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Wine is typically a fermented grape-based alcoholic beverage. The sugar in the grapes is consumed by yeast, which then breaks it down into ethanol and carbon dioxide while also producing heat.

Different kinds of wine are mostly influenced by various yeast strains and grape varieties. These variations are the result of intricate interactions between the biological growth of the grape, the fermentation reactions, the terroir (growing region) of the grape, and the wine-making process.

Legal appellations are established in many nations to specify wine styles and quality. These often place limitations on the allowable grape types, geographical origin, and other characteristics of wine production.

Since ancient times, wine has been made. The Caucasus region in what is now Georgia (6000 BCE), Persia (5000 BCE), Italy, and Armenia (4000 BCE) has the earliest wine artefacts.

While there are some similarities between New World wine and alcoholic beverages manufactured by native Americans, these connections relate mostly to later Spanish practises in New Spain.

Later, as viticulture methods for Old World wine advanced, Europe would have three of the greatest wine-producing regions. Today, Italy, Spain, France, the United States, and China are the five nations with the largest wine-producing regions.

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Red 14

Ca'Rugate, Campo Lavei, Valpolicella Superiore 2023 75cl £32.18

Savoury aromas of raisined red fruit tinged with chocolate and coffee, silky and full-flavoured

Red 13.5

Ca'Rugate, Campo Bastiglia, Valpolicella Ripasso 2023 75cl £25.88

Concentrated aromas of ripe plums and red cherry with a hint of chocolate, warm, smooth and classy

Red 15

Vietti, Barbera d'Alba, Vigna Scarrone 2022 75cl £57.26

A Barbera of remarkable finesse, with ripe red and black cherry, vanilla and spice through to a full palate with balancing freshness, rich tannins and a long finish

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barolo, Brunate 2021 75cl £249.88

A supple and elegant Barolo with expressive fruit aromas, spicy overtones and distinctive violet notes through to a liquorice sensation on the long finish

Red 14

Vietti, Barolo, Brunate 2018 75cl £249.94

A supple and elegant Barolo with expressive fruit aromas, spicy overtones and distinctive violet notes through to a liquorice sensation on the long finish

Red 14

Vietti, Barolo Brunate 2012 75cl £201.71

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barbaresco, Roncaglie 2021 150cl £321.49

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barbaresco, Roncaglie 2018 75cl £155.78

Refined, rich and full-bodied with wonderful balance and red and dark fruits enveloped by soft, silky tannins and a striking hint of almond on the finish

Red 14.5

Vietti, Estate Barolo, 2021 75cl £72.29

A classic, rich and opulent Barolo, with seductive notes of plum, red, black and sour cherry with characteristic rose petal and tobacco through to a leathery finish

Red 14

Vietti, Barolo Castiglione 2019 37.5cl £38.34

Red 14

Vietti, Perbacco, Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 75cl £32.54

An exquisite Nebbiolo with generous notes of red berries complemented by layers of floral, spicy and sweet fruit through to a rich, full palate with an intense finish

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barbera d'Alba, Trevie 2023 75cl £30.18

Smooth, with lovely purity of cherry fruit, delicate vanilla and violet Sweet tannins and beautifully integrated oak envelop rich cherry flavours through to a long finish

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2021 150cl £553.99

Red 14.5

Vietti, Barolo Rocche Di Castiglione 2021 75cl £249.88

Red 15

Vietti, Barbera d'Asti La Crena 2020 150cl £152.15

Red 15

Vietti, Barbera d'Asti La Crena 2020 75cl £54.48