Todos Blanco 2024: the Gran Canaria white you'll struggle to find
306 bottles of a Gran Canaria white made from listán blanco, malvasía, vijariego and muscat. Light, easy, with an oxidative edge that shows up without taking over.
18 Aug 2026Bottles
La Pebrella 2023 by Celler del Roure: 96 Parker points and not an ounce of weight
Arcos and Forcallà from Moixent, aged in buried clay jars. The lightest, most drinkable red I have had in ages, with 96 Parker points behind it.
11 Aug 2026Lorelay Toto 2024: a debut orange wine from Listán Blanco at 1,400 metres
Three months on skins, ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines in Güímar and 386 numbered bottles. Starting a project on the top rung of the Canary Wine pyramid.
4 Aug 2026Andreas Bender Pinot Noir 2024: the Spätburgunder that turns up playful
Fresh raspberry and blackberry, a delicate floral lift and silk-fine tannins. Andreas Bender's Pfalz Pinot Noir, at a price that's frankly embarrassing.
30 Jul 2026DePaula 2023: the Bodegas Ponce Monastrell that drinks itself
A Manchuela Monastrell that comes over bright, floral and peppery. Juan Antonio Ponce's easy-drinking red, from old vines and whole-cluster fermentation.
26 Jul 2026Los Loros La Bota de Mateo 2024: the Güímar Listán Blanco that turns up with an Andalusian accent
Ungrafted Listán Blanco from the Valle de Güímar, aged in an old manzanilla cask. Top marks from Tim Atkin and an Andalusian accent you never see coming.
26 Jul 2026Étienne Calsac's Les Rocheforts: the Blanc de Blancs cut from pure Bisseuil chalk
A Blanc de Blancs off pure chalk from a young Avize grower. Knife-edge acidity, a whiff of fresh-cut grass and the toast only long lees ageing gives.
22 Jul 2026Monopole Blanco Seco Reserva 2021: the CVNE Viura that laughs in your face
Comes across all light and breezy, then laughs in your face by the second glass. A Rioja Viura aged under flor, with a splash of Manzanilla and a century of history behind it.
21 Jul 2026