Why no name on the bottle? For many reasons, wineries often have a small surplus of fine wine that they can't bottle themselves, and need to find a home for quickly. When they do, they know who to call – us! We bottle it under a special 'Limited Release' label. That way, the producer's prestigious brand is protected, but our lucky customers get to enjoy a stunning wine at a fraction of the price it would normally command. It's a win-win all round!

Sometimes the producer doesn't want anyone to know who's behind the wines. Other times, (like this time!) they are happy for us to reveal their identity to our customers in our emails or on our website.

Did someone say bargain? This is a premium Sauvignon from the boutique biodynamic and organic Matetic winery in Chile. Their wines are stunning (they regularly win many awards), and if this bottle featured their name it would sell for so much more. But here's the thing! It doesn't – so it's yours at an AMAZING price for the quality.

It's worth looking out for this 'Limited Release' label! We reserve the 'Limited Release' label only for exceptional one-off parcels of wine that need rescuing. Both quality and price need to be 'knockout' impressive, and this dazzling Chilean Sauvignon fits the criteria perfectly.

Bío-Bío beautiful … All the grapes are from the cool Bío-Bío region (although the label isn't allowed to say that). Over 400 kilometres south of Santiago, it's one of Chile's most southerly wine regions. It lies close to the Bío-Bío river and receives both plentiful rainfall and early morning fog. Hence there's a real green, grassy edge and minerally freshness to this delicious white. As one of our customers say, it's very similar to a Sancerre:

"Almost Sancerre. Got a trial parcel of this wine, which arrived yesterday, tasted it last night and I'm ordering a dozen this morning. I guess that says it all! " (Customer review)

Champion the small grower with this terrifically fresh and grassy white. It’s from Marlborough, which enjoys a worldwide reputation for herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc. Duck ’n’ Pheasant is from a cellar that works with individual growers who lack the facilities to produce their own wine, but don’t want to see their precious harvest become an anonymous component of a big brand.

The grapes were all sourced from vineyards which, thanks to free draining, gravelly soils (and the odd duck or pheasant), give excellent flavour intensity. Quality in 2021 was exceptional, with lovely concentration, all captured in bottle and sealed in under screwcap for guaranteed freshness. A crisp glass on its own, and a tasty partner to salmon, chicken or Thai curry.

For quality and value, Abbesse Sauvignon Blanc is hard to beat and an all-time customer favourite. It's from our friends, the Bougrier family, with whom we've worked for the last 20 years. Every year, they search out the best parcels of grapes from Touraine, the Pays Nantais (home to Muscadet) and other regions where the grape shines to get the perfect balance of bright fruit and elegant, citrus zip. They've named the wine in honour of the original Abbesse of the famous Abbaye de Fontevraud nearby, Louise de Bourbon, a major figure in Loire history. This delicious expression of the region’s reigning grape is a fitting tribute to her. Delicious chilled as a glass on its own, it's also a classic with goat’s cheese and all sorts of seafood.