We specialise in finding little-known wines of great quality, character, and regional expression. Our producers are hand-picked by us, and combine the best that tradition and terroir has to offer with the flair that modern wine-making techniques can bring.

Our portfolio is made up exclusively of wine that has impressed us in every criteria that we look for, including:

Undiscovered or little known in the UK
In our experience, the Italian, Spanish, German and French wines we see in the UK tends be from the same producers, and the same handful of grape varieties, over and over again. From spending time living in Italy and traveling around Europe, we know that there’s some great stuff over there, but they are keeping it for themselves!

Of great regional expression
It’s more important for us that wine accentuates the land that it came from rather than fitting into internationally-marketable models – the term, of course, is ‘terroir’. We like to champion indigenous varieties, whilst not ignoring the fact that international varieties often express terroir just as well.

Quality products, made with real care and attention to detail
More often than not, the estates we work with are small – only a few hectares – and our producers have been making wine in the same place, in the same way, for generations. The bottom line is, of course, how the wine tastes, and this in turn is a sign of how much the people making it care about what they’re doing.

Organic? Biodynamic?
Our wines are often both, and sometimes neither. We are big fans of organic production. Many of our producers that farm organically, however, don’t like to label their wines ‘organic’ – this is just the way they’ve always done things. Organic and biodynamic production should, when not in place merely for fashion or marketing purposes, imply wine made with more care, and we’re all for that. But whether organic, biodynamic, or otherwise, we look for wines produced with a great respect for the land and its traditions.

Combining traditional varieties and methods with innovative, modern wine-making techniques.
In general, there is a move towards authenticity in many things, including wine. It’s important to be sensible about these things, we know that there are some things about tradition that should be thrown away and that there are many benefits to be had from new technology. The best results come from a combination of the lessons of tradition and the innovations of modern technology. In our producers, we look simply for an understanding of what is best for their wine.

What matters to us is that the wine tells the story of where it has come from – and whether that story is worth drinking…