Wine Offers

The Co-operative’s White Wine
The Frenchhouse Chardonnay
2006 – France

The Frenchhouse concept has been developed to invigorate the French category. A lot of care has been taken over label design and packaging to back up the quality of the liquid, which has been sourced from a scrupulous family operation whose vineyards are located in the Languedoc. The 100% Chardonnay is unoaked and displays a balance of stone fruit and citrussy notes leading to a round but refreshing finish.

Food Suggestion

It is the ideal companion to seafood or white meats.

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The Co-operative’s Red Wine
Co-op Puglia Primitivo Sangiovese
2006 – Italy

Broad and chunky in style, this southern Italian wine boasts firm, ripe, smoky, blackberry fruit and neatly-balanced tannins and acidity. It is a strong example of Puglia's ability to produce warm, fruit-led wines with good weight and satisfying firmness. 50% of the blend was matured for six months in established French and American oak barrels, giving powerful and succulent tannins.

Food Suggestion

This wine is rich and will age admirably, and is a great match for hearty casseroles.

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The Co-operative’s Fine Wine
Co-op Explorer’s Vineyard Pinot Noir
2005

On the nose of this wine are intense aromas of plums and black cherries, integrated with savoury mushroom and toasty oak characters. This is a medium-bodied, easy-drinking Pinot Noir with a soft, full palate, well-balanced acidity and flavours that linger. Black cherry dominates the palate and is supported with hints of plum and redcurrant along with spicy oak.

Food Suggestion

It is best served with roast poultry or lamb.

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The Co-operative’s Fizz
Le Drappier Champagne
NV – France

Located in Bar-sur-Aube in the south of the Champagne region, the cellars of the family firm of Champagne Drappier, now run by Michel Drappier, were built over 850 years ago. Carte d’Or is a typical Drappier blend which majors on Pinot Noir (90%) together with some Chardonnay (7%) and a little Pinot Meunier (3%). With grapes often ripening better than in more northerly vineyards, this blend is distinctively full-bodied, with some complexity and biscuity richness.

Food Suggestion

Serve it with hors d’oeuvres, oysters and most fish dishes.

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Special Offers - Half Price

• Villa Fontalta Limited Release Shiraz 2007
• Villa Fontalta Limited Release Chardonnay 2007 – Italy
• Piccini Sangiovese Rosato 2007 – Italy
• Palazzo Pinot Grigio Frizzante 2006 – Italy

Villa Fontalta Limited Release Shiraz 2007
The Villa Fontalta wines come from the beautiful rolling vineyards that surround the ancient town of Menfi in Sicily's south-western corner, and are named after the property that overlooks these select vineyards. This Limited Release Shiraz is a wonderfully expressive example of the classic grape variety. It is deep ruby in colour with an attractive nose of ripe dark berry fruits and a hint of peppery spice which lingers on the palate. The finish is long, luscious and smooth.

Food Suggestion

Serve it on its own or with red meat.

Villa Fontalta Limited Release Chardonnay
This Limited Release Chardonnay is also a wonderful example of a classic grape variety. Pale lemon in colour, it has a lush tropical, fruit character on the nose. On the palate the wine is dry but with a ripe, fruity character and well-balanced fresh acidity.

Food Suggestion

Serve it on its own or with pasta or hard cheeses.

Piccini Sangiovese Rosato
This has a pale rose colour with violet hues and an intense flowery nose. On the palate the fruit is lively & fresh with a velvety soft finish.

Food Suggestion

It would make an excellent partner to risotto.

Palazzo Pinot Grigio Frizzante 2006 – Italy
A lovely fresh lightly sparkling wine with delicate aromas of white flowers. The palate is full with almond flavours and refreshing sherbet lemon bubbles.

Food Suggestion

Excellent on its own as an aperitif or try with a margharita pizza.

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Les Jamelles

• Les Jamelles Syrah 2006 – France
• Les Jamelles Viognier 2006 - France

Les Jamelles Syrah
Both these wines are made by Catherine Delaunay-Favre of Badet Clément & Compagnie. The Syrah is rich, full bodied and made from grapes grown in three different locations of the Languedoc: the plain of Béziers, the Aude Valley near Carcassonne and very old vines in the Costières-de-Nîmes area very close to the Rhône Valley. A third of the wine is made by the carbonic maceration method to give a lot of fruit whilst the rest of the grapes undergo a long, three weeks’ maceration to provide structure and colour. About 10% is aged in second-fill French oak to give more complexity. The result is a wine with aromas of wild fruits followed by a palate of herbs, cinnamon and a touch of mint.

Food Suggestion

Serve with lamb’s liver and onions or with pork rillettes.

Les Jamelles Viognier
The Viognier wine has been made from grapes planted in poor soil near Carcassonne in the Minervois appellation area. Yields are kept low, at less than 40 hl/ha, in order to enhance the aromatics of the variety. The wine is aged for several months on its lees to give richness and characteristic apricot and nectarine primary fruit flavours. Floral notes are of Provence's blue lavender and acacia blossom. Overall there is a well-judged balance between weight and acidity.

Food Suggestion

Serve this wine with crab, scallops or mild-to-medium curries.

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Co-op Four RS
2006 / 2007 – Germany

Four Rs was one of the first new-wave German wines to be launched. Its name perfectly reflects the spirit of the wine - "Rivaner Riesling Rhine Revolution". Four Rs essentially takes the best of traditional German wines with the classic blend of Rivaner and Riesling grapes, and combines them with the latest slant from the best in New World winemaking techniques. Made by Juergen Hofmann, the wine possesses a clean fresh nose with citrus notes and the palate is off-dry with a racy, piquant ripe fruit style showing lemon, greengage, peach and rose flavours.

Food Suggestion

Serve as an aperitif or with Thai cuisine.

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Bellingham Chardonnay
2006 – South Africa

Made by Niel Groenewald, winemaker at Bellingham, this Chardonnay is made from selected coastal vineyards sites. 70% of the wine was fermented in stainless steel and then left on its lees for nine months. The other 30% was placed in new oak (75% French and 25% American) barrels for fermentation and a further nine months barrel ageing. The result is an elegant, understatedly complex wine with unfolding layer of lemon, creamy vanilla, ripe melons and orange peel aromas. The rich textured mouthfeel adds weight with butterscotch and a refreshing citrus tang.

Food Suggestion

It is a perfect accompaniment to a seafood casserole.

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Lyngrove Sauvignon Blanc
2007 – South Africa

Sauvignon Blanc is now high profile in South Africa, and this is a fantastic example of what can be achieved. From the Lyngrove Estate just outside Stellenbosch, this wine is zippy and zesty with both tropical fruit and gooseberry flavours.

Food Suggestion

It’s one of the best value Sauvignons we have tasted, and delicious with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.

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Trio Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Blanc
2007 – Chile

“Trio” is an unusual and contemporary line made by Ignacio Recabarren at Concha y Toro. Selected from Casablanca Valley fruit, the white blend comprises Chardonnay (partly barrel-aged in French oak), Pinot Grigio (vinified in stainless steel) and Pinot Blanc (partly barrel-aged in French oak). Each varietal characteristic is distinguishable: the structure and depth of flavour comes from the Chardonnay with honeyed, white peaches and papaya flavours, the Pinot Grigio adds the tangy citrus component, whilst balance is achieved by the freshness and elegance of the Pinot Blanc.

Food Suggestion

It is great with creamy chicken dishes and smoked fish.

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Berberana Dragon Tempranillo
2005/2006–Spain

This winning, broad-fruited wine is a new concept wine from Berberana. The strawberry fruit of the Tempranillo is backed by short ageing in new American oak, which adds a vanilla overlay to the harmonious palate. Excellent value.

Food Suggestion

Serve with spaghetti bolognese.

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Charles De Cazanove Rose Champagne
NV - France

This beautiful, pale pink rosé Champagne is an elegant blend of 95% Chardonnay and 5% Pinot Noir. After bottling the wine is aged for three years before release. The freshness of the Chardonnay combines with the complexity of the Pinot Noir to produce a well-structured Champagne with subtle red fruit flavours.

Food Suggestion

A delicious apéritif, it will also complement a wide variety of food, both savoury and sweet. S

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Special Offers - Buy any 3

• Co-op Chianti 2006 / 2007 – Italy
• Co-op Orvieto Classico 2006 / 2007
• Inycon Growers Shiraz 2007 – Italy
• Inycon Growers Pinot Grigio 2007

Co-op Chianti
Purple red in colour, this versatile medium bodied wine has lots of delicious cherry flavoured fruit on the palate with a slightly bitter finish.

Food Suggestion

It has been made in a light, easy quaffable style and is well suited to simple pasta dishes such as spinach & riccotta canneloni.

Co-op Orvieto Classico
This wine has a very more-ish appeal and is equally versatile with regards to food matching or for drinking on its own. Crisp acidity combines with light citrus fruit flavours, complemented by nutty and honeyed notes. It is made from the traditional varieties of Grechetto, Verdello, Canaiolo Bianco, Trebbiano and Malvasia.

Food Suggestion

It is wonderful as an apéritif or as an accompaniment to fish, chicken, creamy pasta dishes and salads.

Inycon Growers Shiraz
Made by winemaker Mimmo di Gregorio this rich, dark shiraz has been fermented (and for a short time matured) on French oak staves. A hearty red with a touch of peppery spice, deep velvety fruit concentration and a long, smooth finish.

Food Suggestion

Delicious with beef hotpot or spicy tomato pasta.

Inycon Growers Pinot Grigio
Pinot Grigio is a relative new comer to the varietal plantings in Sicily, but the resulting wines are proving enormously popular.

Food Suggestion

Bursting with tropical fruit flavours, this fresh, dry and lively white wine is perfect as an aperitif or ideally served with salads, fresh seafood or pasta.

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