Established 1584, Gosset is one of the smallest producers in luxury Champagne, but what it lacks in volume it amply makes up for in quality and prestige. Gosset remains unsurpassable for its fine, foaming textures and complex, powerful length, the most satiating experience in Champagne, a palate of unrivaled richness and staying power, one of the most superior effervescent wines in the world. Intense and complex throughout, defined by its warm baked brioche and buttery yeast characters, supple French vanilla oak in support, nuttyness and untold layers of fruit complexity.

Every Gosset is a unique experience. Significantly, in contrast to virtually all other Maison, Gosset Champagne are seldom treated to the softening of malolactic ferments, achieving a greater elegance in acidity for vintages of slower maturing wines, offering the most remarkable finesse. Vinified and aged on lees, fruit and vinosity are up front without masking the wine’s personality and purity. Aged for a minimum of ten years under the Gosset cellars, Millesime is the expression of a great vintage year and the excellence of harvest, above all, it is the definition of a great era in Champagne.

Gosset represents an invitation to enlighten the senses, to the meeting of flavours and aromas, to the pleasure of sensual flavours. The dedicated team at Gosset only retain those juices from the first and best pressing of grapes, unlike most other producers, fermentations are still carried out in small oak barrels. Riddling and disgorgement are performed by hand. A rich, vinous and concentrated style, dried figs and cherry on the palate, grilled almond and biscotte. Exceptional from bead to finish, amazingly long and powerful length, a tranquil lingering Champagne, for accompanying the finest gourmandise fare.

Gosset is an old Champagne house, still making wines in the traditional way, the pick of fruit crafted to timeless techniques, the finest Champagnes in the land which sell for a great deal less. Sixteen generations of Gosset were born in the Champagne town of Aÿ. An accord with the family Cointreau ensures the prestige and excellence of Champagne's finest. Exclusively Chardonnay grapes from fifteen villages along the Cote des Blancs and Cote des Noirs, each contributing their own character, complexities and aromas to the wine, culminating in the most exceptional Cuvée.

Heir to a family tradition of dedicated vignerons who treat their vines with devotion, the soil with reverence and environment with utmost respect. A place of superior fertility and favourable climes, the Nebbiolo of La Morra are renowned for their fuller, complete ripeness, grace and finesse. The pick of estate grown fruit is treated to the extravagance of two long years in mostly new 500L French aok puncheons. A beautifully detailed wine in the tradtion of all grand Barolo, saturated with layers of sweet and savoury fruit, engaging and complex, elegant and refined, over a length of opaque, brooding tannins.

A light fresh red in jubilant everyday styling, Georges Duboeuf is Roi de Beaujolais, King of Beaujolais. Fashioned from the fruity Gamay varietal which is peculiar to the region, the grape has a thinner skin, characterized by lower levels of tannin for a wine that goes well with everything. By virtue of the traditional carbonic maceration, Beaujolais is excellent when served well chilled, perfectly suited to seafood and very easy to appreciate with ham. Beaujolais is about the unpretentious enjoyment of wine and indulgence of life.

Fleurie is such a pretty name, evocative of florals, delicate perfumes and understated elegance, just perfect for such a gracefully fragrant wine. Georges Duboeuf is the king of Beaujolais and retains the pick of crop from best grower vineyards throughout the ten communes of Beaujolais. The wines of Fleurie make a medium bodied Beaujolais, they are characterized by their virile cherry blossom redolence and light velvety tannins, the perfect aperitif wine, Fleurie will drink beautifully alongside good bourgeoise faire.

Fresita Sparkling is a base wine of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc topped up with 3% natural strawberry pulp. This most exquisite of sparkling fruity wines is naturally fermented with selected yeasts that give the Fresita it's magical flavours. The fresh and natural strawberry pulp is added to the sparkling wine before being bottled thus creating a fine, pleasant blend of aromas that result in a balanced and attractive celebration sparkler. Fresita is served chilled and is absolutely insatiable by itself as aperitif or as an an accompaniement to hors d'oeuvres and desserts.

Freixenet is the World's No.1 selling sparkling wine, sold in over 150 countries. Freixenet is pronounced fresh-Annette, referred to everywhere as the bubbly in the black bottle. The winemaking however is anything but ordinary, Freixenet adheres fully to Methode Champenoise, fermentation has taken place in the very bottle, a painstaking process. Cordon Negro Brut is crisp, clean and well balanced, the doseage is very dry, but the acidity is lower than most sparkling wines for a softer, smoother flavour, idyllic with good faire.

After six centuries of viticulture, the Mazzei family remains committed to Tuscan viticulture and fine Chianti. The personality and clonal composition of their Sangiovese has evolved and been perfected over generations through an ongoing discipline of research and innovation. Parcels of fruit grown to the Fonterutoli and Belvedere vineyards each contribute unique characteristics to the finished Chianti Classico. Mostly Sangiovese with the inclusions of Malvasia Nera, Colorino and Merlot, assembled into an elegant, fruit filled wine supported by malleable, drying tannins.

Taking the road due north from Tuscany we find the region of Emilia Romagna. Affectionately known as Il grasso, the fat, Emilia Romagna is home to the magnificent culinary delights of Parma prosciutto and mortadella, Parmigiano reggiano and the best balsamic vinegar. The wines of Fattoria Zerbina are considered by many to be the finest in the region, exhibiting good varietal definition as well as tipicita. The Torre di Ceparano is a very special wine, crafted from fruit grown to a unique vineyard, based around the choicest clones of native Tuscan Sangiovese.

The Fattoria Zerbina wineworks are located at Faenza in south eastern Emilia Romagna, near the base of the Apennine Mountains which separate Emilia Romagna from Tuscany. Their vineyards are the most splendid in all Romagna, and their wines are widely acknowledged as the region's finest.