Marcel Giesen and Sherwyn Veldhuizen began Bill Hill Vineyard in 1997. They started to plant the vines in a very dense pattern at up to 11,363 vines per hectare on the very steep slopes in the unique vineyard. The quality is unarguably outstanding and Joe Czerwinski from Wine Advocate commented on these beautiful wines after his visit in 2019 and tasted Vintage 2015, saying that “Is there any doubt that Bell Hill has emerged as one of New Zealand's top Pinot Noir producers?”. It emerged to be one of the most sought after wines nowadays as the production is minuscule and are sold by mailing list...

Over the weekend, we sampled a bottle of beautiful rose Champagne by Frederic Savart with exceptional purity and depth. Beautiful nowadays with at least 5 years potential to develop, we have last 32 bottles in stock which comes highly recommended -  A collaboration between Frédéric Savart and Dremont Pere & Fils, the Éphémère cuvée is a limited release in which Frédéric Savart selected a few outstanding plots of vineyard to create a special cuvee.  We are delighted to offer a parcel of “016” edition, this is a Rose Champagne blended from 30% Chardonnay, 56% Pinot Noir and the rest 14% with rouge from Verzenay & Sermiers...

Since its foundation in 1843, Krug has had a longstanding reputation for the quality of its champagnes, most especially for its Vintage and Grand Cuvee productions, with a strong global following from wine connoisseurs and Champagne lovers. Their Vintage Champagne has always come in highly limited quantities in comparison to most other Prestige Cuvee Champagnes as they have been extremely discerning in when vintage champagne should be produced. Because of that, when one is released, there is a solid guarantee of its quality.  The recent release is Krug Vintage 2011, 2011 is described as a warm and dry season which picking season started early from 25th August. Krug Vintage...

Nicolas Potel started out with a successful negotiant business in 1996 and has since been known to produce some of the most best-valued Burgundies. He developed an extensive sourcing network for high-quality grapes and the skills to produce fantastic Burgundies at excellent price tags. Due to financial hardship, he decided to sell his business to the Cottin brothers of Labouré-Roi in 2004 and continued to produce wines under the label until he set up a new label Roche de Bellene in 2008 to continue his magnificent business in Beaune. With the new label, Nicolas Potel has been aggressively working on biodynamic...

We have just acquired an original wooden case of 2014 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru and thought it might be of interest?  The case was acquired from a private cellar in Burgundy,  from a compelling vintage for Burgundy white, the 2014 Batard-Montrachet from Leflaive is one of the benchmark legends, which you should consider putting one or more bottles in the cellar - 2014 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru HK$8,000 per bottle, 6 bottles available, ETA 6-8 weeks93-95pts Allen MeadowsThis is also surprisingly expressive at this early stage with a broad-ranging nose that features notes of apple, pear, white flowers, wood spice and a hint of something mildly exotic. The...