Open House Reds Case

From beautiful sun-drenched organic vineyards, the nero d’Avola fruit used for this wine is really seriously good. Picked often at night to retain freshness, it is first fermented in a state-of-the art modern winery, before all going to small oak barrels for extended ageing in Feudo Arancio’s underground cellars before blending. The bespoke blend changes each year, and we are always astonished by the value the result offers. Bold yet balanced, it’s a wine that so many of our members love, and its winning performance in our 2026 Wine Champions tastings showed why. ‘Soft, full and ripe’ with ‘plump black fruit and a hint of coffee’, it performs a brilliant balancing act between fruity generosity and oak-influenced spice and structure.

A scented, harmoniously balanced claret made by the highly regarded Jean-Michel Baudet. Two-thirds merlot with the balance cabernet sauvignon and a splash of malbec for added depth. Superb-value Blaye. As recipients of our 2024 Climate & Nature fund, the château wants to build on its already impressive sustainability credentials by planting nearly 1,000m of new hedgerows around their vineyards. Made up of native shrubs the hedges will create wildlife habitats and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Juicy, floral, and appetising Loire cabernet franc made for us by Maison Bougrier in the young, fresh 'brasserie' style we have been enjoying for a few vintages now. The 2025 vintage is looking like an outstanding year for this late-ripening varietal where the warm year has provided a wine of deep colour with aromas of fresh blackberry and redcurrants, white pepper spice and a lovely hint of dried herb with a juicy, medium-bodied finish.

A full-bodied blend of shiraz and grenache, which is vibrant on the nose, with black fruit, pepperiness and black-olive tapenade. The palate is generous and fruit-driven, with blackcurrant, blueberry, full tannins and a nice bit of spice towards the end. This is a lot of wine at the price. Our Fathers is a project set-up by highly respected winemaker Giles Cooke MW and all profits are donated to charity, with a focus on mental health charities in the UK and Australia.

From a stony plateau to the south of the Roman city of Nîmes comes this exuberantly fruity grenache-syrah blend, offering lots of energy and crunchy fruit combined with spice and liquorice. 2025 was a juicy and accessible vintage. A perfect anyday drinking red.

A one-off parcel of a generous, ripe-fruited Beaujolais from the sunny 2023 vintage. Supple and medium-bodied, this balances juicy black cherry fruit with a cool-graphite character and tangy freshness.