Wine List 2019 Information Key N New Addition Contains Sulphites SC Screwcap Bottle Contains Egg V Suitable for Vegetarians Contains Milk Ve Suitable for Vegans Contains Fish O Organic Wine For allergens explained, please see page 157 . Wine Style Guide White, Rosé, Sparkling & Dessert Wines Red Wines 1 Relatively light, bone-dry wine A Light, soft and easy-drinking wine 2 Dry wine, most white wines sit here B Slightly more body but not tannic 3 Medium-dry wine C The catch-all category for most red 4 Medium wine D Heavier, more concentrated wine 5 Sweet wine E Reserved for the real heavyweights Volumes, Vintages & Labels Volumes, vintages and label photographs are correct at the time of going to press, but please note that these may change over the life of this list. Ordering Information Stay Up To Date To place your order, please use one of the following: staustellwines.co.uk Phone: /StAustellWines 0345 241 1122 @StAustellWines Email: [email protected] @StAustellWines 2 www.staustellwines.co.uk Contents Wine prices effective from 1st April 2019. Introduction 5 Champagne 10 Sparkling Wine 16 Argentina 22 Australia 26 Austria 34 Chile 36 England 44 France - Alsace 48 France - Bordeaux 50 France - Burgundy 58 France - Loire 64 France - Rhône 68 France - South 72 Germany 80 Italy 82 Lebanon 90 New Zealand 92 Portugal 96 Romania 102 South Africa 106 Spain 112 U.S.A 118 Green Wines 122 Wines by Price 132 Wines by Grape 146 Responsible Drinking 155 Profit Calculator 156 Allergens Explained 157 Terms & Conditions 158 www.staustellwines.co.uk Hello Welcome to our new list for 2019, featuring our widest selection of fine quality wines from around the globe. Contemporary favourites nestle comfortably amongst classics and the 52 new wines that grace these pages ensure a choice that’s both at the cutting edge of market trends and guaranteed to suit your business. This year’s cover is designed to reflect the tasting note of a Provence rosé - ‘A beautiful pale shade of pink, this bone dry wine boasts affluent stone fruit aromas of peaches and apricots, followed by a refreshing note of grapefruit alongside a backdrop of savoury Provencal herbs’. The cover photograph, taken in 1960, features my grandfather Egbert Barnes - a champion of both our wine division and the old Brewery gardens – doing what he enjoyed best, savouring the bouquet of a particularly fine wine. While politicians debated Brexit last year, European vine growers were at least relieved to experience near perfect growing conditions following the devastating crop of 2017 vintage. Prosecco in Italy, Chablis in France and Rioja in Spain all produced high quality grapes at the expected quantity of production. As a result actual wine prices were stable, though downward exchange rate pressure and increasing costs of glass and freight has meant some gentle wine increases. We have tried to keep these to a minimum in such challenging economic times and worked closely with our loyal suppliers to spread the burden. It wasn’t just our continental partners who benefitted from the warm summer and for the first time we are featuring a red English wine – Knightor Carpe Diem Red made from Pinot Noir, Regent and Rondo grape varieties. We are also talking to the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester about stocking Cotswold Hills wine - the first ever sparkling English wine in a can that is fully recyclable and vegan. Vegan wines have been growing in importance, perhaps more so than organic. We have 130 wines that are certified vegan and the number grows month by month as we take on new wines and existing wines change to vegan production methods. Our new additions to the list comprise some new regions that we haven’t represented before, such as Villa Dante Verdicchio from the Marche region in Italy - a crisp dry white in a beautiful shaped bottle, and some more mainstream wines like Yallaroo Shiraz from South East Australia. 2018 saw us as proud recipients of the Queen's Award for Sustainable Development. As an extension of our commitment to both the local and wider community and environment, we have partnered with Cornwall Wildlife Trust to support their ongoing Living Seas project through one of our new wine offerings, The Deep. More of that on page 121. As always, we thank you for your custom and hope you will have as much pleasure exploring our extensive new range for 2019 as we have had putting it together for you. James Staughton Chief Executive St Austell Family Group www.staustellwines.co.uk 5 Walter Hicks in the gardens at The Brake, 1893 Meet Our Team We are an award-winning wine merchant recognised for the breadth and quality of our wine list. But we go beyond simply supplying... Our team of experienced and enthusiastic specialists are dedicated to finding the right wines for you – wines that suit your business, match your menu and appeal to your customers. We’re also here to provide you with expert guidance, support and personalised services so that you can really make the most out of our fantastic wine collection, whether you want to stand out with something unique, entice your customers with an old classic or surprise them with something unusual. Louisa Fitzpatrick Sean Jarvis Head of Wine Purchasing Manager Key contact for all wine matters. Responsible for purchasing all beers, ciders, wines, soft drinks and minerals. Ruth Benney Catherine Murden Wine Development Manager Wine Development Manager Key contact for wine in North Cornwall and Key contact for wine in West Cornwall. our social media and marketing. James Fineman Pip Vanham Wine Development Manager Wine Development Manager Key contact for wine in South Somerset, Key contact for wine in Exeter, the rest of Dorset, Wiltshire and Bath. Devon and North Somerset. Kellie Davidson Patrick Goudge Wine Development Manager Wine Development Manager Key contact for wine in Bristol, Cheltenham Key contact for wine in Plymouth, and Gloucestershire. Dartmoor and South Hams. Marla Montgomery Phil Sandford Wine Administrator Wine Inventory Controller Wine administrator for all wine matters. Responsibe for all inventory and logistics of wine. When you choose us as your wine supplier, we’ll give you guidance and ongoing support, from picking the perfect wines to making the most of your new offering. We’re happy to arrange a tasting if you’d like to meet the team and sample our wines. Once you’ve finalised your list, we can give you a hand in organising and running events to reveal your new selection to your customers, from setting up and spreading the word to talking through the tasting notes and telling the stories behind the wines. www.staustellwines.co.uk 7 Our founder, Walter Hicks, set up in business as a wine and spirit merchant in 1851 before trying his hand at making beer. James Staughton, Walter’s great-great-grandson, was also Wine & Spirits Director before becoming CEO, making our wine business a truly family affair and a key part in the business from the very beginning. We have secured stocks of many rare and old wines, some of which are held in our temperature controlled unit, while some are held under lock and key in the depths of the cellar at St Austell Brewery. We always try to work with like-minded family wine producers from around the world. E Barnes and C Greenway wine-tasting in the Brewery cellars, 1960 Wine List Design To help you present your wines to your customers, we are able to offer a bespoke wine list design service. Our in-house team of talented designers will create a unique list tailored to your business, which can feature your logo, preferred font and colour palette to match your brand identity. If you don’t have a specific style in mind, we can create something new from scratch, providing you with inspiration on how best to present yourselves and your wines to your customers. Once you’re happy with the design, we’ll have it professionally printed for you. Every detail is considered, from the size and style of the text to the type of paper we print it on. The result is an original and personalised list that will help you stand out to your customers. Grow Your Wine Sales Keeping a close eye on market trends and looking out for new wines, we’ll keep you up to date to make sure that your wine list is always fresh and exciting. We provide staff training and formal qualifications, to develop your team’s knowledge so that you can give your customers an informed and expert service. Our price structures are highly competitive, so you’ll get the finest quality wines for excellent value. We pride ourselves on our products and service with strong customer relationships at the heart of our business. If you would like to know more, please contact one of the team. We look forward to working with you. www.staustellwines.co.uk 9 Champagne Wine has been produced in the Champagne region for over a thousand years, made mainly from cool climate grapes including Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. Historically the cold winters of this northerly wine region halted fermentation before the alcoholic process was completed. With the onset of warmer springs, fermentation restarted and as a result produced carbon dioxide, which escaped in the form of a bubble. By the end of the seventeenth century the English had developed a taste for this bubbly wine, a taste that has been encouraged ever since! "The House of Joseph Perrier is an individual and historic one. It is family-owned and this year sees the baton pass from fifth generation CEO Jean-Claude Fourman to his son Benjamin.