We love weeds 💚 Yesterday was spent bud rubbing on our Welsh vineyard in the glorious #valeofglamorgan sunshine. Plenty of weeds enjoying the fine weather too including wild sage, milk thistles… and plenty of stinging nettles. But these resplendent poppies were the most welcome treat, soaking up the rays and nodding in the breeze. Bud rubbing involves picking off the unwanted shoots particularly around the vines’ trunk, which helps focus their energy into the fruiting canes (and stops the plants turning into bush vines like last year! 😬) We’re aiming to avoid any herbicides and pesticides in our #côtesduglamorgan vineyard but the next job will be a bit of old fashioned weed whacking 💪🏼 #welshwine #welshvineyard

FORGET ME NOT A reminder that Chilled & Tannin imports some #belissima wines direct from Italy 🇮🇹 including this award-winning PIETRAME MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO £12- online now. Tastes like: Delicate. Wild Cherry. Violets. Full Bodied. Soft & Balanced Tannins. And like most of the bottles in our wine range it’s made with a sustainable approach, and delivered with the CO2 offset, so all in all it perfectly suits our mantra of #bodaciouswinewithaconscience #sustainablewine #italianwine #onlinewineshop #winedelivery #summerwine

PASG HAPUS!! 🥂 🐣 (Happy Easter!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) Popping a couple of corks to celebrate a cracking Easter weekend with two brand new additions to the Chilled & Tannin website - the latest releases from @ancrehill in Monmouthshire, their Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noirs 👌🏼 These are two of the most hotly anticipated Welsh wine releases of the year - coming from the sun soaked 2018 vintage and having undergone super long maturation and lees ageing before release. To make this remarkable, traditional ‘champagne method’ sparkling wine, 100% biodynamically grown grapes from their estate are handpicked and added to the press in whole bunches with only free run juices used, before undergoing wild fermentation with no SO2 inoculation. After 15 months maturation the wines are blended and bottled with no filtering or fining and then undergoe a stonking 4 years and 9 months of ageing on the lees before disgorging. The team then add a zero sugar dosage ready for the second fermentation in the bottle - resulting in two brut nature style wines packed with oodles of depth of character and finesse. The Ancre Hill team comprise of husband and wife Richard and Joy and resident South African winemaker Jean du Plessis (@jeandoep) - and they proudly follow a regenerative philosophy in the vineyard and a low intervention approach in the winery (which is so sustainable it’s even built out of hay bales!) Quintessentially Welsh and simply World Class. Two prime examples of the quality wines coming out of this pioneering wine - and a reminder that #welshwineweek is just over a month away! Check out www.welshwineweek.co.uk to find out more! #welshwine #welshvineyard #biodynamicwine #sustainablewine #blancdeblancs #blancdenoirs #bodaciouswinewithaconscience

BUDS AHOY!! 🌱 A hot and sunny weekend up on our Welsh vineyard and our vines are well and truly springing into life. ☀️ Plenty of blushing pink buds coming out and enjoying this Mediterranean weather - now we pray that winter doesn’t return as a bitter frost might nip our vines’ development well and truly in the bud! 🥶 #welshwvineyard #welshwine #cotesduglamorgan

BLOOMIN BIBULOUS 🌸 LITTLE BEAUTY, NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿 Snap us these sustainable snifters while stocks last - usually reserved for sommelier-driven eateries, we’ve got a limited number of bottles of these bodacious wines from this boutique winery on the Chilled & Tannin website now. Little Beauty Pinot Gris £20- Tastes like: Moreish. Ripe Pear. White Peach. Orange Blossom. Honeyed. Little Beauty Gewürztraminer £20- Tastes like: Lychee. Middle Eastern Spice. Rosewater. Turkish Delight. Nougat. Clove. Little Beauty is a small, independent wine producer whose first vintage was released in 2008. They concentrate on small batch varietal wines that reflect the character of the beautiful Waihopai Valley. #onlinewineshop #winedelivery #newzealandwine #sustainablewine #bodaciouswinewithaconscience

TWO NEW ITALIAN IMPORTS 🇮🇹 PIETRAME FROM CANTINA TOLLO Chilled & Tannin have been importing bodacious, sustainable bottles from Cantina Tollo for a few years now and we couldn’t resist adding a few cases of two new tipples to our latest shipment. Grab them while you can!! CIN CIN 🍷 MERLOT £13- Tastes like: Red berries. Plum. Sweet Spice. Soft Tannins. Medium Bodied. TREBBIANO D’ABRUZZO DOP £13- Tastes like: Orange Rind. Green Apple. Apricot. Perfumed. Floral. Refreshing. Tangy. AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE NOW WITH CARBON OFFSET DELIVERY NATIONWIDE 🚛 #sustainablewine #winedelivery #onlinewineshop #bodaciouswinewithaconscience

Winter pruning: COMPLETED IT - and what a sunny St David’s Day weekend ☀️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #welshwine #cotesduglamorgan #blessed #valeofglamorgan

WHAT IS THAT BRIGHT ORANGE THING IN THE SKY?! 🌞 👀 Some of you may have been lucky enough to spot some Spring sunshine this weekend - but if not then don’t fret, we’ve got you covered with this equally resplendent #orangewine - available at chilledandtannin.com now for a dazzlingly tasty price of £19- per bottle DOMAINE JOËL DELAUNAY, `CASCA MACÉRATION DE SOIF` SAUVIGNON BLANC VIN ORANGE, LOIRE Sustainable + Vegan Tastes like: Dried Mandarin Peel. Cirtus Zest. Honeysuckle. Almonds. ‘Casca Macération de Soif’ is made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, fermented with extended skin contact and aged for around one year on its fine lees, producing a uniquely aromatic and textured wine. Domaine Joël Delaunay is a strictly sustainable family-owned estate in the Touraine AOC, currently run by fifth-generation owner Thierry Delaunay. Like his forward-thinking father Joël Delaunay, who insisted on estate bottling in 1970, Thierry is similarly pioneering and was the first Touraine producer to bottle under screwcap in 2004. This wine is deep orange-hued in colour and reveals bold aromas of dried mandarin zest, honey and almonds. The palate is clean and fragrant with orange peel and honeysuckle notes coming to the forefront, backed up by a grippy texture. This deliciously complex wine has an elegant minerality, superb structure and long finish. #sustainablewine #onlinewineshop #winedelivery #veganwine #bodaciouswinewithaconscience

ANYONE FOR BOTTLE AGED CARMENERE? CARMENERE RESERVA, ZAPALLARES, CENTRAL VALLEY CHILE 2020 🇨🇱 £12- Tastes like: Wild Cherry. Raspberry. Savoury. Smoky. Umami. We have a few bottles left of this fabulous sustainable Carmenere which is now showing some irresistible developed characteristics. Carmenere is originally a Bordeaux grape variety, planted in Chile before phylloxera wiped out most of the plantings in France - so if you like aged Claret then this tipple will be sure to tickle your fancy! The wine comes from a single vineyard of 60-year-old vines in Apalta. Vibrant, spicy black fruit palate with plush tannins, hints of dried herbs and subtle oak structure. A versatile food wine for hearty winter dishes. #sustainablewine #carmenere #bordeauxgrape #onlinewineshop #winedelivery #bodaciouswinewithaconscience