This glorious Albarino is back! Delicious new vintage. Intro price for one week. And a super Sauvignon Blanc from top Burgundy producer, Buisson, aged in St Romain barrels - just 20 cases

We've just shipped the 2025 Albarino Nai and it's joyful. I went to our local fish shop to get something to go with it, thinking lemon sole would be good, but they didn't have that, but luckily they had a bycatch of squid. Perfect! I fried it at high heat with a little olive oil, added some garlic and a little chilli, a splash of white wine, a squeeze of lemon and sprinkle of salt. Oh, it was good with this wine.

The aromas are peach and a hint of mango, with a really light but pleasing touch of nettle and sea spray, and on the palate it's got nice texture, exuberance, but not too much, a nice bit of tang, yet it's soft and easy to drink. It really is a gorgeous wine.

A fantastic all-rounder with food, and can be enjoyed as an aperitif (we had it with taramasalata). It's useful when someone in the house likes Sauvignon and someone doesn't, as this would appeal to both. I like Gavi, but always think it's lacking something - but the best have that extra dimension - and if this was Gavi, it would be a supremely good one, and would cost £25-£40.

When we first found this - about 10 years ago at a wine fair in Spain - it was the result of sipping and spitting our way through about 300 white wines, and this was our favourite. It comes from one of the best terroirs for Albarino, in the Val do Salnes, Rias Baixas, Galicia, up in the hills just behind the Atlantic coast.

Nai Albarino 2025

Salnes Valley, Rias Baixas, Galicia | 100% Albarino | 13%

Introductory price
£17.95 for one week
(Will be £19.95)

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Last night’s supper: squid with garlic, chilli, white wine, lemon and salt. A perfect partner for this Albariño.

Don't miss this delicious one-off Sauvignon Blanc from from a top Burgundy producer (Buisson) aged in their St Romain barrels

We shipped all 20 cases we could get. Just 12.3% alc

Every year Fred Buisson works with a different friend who is as passionate about organic and bio-dynamic winemaking as he is and trades a few grapes so that he has something other than Burgundy to drink at home, and something a bit different and fun to sell. This one is a bit like Sancerre but with something interesting, exciting and different about it.

You can chew on this wine like a tangtastic sweet for grown-ups. It's cool and slakes the thirst, but keeps you going back for more. It's deliciously crunchy. As you can see from the photo below, I drank it with the squid, and it was super, and we had it with seabream with crispy skin, but this would be totally in its element with lemon sole or dover sole, with vegetables, or a tangy beurre blanc. Fred recommends it as an aperitif (and I concur) and with sushi. I like it a lot.

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EXTRA.bo Sauvignon Blanc Buisson 2024

Organic and Biodyamic | Sauvignon Blanc | 12.3%
Introductory price £19.50
(Will be £22)

This special one-off Sauvignon Blanc is from a top producer (Buisson) in Burgundy, aged in their St Romain barrels.

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