Colour: Vibrant straw with flecks of brilliant green. Bouquet: Fresh, lifted lemon grass and citrus melon aromas. Palate: Soft, clean, approachable and flavoursome with balanced, lively and refreshing acidity on the fiinish. The 2005 growing season was ideal for producing Semillon and Chardonnay grapes of the highest quality. Winter and Spring rainfalls and generally cooler conditions in 2004 produced healthy vines with balanced canopies and good fruit set. January and February temperatures were moderate which allowed the grapes to ripen gently, and to slowly accumulate sugars and flavours, whilst retaining natural, balanced acidity. These perfect climatic conditions combined to produce an outstanding vintage capturing the intense varietal character in an ultimately flavoursome and balanced wine sourced form cool and warm climate regions. white wine

Three bottles of Veuve Clicquot< a- Yellow Label Champagne. This is presented in a wooden gift box and is lined with wood wool. Personalize this gift by adding your own personal message."

A vintage champagne with wonderful balance and finesse. Bright gold, with a persistent stream of fine bubbles. It has rich layers of warm brioche and cream freshened by a lighter citrus note.

From the most prestigious vineyard in New Zealand, comes a wine full of fresh herbal aromas and layers of ripe guava and passionfruit. Medium bodied, the palate is succulent and crisp with a long flavoursome finish. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc at its most intense. This wine’s cult status makes it an excellent gift, presented in a six-bottle wooden case.

A pale yellow-green colour with a nose reminiscent of freshly squeezed lime juice. On the palate, it is elegant and refined with mineral overtones and a flinty core dominated by whiffs of black truffle.

2005 was a great vintage in Bordeaux producing superb wines at all price levels. This offering has a complex nose of black fruit, cassis and graphite and shows real depth of flavour on the palate. A great food wine, it is full bodied with good tannins and a velvety finish.

The 2007 vintage in the Douro was an exceptional year where the wines produced were universally expressive for their purity of the fruit flavours which were of a standard not seen since the 1955 vintage. This is not to say that 2007 is the very best vintage since 1955, but it is a vintage that stands out from others for its approachable elegance

After the British Navy adopted its daily ration of a half pint of 160 proof rum, called a ‘tot’, the naval rum connection spread, and from the 1730’s a thriving export trade developed. Wood’s 100 is one such rum, originating from what was known as British Guyana in South America. It has been produced in the same way for over 150 years and acquired by Wm Grant & Sons in October 2002. Distilled at The Diamond Distillery, Guyana. It is produced using a combination of spirit made in both pot and continuous stills, from the finest sugar cane grown along the banks of the River Demerara. It is matured for 1.5 to 3 years in oak before being blended. The sugar cane produced by this enormous life-giving river makes it the sweetest in the Caribbean. It is matured for 1.5 to 3 years in oak before being blended. The sugar cane produced by this enormous life-giving river makes the sweetest sugar cane in the Caribbean. At 57% ABV, It’s one of the highest ABV dark rum on the market – yet appreciated for its smooth, mellow taste. It has gained a reputation amongst bar-tenders as ‘the real deal’ – an essential cocktail ingredient and respected as a high quality, niche brand amongst the drinks cognoscenti. Can be enjoyed straight, on ice or with a mixer such as cola or lemonade. Also added as a ‘float’ ingredient to cocktails to give a spicy kick.

Delicate pink; robust, lively flavours of strawberries and raspberries lent freshness by a hint of grapefruit. Our ‘Jean des Vignes’ range is designed to showcase the best in good-quality everyday-drinking from southern France. Made in this case by the ultra-reliable Plaimont winery, who have an admirable focus on polishing the finer characters of the region’s local grapes, bringing intriguing styles to a wide audience. Tannat, great grape of Madiran, is the variety here.

John and Brigid Forrest have been quietly making themselves into the foremost private estate in the famous Marlborough region of NZ. Their extensive vineyards are to be found in the valley’s prime locations and this gives them the ability to blend wines to a consistently high standard. Not content with producing wines from just the one region they have aquired land to the south in Otago and Waitaki and also in the Hawke’s Bay region of the North Island. Diversity and quality are theirs. This is quietly making themselves into the foremost private estate in the famous Marlborough region of NZ. Their extensive vineyards are to be found in the valley’s prime locations and this gives them the ability to blend wines to a consistently high standard. Not content with producing wines from just the one region they have aquired land to the south in Otago and Waitaki and also in the Hawke’s Bay region of the North Island. Diversity and quality are theirs. This is an elegant, well-made Chardonnay.