The Wine Merchant's Blog

The North-West of Spain is home to a new wave of red and white wines. Dominio de Tares Baltos 2013, Bierzo Bottle Price: £11.50 / €17.35 Offer Bottle Price: £9.77 / €14.75  Baltos is made from the Mencía grape. The vines here are very old which gives the wine a wonderful depth. Smooth juicy red […]

The rugged north-west of Spain produces top quality white wines from the grape called Albariño. This grape type can produce variety of style ranging from light and zesty to honeyed and rich. Here are our two favourite wineries in the area. Pazo De Senorans Albarino 2015 Bottle Price: £15.99 / €22.95 Offer Price: £13.59 / […]

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Forget socks or a tacky tie for this year’s Father’s Day gift and pick something your dad will actually want. And more importantly LOVE. The Chocolate Block 2014 MGM Bottle Price: £39.95 / €55.99 Case Bottle Price:  £35.96 / €50.39 The Chocolate Block is a perpetual favourite with staff and customers alike here at JN.  All […]

The team at JN Wine have been avid fans of Quinta de Soalheiro since they first arrived on our shores in 2013, so it was no surprise when Mark Squires ofeparker.com awarded the new 2015 vintage of Soalheiro Alvarinho 94 points. The Soalheiro Allo 2015 did not go unnoticed with Julia Harding ofjancisrobinson.com having wonderful words to share. Soalheiro Allo […]

The Association of Wine Educators UK has included two of our wines in their 100 AWESOME Wines 2016. Monfil Garnacha 2014 Bottle Price: £7.85 / €12.50 Case Bottle Price: £7.07 / €11.25) “At under £10 a bottle, this juicy red punches well above its weight. Lots of ripe red berries and a hint of dried […]

May 21st is National Chardonnay Day & we want to help you celebrate with 15% off some of our most popular Chardonnays. Long gone are the days when ‘Chardonnay’ was looked upon as a bad word. The varietal is going from strength to strength; and with good cause! Chardonnay is an extemely diverse white wine […]

Friday 10th June Italian food and wine with Paula McIntyre and Jane Boyce MW In this NI year of Food and Drink, JN Wine is teaming up with local NI food ambassador and cookery expert Paula McIntyre for what promises to be a wonderful summer evening of food and wine. Paula is well known for […]

As the first price releases of the 2015 Vintage start to emerge from the turrets of Bordeaux, we have made our initial purchases on your behalf! Chateau Puygueraud, Bordeaux Cotes de Francs 12 bottle case £112 / €139 Nicolas Thienpont’s Chateau Puygueraud consistently offers some of the best quality/prix in Bordeaux and this vintage is […]

This year has seen us celebrate some welcome new additions to our range of wines from Adi Badenhorst. Adi is one of the most refreshingly open and vibrant people you will ever meet.  He is the polar opposite of stuffy or pretentious and embodies the free spirited, convivial, work hard play hard mentality that might […]

A very special offer. Château Capbern Gasqueton, St Estephe ’08 We travel extensively in Bordeaux and have access to some of the finest châteaux and cellars. We unearthed this beauty recently from a property in the same area and ownership as Calon Ségur. Jean Moueix, the owner of Château Petrus has recently become a shareholder […]

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