A renowned winery in the South of France, Château Puech Haut has become synonymous with the resurgence and transformation of the Languedoc in recent years. Once known for producing large quantities of low-quality ‘bulk wine’, the region has undergone somewhat of a renaissance period and is now home to some of Southern France’s top producers…
Today we are announcing our annual En Primeur offer for the superb 2020 Jaboulet wines from the Rhône Valley in France. You will see our two crowd favourites listed below – also available in larger formats too. These wines have a worldwide cult following – and can be enjoyed for many years to come. For…
Domaine Louis Cheze has been on the Waud Wines list of Old World wines for ten years now. Based in Northern Rhone, France, in the small village of Limony, Domaine Louis Cheze has been growing red wine, white wine and rose wines since the 1970s. They have plots in the famous appellations of A.O.P. Condrieu,…
We are pleased to be shipping Vieux Château Saint André 2014 from Montagne Saint Emilion in Bordeaux. We tasted 2012, 2014 and 2015, and felt that 2014 was the most interesting and approachable and perfect to drink as soon as you pop the cork. Vieux Château Saint André is a relatively young project, but one…
We are pleased to announce the return of Champagne Castelnau Reserve NV to the Waud Wines ranks as our house champagne. A wine previously poured at The Ritz and also as the BA Business Class champagne, we are pleased to be listing this wine with its new look branding. Champagne Castelnau Reserve NV To create…
A rising star in the Beaujolais, high-altitude natural winemaker Nicolas Chemarin produces wines of charming depth and focus thanks to immense care bestowed in the vineyard. This is no mean feat: at up to 550 metres, on steep slopes at 3555% gradient, with old vines up to 80 years old producing minuscule yields; last but…
You may not have noticed, but I realised this morning that we have all managed to last over three months without a bank holiday! Fortunately though, we are now only a few weeks away until our first of 2016, so I want to make sure you are stocked and prepared for the 4 day weekend…
From Paul and Jo Shinerock: Jo and I downed a bottle of Phelan Segur 2004 the other day, photo attached. Wine opened and decanted 2-3 hours before drinking with rack of lamb, buttered new potatoes etc. A nice deep colour with pleasant encouraging nose, however the wine in the mouth and on the tongue was…
The Domaine du Grand Chemin is one of Waud Wines most recent partner vineyards. This fantastic producer was discovered by one of our valued members Martin Athey; who put us in touch with them back in June this year. Although Domaine du Grand Chemin was well known with wine lovers in the South of France,…
These days we are so used to bulk shipped, UK bottled New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that we have forgotten what the excellent pioneering New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc’s used to taste like. Although they had first landed on our shores in 1986, we didn’t embrace them as a cult wine until the late 90’s. It was…
These samples from Clos Pons arrived this week. As many members have tried the ‘entry level’ wines of Sisquella and Alges – we are looking forward to trying the Roc Nu, Roc de Foc and the Serie 810. All of these wines will be available to try at our members tasting in February.
Our order from Grup Pons in Costers del Segre arrived this week. These wines have been extremely popular in 75cl and magnum formats previously – but this time we have bought a small number of jeroboams and even one 9 litre bottle called a Salmanazar. This is 12 bottles in 1 bottle – which I…