Tawny Dee Port (37.5cl) Colour|White

Tawny Dee Port (37.5cl) Colour|WhiteA diminutive port to sit alongside your cheese board in handy half bottle format. A staple from the ever dependable Niepoort. Tawny is the oxidative style with lots of complex savoury nuttiness amid the raisined fruit.

Valtellina is in a valley in the extreme north of Italy: Lombardy

Syrah and Tempranillo has been gently extracted by dropping a selection of complete bunches into their directly-pressed juice

white peach

The way the barrel notes now fully mesh with the developed qualities of the wine is pure harmony

or better still as you tackle some mature cheeses

A third of the grapes were fermented on the skins for four days

A callback to the old school Marsala of days gone by

in a walk-in fridge in the cellar Roberto keeps a supply of grape must - basically raw grape juice kept at this low temperature to stop it from fermenting

Absolutely no additions at any stage

it is a wine of celebration that brings to mind sunshine and the potential of long al fresco lunches

A real cherry-bomb explosion - red and black

giving an earthy undertone to that clean