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Rioja is Spain's pre-eminent wine region, renowned for its graceful, stylish wines, mainly from the tempranillo grape. The Society's Rioja is made in the classic, traditional style that Society members so adore. It is an exclusive blend from the team behind Cosme Palacio, located in Laguardia of Rioja Alta. Blended from a selection of their best barrels, this comforting crianza spends 15 months in a combination of French and American oak, which gives it its signature vanilla, savoury, spicy character. The fruit is juicy and polished with dark plums and red cherries. No wonder members keep coming back for more! The label for this member favourite pays homage to the cooperage tools that are used to make the traditional vessels the wine is aged in, which is so important to achieving this beloved style.

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.

This friendly and fresh-tasting claret is one of The Wine Society`s most consistently popular wines. Supplied for over a quarter of a century by family-owned Maison Sichel, the bespoke blend varies from vintage to vintage, but merlot takes the lead role, and the wine is made without any oak to avoid masking its bright, red and black-fruit flavours. This is made to be drunk young, on its own or with a wide variety of dishes. The label for this perennial favourite shows three muses that can also be seen on the Grand Theatre opera house in Bordeaux itself.

This elegant Italian pinot grigio, made exclusively for us by New Zealander Matt Thomson working with the Cantina di Verona co-operative, really hits the spot. With lemon and ripe conference pear on the nose, this is refreshing and bright with a crisp, slightly salty finish.

This unique blend especially created for The Wine Society is 80% grillo for lovely rich apricot and peach notes, with 20% carricante to lift the freshness while adding an elegant mineral note to the perfume. 2025 has created wines with real tension and good concentration. One of our Wine Society Pioneers for their work in sustainability, Rallo have been certified organic for 100ha of their own vineyards since 1994, among the first in Sicily to be so. They use only wild ferments and minimal sulphites, while the vines are drip irrigated, and water used in the facilities is purified and returned to the municipal system. Their electricity is 65% wind power, and they have plans to be 90% self-sufficient with the installation of solar panels. 10% of the estate is rewilded land, and the green cover between the vines no longer needs seeding and feeds grazing sheep in winter. All winery waste is recorded, they make compost from 50% of vineyard waste while the rest goes to a local distillery. All plastic, card and paper is recycled. 30 local families work here, while seasonal workers are hired direct, given contracts and paid into bank accounts, treating them the same as permanent staff. It's an impressive approach to be applauded.

A refreshing sauvignon-dominated white with both charm and ease of drinking. It is perfect as an aperitif or with white fish, shellfish and goat's cheese salad. We have tweaked the name of this wine as we felt that 'French Dry White' simply didn't do the wine justice.

Blended from across the Loire in the warm 2025 vintage The Society's Loire Sauvignon is crisp and refreshing with soft stonefruit, grapefruit, and passionfruit notes without the overt herbaceousness of cooler vintages. Produced by longstanding partners Bougrier this is easy drinking, juicy, and lemony with hints of bay leaf and grapefruit, with part of the fruit sourced from Touraine, giving chalky character. Great with fresh fish or as an aperitif.

Picpoul de Pinet produces a clean, full-flavoured Languedoc white, lovely on its own or with olives and ideal with oysters, which is no coincidence since its spiritual home is by the sea, behind the oyster beds of the Bassin de Thau. It is refreshing, crisp and light-bodied.

A fine, dry white Burgundy from the Mâconnais in southern Burgundy, the warmest part of the region. The wine is fresh and vibrant, with a round mouthfeel. Aromas of spring blossom meet flavours of golden apple and stone fruit, and there is a lovely streak of salty minerality. The quality of the wine reflects the deep involvement in its selection by successive buyers and the skill of our ‘man on the ground', Jean-Marc Darbon, who excels in sourcing the right blending options for us to work with. The zander (sandre in French) thrives in the rivers of Burgundy and is shown on this wine's label. It has a fine flavour because it is carnivorous and so is much superior to that of weed-eating fish. It's as good as wild brown trout to eat and appears frequently on menus in Burgundian restaurants. Don't hesitate to try it.

This is a pinot to delight the senses: fresh, round and fruity with a hint of cherry and plenty of charm. Finding a good pinot noir under £10 is one of the Holy Grails of wine. Thanks to the sterling work of Jean-Marc Darbon (Maison Aujoux), who travels extensively throughout the south of France to source the best raw material, we are able to come up with a wine with real pinot noir character year after year. Much of it is sourced from around Limoux, which works well in years of heatwaves. Best drunk a little cool.

We have been working with the Jaume family for over 25 years and their wines continue to be a member favourite. Juicy, ripe, fruity grenache-syrah blend from this Vinsobres grower. Expect brambles and dark cherry and plums with hints of liquorice and clove spice. Juicy core and well-handled tannins.

Portugal has been going from strength to strength at The Society, as more and more members discover the exceptional value its wines offer. Buyer Freddy Bulmer tells the story of this wine: ‘When I took over the Portugal range, I was introduced to Vinhos Invincible, an exciting newer Douro project from South African winemaking superstar Marc Kent and local winemaker Rita Marques. Though we were working with them at the time, this was my first time tasting the wines and I was immediately impressed. Keen to get these wines into the hands of more members, I spoke to Marc (who is also technical director at iconic South African estate Boekenhoutskloof) about how we could build on our existing relationship. Marc suggested creating a Society’s Douro Red and, after discussing the quality and price we wanted to achieve, we found a way to make it happen. The Douro is already familiar to many for its world-famous Ports, but its superb red table wines deserve just as much attention. Made predominantly from Portugal’s native touriga nacional, alongside a traditional field blend of other local varieties, this wine captures the character and personality of the region beautifully. It is an authentic taste of the Douro, made by one of the most talented winemaking teams working in Portugal today, and offers remarkable value.’