So, you’ve been given a bottle of Port. A bottle of red Port, to clarify. You pour it into a glass and it’s a faded, red-brown colour. For drinkers of ordinary table wines, this might be alarming. But fear not! Your port has not spoiled! Red ports, made of red grapes, are seldom red in …
Red Port: Or, Rather, Why Isn’t My Port Wine Red? Read More »
What should you really be drinking? It’s time to find out! If that’s got you inspired, we’ve got you covered! Take a look at our wine collection – we’re very proud of it.
If Winter’s got you fantasising about hibernation, here’s what to do… Grab a bottle of fortified wine. And share it by a fireplace – or even a bar heater if you’re not lucky enough to have one. What? You don’t have one on hand? Take advantage of our online store and your fortifieds of choice …
The St Anne’s Ultimate Guide to Matching For Fortified Wines Read More »
For those looking to make port at home, there is one primary hurdle. Is your home in Portugal? No? Well, you can’t make port. In fact, even if your home was in Portugal, there would be a great number of hurdles to conquer first. We’ll talk you through the process of making this fortified …
What’s behind a name? We discuss how wines get their names. Including our Magenta– exclusive to our winery. There are two main ways a wine gets its name: the grape used to make it, or the region it was grown in. A very simple example is a Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre wine– blended from those three …
There is more to grapes than red and white. And it’s a bit more complicated than “white grapes make white wine”. Let’s take the Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains: excuse our possibly crude translation “Red Muscat with Small Grape Size”. The skin of the grape is a pale, red colour, but guess what kind of …
If you’re considering buying a bottle of 10, 20, 30, or 40-year-old Tawny, you’re about to make an excellent decision. There is perhaps no other wine in the world that ages as well in a barrel as Tawny does. Official designations of age are 10, 20, 30, and over 40 years, but these are generally …
We have several barrels to suit your needs if you are looking for an oak barrel for sale to age Tawny. Tawny ages not just gracefully but beautifully. It gets better with every passing year and can live in an oak barrel for up to a century. But who has the patience for that? Our …
Dessert: it’s universally acknowledged as the best meal of the day. Who could argue? It’s also the most popular time to enjoy one of our most treasured wines: our beautiful tawny. Sweetness with sweetness: it’s tried and tested. But we want to rally against the idea that it’s just a dessert wine. And it’s more …
Is Tawny Just a Dessert Wine? – New Ideas With Sweet Wine Read More »
