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One of the most popular wines at Bubble Brothers, in a double helping from the seriously delicious 2018 vintage.

The magnum size is ideal when you have a crowd: luxury and a sense of occasion, without overdoing it.

Ripe and juicy with good weight, moderate tannins and attractive notes of sweet blackberry, farmyard and thyme. Impressive length and complexity for a wine at this price.

'This is another wine that won me over on the first sniff: its delicious sweet farmyard scent giving way to a well-weighted medium mouthful.'
Blake Creedon, Irish Examiner, January 2012

Peach-fresh aromas with a definite floral component put a spring in the step of this premium Chablis before the first sip.

Match it with seafood, poultry, white meats, charcuterie or cheese for a real treat.

All the refinement and elegance you could wish for in a Chablis, with fresh, citrus aromas leading to a taut but generous mouthful, with pure minerality and a precise, lemony finish.

There's hardly a better partner on our list for fish and seafood dishes, and the ample, supple weight of this superior wine makes it a revelation too with a variety of poultry dishes.

The magnum format of one of our most popular white wines. The Verdejos of Rueda are sometimes dubbed the Sauvignons of Spain, but their individual aromatic character and balance of freshness and weight in the mouth make them distinctively appealing.

The Guía Peñín 2018, the top reference for Spanish wines, accorded the 2016 Verdejo 91/100 (Excellent).

The prestigious French publication Gilbert & Gaillard awarded the 2016 vintage 92/100, describing this (high praise indeed from the French) as “a gourmet wine”.

These are authentic wines, with bright, fresh aromas of flowers and citrus in their youth enhanced by slight buttery notes. With age, the colour of the wine deepens and more concentrated flavours take the place of that briskness.

Though the Baillard and Servin families have long experience in wine and winemaking, Julien Baillard has only recently been set up to vinify and bottle part of the fruit produced at Domaine Baillard.

Julien Baillard's granddaughter Elodie takes care of vinification, while her partner Kevin deals with marketing and distribution of a developing range of wines from the domaine's twenty-four hectares, which include some of Chablis' most prestigious plots of land.

(We've added approximate English subtitles to the video clip below. If the subtitles aren't visible, you can always go direct to the YouTube page.)

An extravagant bouquet of sweet spices and pepper, followed by a full-throttle, firm-tannined wash of ripe blackberry, menthol and minerals. A very serious wine! So treat like a Bordeaux, and aerate well, before enjoying alongside roast beef, mature cheeses or chargrilled vegetables.

Cabardès is a relatively small red-and-rosé appellation in the hills north of Carcassonne. Its catchment area is on the climatic border between balmy Languedoc-Roussillon and the more inclement South-West, in the foothills of the Montagne Noir. This double identity is manifested in the grape varieties which make up the appellation's wines: Grenache and Syrah from the SE; Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon, and Merlot, from the SW/Bordeaux. The result is some genuinely unique wines, the majority of which are red.

‘At this price it's a steal!’
Mary Dowey, The Irish Times

You may know Cabernet Franc as a blending grape in Bordeaux, or as a more significant component of the reds you're likely to find in French supermarkets further north. It is of course one of the stars of the Loire Valley, but in a modest vintage its vegetal character can limit its appeal.

The ideal wine-growing conditions of Mendoza's Maipú region allow the grapes to ripen fully and emphasize a richer, darker side in the resulting wine. There's a Cabernet-family blackcurrant depth to the flavours, but at the same time a herby, spicy edge, that make this a great choice with lamb and pork—try the Inicio Malbec with your steak!

If you'd like to read more about how the newcomer fits in with Malbec, here's a recent article by Amanda Barnes for the South American Wine Guide.

Toni Garriga's semi-crianza from the Mas Codina estate in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain is a fresh, light red with depth and a good finish.

Fans of the Cabernet Sauvignon crianza from the estate will almost certainly enjoy this 'little brother' when a less intense experience is called for. The fruit is pure and smooth, with blackberry and red fruit juiciness, and though this is a light-bodied wine, it has real character and more length than you might think. The modest alcohol percentage is a refreshing change from the slowly increasing average, and a reminder that there's much to be enjoyed about a wine that doesn't overwhelm you after the first glass.

It would make a terrific wedding, buffet or picnic wine, and has full organic certification—as do all wines from the estate since the 2017 vintage.

Mas Codina is located in the Alt Penedès, Catalonia, and is protected by two benevolent mountain ranges. All the fruit it uses is estate-grown.

The Penedès region spans a long strip of land between the sea and the mountains, half-way between Barcelona and Tarragona. This wine comes from the Costers de l'Anoia zone of the Penedès, coloured in red on the map below.