Monteleccio, Sesti
The Sesti family are one of the best producers of Brunello di Montalcino. Based at the beautiful Castello di Argiano, they have the most beautiful property imaginable and they make wines in a thoughtful and balanced style; traditional in the best sense of the word. The grapes for this wine are selected because they are felt to be best for drinking young; so they could become Brunello but they are aged for less time. More character than many actual Brunello and for half the price, this is one of Montalcino’s best buys. Great with hard cheeses (Cornish Kern or Old Winchester?), as well as roast lamb with lots of garlic and rosemary, pasta with meat sauces and stews.
Cake of Cheese taster box ~ Nettlebed
Try these cheeses before you decide on your cake, portion ideal for 2 people.
Representing the fabulous Nettlebed Creamery
Bix ~ organic, triple cream delight
Highmoor ~ organic, rind washed cow’s milk cheese
Witheridge ~ superb rind washed organic cow’s milk aged in hay for fully fruity flavour
Options available include and we will follow up your purchase to see which you might like
Labels for your cheese
Cheese menu
Hand made cheese board, with or without engraving
Crackers
Chutney
Delivery
Set up and decoration (within local area)
Extra cheese for your guests to enjoy.
Cake of Cheese taster box ~ Ivinghoe
Why not give these cheeses a taste before you decide, portion will be perfect for 2 people to share.
For a statement cake of cheese look no further...!
Aveline ~ soft sheep’s milk elegant and sweet with a cute hole
Lanark Blue ~ sheep’s milk blue reminiscent of Roquefort
English Pecorino ~ Supreme champion in the British Cheese awards this cheese is outstanding, sweet and nutty!
Cropwell Bishop Organic Stilton ~ rich and mellow blue cow’s milk cheese
Sparkenhoe Vintage ~ vibrant orange colour with a fabulously savoury flavour
Options available include and we will follow up your purchase to see which you might like
Labels for your cheese
Cheese menu
Hand made cheese board, with or without engraving
Crackers
Chutney
Delivery
Set up and decoration (within local area)
Extra cheese for your guests to enjoy.
Cake of Cheese taster box ~ Boddington
Before you decide, why not treat yourselves to a taster box featuring these cheeses, ideal for 2 people.
Truly adorable celebration cake made with sheep's milk cheese
Aveline ~ soft sheep's milk elegant and sweet with a cute hole
Lanark Blue ~ sheep's milk blue reminiscent of Roquefort
English Pecorino ~ Supreme champion in the British Cheese awards this cheese is outstanding, sweet and nutty!
Options available include and we will follow up your purchase to see which you might like
Labels for your cheese
Cheese menu
Hand made cheese board, with or without engraving
Crackers
Chutney
Delivery
Set up and decoration (within local area)
Extra cheese for your guests to enjoy.
Cake of Cheese taster box ~ Haddington
Before you choose your cake it is a great idea to enjoy a taster box, suitable for 2 people charged at £20.
This stunning cake of cheese celebrates a fabulous local producer alongside some Great British classics
Bix ~ organic, triple cream delight
Highmoor ~ organic, rind washed cow's milk cheese
Keen's Mature Cheddar ~ clothbound vibrant cow's milk cheddar
Witheridge ~ superb rind washed organic cow's milk aged in hay for fully fruity flavour
Cropwell Bishop Organic Stilton ~ rich and mellow blue cow's milk cheese
Options available include and we will follow up your purchase to see which you might like
Labels for your cheese
Cheese menu
Hand made cheese board, with or without engraving
Crackers
Chutney
Delivery, set up and decoration (within local area)
Additional cheese for guests to share
Cake of Cheese taster box~ Bacombe
Before you choose your cake it is a great idea to enjoy a taster box, suitable for 2 people charged at £20.
This stunning cake of cheese makes the perfect centrepiece for your celebration
Pave Cobble ~ fabulous soft and flavoursome sheep's milk cheese
Baron Bigod ~ soft, strong and delicious cow's milk cheese
Cropwell Bishop Organic Stilton ~ rich and mellow blue cow's milk cheese
Rachel ~ sweeet and nutty goat's milk
Witheridge ~ superb rind washed organic cow's milk aged in hay for fully fruity flavour
Options available include and we will follow up your purchase to see which you might like
Labels for your cheese
Cheese menu
Hand made cheese board, with or without engraving
Crackers
Chutney
Delivery, set up and decoration (within local area)
‘La Gloire de mon Pere’ Bergerac Rouge, Chateau Tours des Gendres
Bergerac is often overlooked in favour of it's more famous cousin Bordeaux but there is great wine being made there, and you pay a fraction of the price!
Chateau Tour des Gendres is one of the best producers, making wines of real class.
Owner and winemaker Luc de Contoi is a true Vinarchiste, looking for purity and intensity, the maximum expression of the potential of the grapes. In the vineyard the soil is nourished with seaweed and silica treatments to encourage microbial activity.
This vigneron even riddles the grapes on the vine, giving them a quarter turn (at least that’s what he tells us – difficult
to know when you’ve been hoaxed by Luc).
A great wine for roast beef of lamb and perfect with strong hard cheeses; Montgomery Cheddar springs to mind..
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Syrah
Founded in 1993 by winemaker John Hancock together with Robert and Robyn Wilson, owners of The Bleeding Heart and The Don in London, Trinity Hill has become a byword for quality and consistency. Winemaker Warren Gibson has been with Trinity Hill since 1997. He is also in charge of the 80 hectares of vineyard owned by Trinity Hill and knows Hawkes Bay and the Gimblett Gravels exceptionally well. The wines reflect this. Warren and his team make wines that show the best of what Hawkes Bay and the Gimblett Gravels can produce. The wines have an elegance, balance, drinkability and precision of flavour that makes them a joy to drink.
Rochebouet ‘Cave Extreme’ Extra Brut Rose NV
50% Chardonnay and 50%Pinot Noir
French born Jean-Edouard de Rochebouët is a man who knows a thing or two about sparkling wine; he helped pioneer 'méthode champenoise' wines from Argentina in the early days of Domaine Chandon in Mendoza. What's not to love about this? Deliciously fruity and finely balanced with superb brioche and shortbread notes on the nose due to its spending 12 months on the lees in bottle, very pale pink in colour with tiny bubbles.
St. Chinian ‘La Laouzil’, Thierry Navarre
Carignan/Grenache/Syrah
Thierry Navarre has a dozen hectares of vines planted on dark brown schist terraces around Roquebrun. The achingly beautiful countryside is an amphitheatre of small mountains clad in a sea of green, a forest of small trees and bushes and the familiar clumps of fragrant rosemary and thyme which captures the scented spirit of the high Languedoc. The culture in the vines revolves around the respect for the soil, the cycles, the seasons. No chemical products are used, simply composting, natural preparation, plant infusions and working the soil. The harvest is manual and carried out by a small team.
This wine is full of red fruits, liquorice tones and plenty of herbs and spice, yet is unforced, supple and fresh.
A proper southern French wine to accompany roast lamb or great with some good sausages or a hearty stew.
Westcombe Saucisson
Gamay de Touraine, Henry Marionnet, Loire
This Gamay has restless bouncing energy with sweet, perfumed, red berry fruit on the nose, vibrant red cherry and blueberry fruit and lovely freshness on the palate, yet also good concentrationfor a Gamay. It has lovely purity, is silky smooth, concentrated but not heavy. The bottle’s label suggests (demands) that you “server frais”, lightly chilled from the fridge.
Marionnet is generally considered to be the best exponent of this grape variety in the Loire. By picking late and discarding green grapes he achieves maximum ripeness which translates into fruitiness of the wine.
Organic methods in conjunction with old, ungrafted vines, no filtration, no sulphur, no
chaptalisation – purity from a grower whose wines are a true reflection of his love and passion for natural things.
This is a great light, summer red; great to serve with grilled sausages or salmon.