no exception. Rampant fruit and cautious tannins to go with meaty conversation....read more
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		2005 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir, 75cl, 13.5%, Santa Maria, California, USA, £19.00	Good French movies leave everyone baffled. "Wasn't he the ....so who killed who.....I don't get it" This is very good Pinot made with a Californian hand. Except the ending is all yours....read more
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spicy, peppery, warming

		2006 T'Air d'Oc Syrah, 75cl, 13%, Vin de Pays d'Oc, France, £7.00	Windswept vineyards. Parched land. Relentless summers. Perfect conditions to grow big, ripe berries bursting with flavour and goodness. Add some French expertise and local knowledge and you get a wine worth coming home to. Perfect after a long day....read more
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		2006 Ashbury Grove Shiraz Reserve, 75cl, 13.5%, South Australia, Australia, £8.00	Home at last! Open this little humdinger and ease into your favourite chair. Australian sunshine coursing through your veins with spicy red fruit forming a lovely little halo. ...read more
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		2004 Tantalus Cabernet/Shiraz/Malbec, 75cl, 14.5%, Barossa , Australia, £11.00	Barossa Valley, 100 year old vines and good hard Aussie yakka. Elderton is a world class producer specialising in this kind of full bodied wine. ...read more
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		2005 Miss Harry GSM, 75cl, 14.5%, Barossa , Australia, £15.00	Concentration gives you good marks in exams and gold stars on your reports. Concentration in wine gives you wonderfully ripe fruit and subtle touches of terroir. Made from 80+ old bush vines. A complex blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mouvedre....read more
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		2006 Tinpot Hut Syrah, 75cl, 13%, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, £16.00	Reminiscent of top quality Rhone with lashings of black pepper and sun soaked black berry fruit. Quite old world and expressive in style. ...read more
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		2005 Caracter Shiraz Malbec, 75cl, 12.5%, Mendoza, Argentina, £7.00	You want the truth? You can handle the truth? Truth is it's all a lie. Lie down. Not the bottle fool! You. Slip into your favourite chair. Fireside and happy times. And that's the truth....read more
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		2004 Stormy Cape Shiraz, 75cl, 14%, Western Cape, South Africa, £8.00	South Africans are a breed apart. Fiercely loyal, tough competitors and bloody useful to have around when the going gets tough. If you like racy fruit and a good dollop of concentration, Purple 2 is the ticket. ...read more
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		2005 Spice Route Mourvedre, 75cl, 14.5%, Western Cape, South Africa, £10.00	Got your Tom-Tom? Your A-Z handy? Planning a little jaunt to your favourite place? Which way to go. The Eurostar? Luton? Stanstead? Nah. Only one way to go. The Spice Route. ...read more
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		2004 Domaine les Chenets Crozes Hermitage, 75cl, 12.5%, Rhone, France, £12.00	Dr Who had his tardis for interplanetary escapades. An ungainly vehicle in the now defunct police phone box. This transporter comes in a 75cl wine bottle. Damned hard getting in but wait and see what you get out....read more
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		2005 Valentin Bianchi, 75cl, 14.5%, Mendoza, Argentina, £13.00	Bangers and scalloped potato. Starsky and Colin. Wallace and Felix the cat. It's just not the same is it? Some things belong together. Argentinian Malbec and steak. Free-to-air Championship football. That's more like it. ...read more
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		2004 Xanadu Shiraz, 75cl, 15%, Margaret River, Australia, £15.00	From just about as far away as you can get from anything (or anyone), we find Xanadu. Sounding more like a anti-depression drug, this wine does in fact possess the ability to raise your spirits. Take one and call me in the morning....read more
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intense, complex, elegant

		2004 Vina von Siebenthal Parcela No7, 75cl, 13.5%, Aconagua Vally, Chile, £11.00	From altitude comes a wine with attitude. Irrigation done ‘Andes’ style & no need for herbicides means this stunning libation is as pure as the driven snow. Luxurious fruit, taut acidity and silky smooth tannins. Leave your crampons at the door please....read more
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		2005 Brancaia Tre, 75cl, 13.5%, Tuscany, Italy, £14.00	Driving a Ferrari wearing Gaulitier? Tre takes an Italian native and bulks it up with some muscular Cabernet and generous Merlot. A little help from grapes not usually allowed and my, it’s a Super Tuscan! ...read more
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		2001 Plantagenet 'Lioness' Shiraz Viognier, 75cl, 14.5%, Western Australia, Australia, £15.00	An elegance not usually found in powerful Australian shiraz. Wild aromas of brambly fruit, apricots and spice are married to the traditional blackberry and blueberry found in shiraz. A wonderfully heady wine that is muscular and feminine all at once....read more
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		2004 Bonny Doon Syrah, 75cl, 13.4%, California, USA, £16.00	Fat, smoky veins of blackcurrent, winding their way down the valley of indulgence. This is syrah “Pimp my Wine” style. ...read more
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		2004 Dom Vourgeraie, 75cl, 12.5%, Burgundy, France, £17.00	Made in the Cotes de Nuit, Burgundy, using premium fruit earmarked for greatness. Simply Bourgogne on the label - something much grander in the bottle!...read more
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		2006 Calbuco Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, 75cl, 13.5%, Central Valley, Chile, £8.00	Use the fork Luke. Perhaps a corkscrew would be better Dad? For those of you who like a little of dark side, something with a streak of rebellion running through. A stella little number to ward off intergalactic chills. Try with friends or go it Solo. ...read more
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		2005 Chateau La Freynelle Merlot Cabernet, 75cl, 12.5%, Bordeaux, France, £9.00	Oo la la. Gripping stuff this. You're in red meat territory, tearing down the T-bone highway, white knuckled and tears streaming down your face. Half the French Legion on your tail trying to get a piece of what you got. No mere morsel can survive....read more
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		2001 Mas de Monistrol Reserva Privada, 75cl, 13%, Penedes, Spain, £10.00	It's after work time. Traffic was a killer and 9 to 5 just isn't what it used to be. Roll up your sleeves and lose the frown. That smell is 28 grams of organic beef dancing for you. Unleash the hounds....read more
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		2003 Waterford Cabernet Sauvignon, 75cl, 13.5%, Stellenbosch, South Africa, £16.00	More intense than boyscouts. Complexity to hang your hat on. And elegance? Damn! That just ain't here. This is Rambo meets the Terminator at the top of Mount Doom without a hobbit in sight! Wide eyed and ruthless. My precious. ...read more
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		2004 Fonterutoli Chianti Classico, 75cl, 13.5, Tuscany, Italy, £16.00	You're not in Kansas no more Dorothy. This is a live run. This is fully cocked and itching to blow your senses. Strap yourself in and lower the bar. We hope you didn't lie about your height, 'cos baby, this is going to add some inches! ...read more
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