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TROPHY: Non Alcoholic of the Year: London Wine Competition 2025GOLD MEDAL: Non Alcoholic of the Year: London Wine Competition 2025A delicate and easy drinking Pinot Noir full of fruit vibrancy, lots of fresh, berry fruit and a hint of earthiness and spice.Tread Softly are a naturally lighter in alco...

The perfect poolside Rose, this is a refreshing pale, dry style that offers real refreshment. Ripe red berries with a hint of spice this is a great zero alcohol option that is mouthwatering with tantalising fruit flavours and a cleansing acidity.Sourced from established vineyards of the rich soils o...

A profusion of citrus and just-cut apple on the nose. A softly effervescent palate that delivers a firm weight with great fruit flavour. Perfect for any occasion with a touch of sweet fruit and a cleansing acidity on the finish.Fruit sourced from vineyards in South Australia.Plus & Minus is a contem...

Only 6.5% AlcoholLight crimson in the glass with aromas of plum cherry and hints of savoury complexity with some nicely integrated oak. The palate is lively with a core of supple red berry flavours enhanced by some captivating spice notes. Bright acidity and fine tannins provide definition to the lo...

97-95 POINTS: Heiner Lobenberg96 POINTS: James Suckling/Stuart Pigott95 POINTS: Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous95 POINTS: Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate8% Abv, 100% Riesling“At the Prüm winery, there is a special love for Spätlese. They are simply incredibly fine and slender, racy, cool and chise...

95 POINTS: James Suckling/Stuart Pigott94 POINTS: Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous93 POINTS: Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate8% Abv, 100% Riesling“A very cool and elegant Mosel riesling spatlese with aromas of white flowers dripping after a summer storm. Brimming with sliced pear fruit but barely off-...

97 POINTS: Heiner Lobenberg96 POINTS: James Suckling/Stuart Pigott8% Abv, 100% Riesling“The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr is always somewhat overlooked by Prüm because the estate is usually associated more with the Graacher Himmelreich and the Sonnenuhr in Wehlen. Wrongly so, because Prüm's wines from her...

94 POINTS: Wine Pilot18.5/20: Joelle Thompson“I decided to write about Topé’s two Rieslings together because I honestly feel this is how they should be enjoyed. The Dual Citizen comes from the Clare sub-region of Hill River, while the 100 Osmond is grown a short distance away in Armagh. They bo...

Flash Sale: Was heaps more - Now Only $26.99 TROPHY & BEST WHITE WINE: Barossa Wine Show 2024TROPHY & TOP GOLD FOR BEST 2024 RIESLING: Barossa Wine Show 2024GOLD MEDAL: Winewise Small Vigneron Awards 202496 POINTS: The Vintage JournaLSons of Eden co-owners, Corey Ryan (“cut his teeth" as winemaker...

92 POINTS: Anne Krebiehl, Falsaff.com94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team“Perfumed, gorgeous red fruits, including raspberry and dark cherry, are punctuated by earth, autumn leaves, and near-perfect acidity. The grapes are grown biodynamically in a mixture of sandstone and alluvial soils in the sou...

93 POINTS: Stuart Pigott - James Suckling94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team"The 2022 Estate Spätburgunder trocken opens with a pure, fresh and spicy nose of ripe sour cherries and berries. Almost light yet juicy and with a silky texture on the palate, this is an elegant and well-balanced, stimulat...

92 POINTS: Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate92 POINTS: Anne Krebiehl, Falsaff.com"What a great collection of 2022s Sebastian and Paul Fürst have managed to create! The reds—all Pinot Noirs—are, from the first (Tradition!) to the last (Hundsrück Grosses Gewächs), the finest and best I have tas...

94 POINTS: Heiner Lobenberg94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team"The wine comes mostly from the Kallstadter Steinacker, located east of the wine route, with loess and sandstone. The fermentation is, of course, as always spontaneous in open inox fermentation racks. The wine is aged in second to fourth ...

97 POINTS: Stephan Reinhardt, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate96 POINTS: Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com“The 2020 Zeltinger Schlossberg Auslese Schmitt is utterly intense and complex as well as ripe and refined on the highly delicate nose that is exciting in its flinty purity and lemon-scented b...

97 POINTS: Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com96 POINTS: Stephan Reinhardt, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate96 POINTS: Mosel Fine Wines, Jean Fisch & David Rayer“The super flinty nose makes this feel like a top Pouilly-Fume! However, this has a staggering succulence that leaves you speechless. Very ...

97 POINTS: Stuart Pigott MW & JamesSuckling.com Brauneberger Juffer Vineyard80° South slopeSoil type, Blue - grey-brown mixed slate soil, partly with sand and gravel deposits. From Thomas Jefferson to Theodor Fontane to the English royal family, the Brauneberger Juffer is the epitome of Riesling so...

96 POINTS: Stuart Pigott MW & JamesSuckling.com Kestener Paulinshofberg VineyardGK Class 1 (Grand Cru) vineyard50 year old Vines45° South East slopeSoil type, Silver Grey mixed slate "Astonishingly ripe peachy aromas for this challenging vintage are married to remarkable richness and an electric vi...

97 POINTS: Stuart Pigott MW & JamesSuckling.com Zeltinger Sonnenuhr VineyardClass 1 (Grand Cru) vineyard60 year old Vines55° South, southwestSoil type, blue slate soil heavily interspersed with quartzite and iron "A scintillating whiff of smokiness runs through this rich and refined 2021 Mosel GG. ...

98 POINTS: James Suckling "Enormously concentrated, with a symphonic nose of exotic fruit and hibiscus that rolls over you in one great wave. Then comes the juicy, dense and extremely precise yet only medium-bodied palate. The deep minerality complements the rich fruit so beautifully. Drink or hold....

97 POINTS: Stuart Pigott MW & JamesSuckling.com Piesporter Treppchen55° Exposure South slopeSoil type, silver-grey slate weathered soil As early as the fourth century, the spectacular slate escarpments that rise up to 200 metres here were planted by the Romans. Previously, parts of this imposing sl...

94 POINTS: James SucklingBrauneberger Juffer80° South slopeSoil type, Blue - grey-brown mixed slate soil, partly with sand and gravel deposits. "A generous Kabinett with a ton of aromatic apple character. This remarkable Kabinett is extremely refreshing and animating. Super-crisp finish that jolts ...

93 POINTS: Stuart Pigott, James Suckling.com92 POINTS: Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate The Saumagen vineyard is one of the most celebrated sites of the Pfalz region. It has calcareous soils on a south-facing slope and delivers wines with especially high minerality and ageing potential. This Koe...

93 POINTS: Gary Walsh, The Wine Front91 POINTS: Stuart Pigott, James Suckling.com "This dry Riesling Kabinett deftly squares the circle of light body (just 10.5% alcohol) and ripe aromas - think fresh pineapple and star fruit. Key to that is the lively, yet silky acidity that’s underlined by a del...

91 POINTS: Stuart Pigott, James Suckling.com Sourced entirely from the Saumagen Grand Cru site in the Pfalz (Koehler Ruprecht opted out of the VDP therefore even his Auslese trockens don't use the term GG even though technically they could be classified that way), left on skins for 12-24 hours befor...