Wine Club 2 November

Our second offer from Naked Wines, the iconoclastic online merchant that funds selected winemakers via so-called angels — wine lovers who pay a sub for distribution to said vignerons in return for fine vino. Since there’s no marketing, advertising, agents, wholesalers etc, RRPs are said to be as low as possible. I’m not entirely convinced that this is the case, but I do vouch for the quality of the following wines, all of which I much enjoyed and which we are offering at prices below even those that the angels pay, thus truly as low as possible.

The 2016 Simpsons of Barham Court ‘Beora’ (1) is a cracking English fizz. Charles and Ruth Simpson cut their teeth at the celebrated Domaine Sainte Rose in the Languedoc before making first-rate English sparklers at Barham in the Elham Valley, near Canterbury. A traditional–method Chardonnay/Pinot Noir blend, Beora (named after the Saxon chief who once ruled here) is fresh, vibrant, lightly honeyed, appley, slightly toasty and extremely tasty.