Verdelho 10 Year Old Madeira Reserva Velha Barbeito 750mlA family owned winery founded in 1946, Barbeito are at the forefront of quality wine production on the island of Madeira. Working the steep and rugged vineyards here is a labour of love, as is the long barrel ageing required to make the refined and complex fortified wines the island is famed for. Their 10 Year Old Reserva Velha Verdelho is a shining example; it has wonderful bracing freshness balancing the sultana sweetness at the front of the palate

it’s pure velvet

Employing infusions and decoctions of horn manure

20% of the wine is fermented and aged in used French oak with the remainder in steel and it is aged for 8 months on the lees to round out the texture

with a very long finish

especially with beef

David Sampedro Gil is a biodynamic wine maker in Rioja Alavesa

offering ripe citrus fruits alongside vibrant acidity

Based in Beare Green

A delightful wine for drinking by itself

It's large wine region in southern Portugal

This is the second wine from the Varner Brothers Jim and Bob at their acclaimed Varner winery

33 hectare parcel of 65+ year vines