68|Retail News|September 2015|www.retailnews.ie
On The Vine: Top Wine Brands Cockburn’s Port
(Barry & Fitzwilliam) Fortified wine is another wine style that the consumer turns to as winter approaches. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Cockburn’s Port, keep a look out for their Special Anniversary Tins (free of charge on Special Reserve), available in selected outlets this autumn.
Chateau Tour de Perrigal Bordeaux Superieur (Ampersand)
This delightful Bor Sup is from one of the niche estates owned by the largest French Wine Producer, Les Grands Chais de France. This wine is produced in the new up-front, fruit driven style that is proving most popular and is helping to revive everyday consumption of Bordeaux wines. With an RRP of € 12.99, this wine will appeal to independent retailers.
Chateau Avalon Corbieres (Ampersand) Chateau Avalon is located in the heart of the Corbières and is worth stocking to meet the current demand for southern French wines. Grape varieties used are similar to the RhoneCarignan; Syrah, Mourvèdre, and Grenache made in a very modern style. At an €11.99 price point, this is a must stock for the independent retailer. “Le Clarion de Anges” Costieres de Nimes (Ampersand) This is a southern Rhône classic made from selected Grenache, Syrah and Mourvédre grapes harvested at optimum ripeness from old vines (RRP € 11.99). Accorded AOC status in 1986, the southernmost of the Rhone Valley wine-growing areas perfectly exhibits all the characteristics of its Roman history and culture: the vineyards lie to the south east of the city from which they take their name, producing predominantly red wines of very high quality. Take part in Rhone Wine Week from Nov 2-8 and highlight your Rhone wines. See www. rhonewineweekireland. com for more information.
Barossa Valley Estate
(Delegat Europe Ltd) This is one of the most famous single estates in Barossa, Australia’s most famous red wine
The BVE range includes GSM (Grenache, Shiraz, and Mourvédre), a lighter style of Australian red, as well as a soft and elegant Shiraz.
region, known for the iconic E&E Black Pepper Shiraz. BVE was bought two years ago by Delegat, the New Zealand company best known for Oyster Bay. They have two wines in the range, the GSM (Grenache, Shiraz, and Mourvédre), which is a lighter style of Australian red, fruit forward with a lovely juicy finish, as well as a Shiraz, which is very soft and elegant and made in a refined style. The RRP is €16.99 and the quality of the fruit very much justifies the price. Keep an eye out for both wines on offer this autumn.
Marques de Caceres Crianza
(Cassidy Wines) Spanish wine is also very much in vogue this autumn. Spain sees a huge volume of Irish visitors, mostly due to our lack of summer. The Spanish DOCa Rioja is one of the most popular wine styles with the Irish red wine drinker. They love the soft velvety vanilla flavours of this aged Spanish wine style. Marques de Caceres is very widely available and this autumn will be on offer at €14.99, down from its usual price of €16.99. Make sure you have some on your shelves.
Faustino V & Faustino Silver
(Richmond Marketing) Another great Rioja wine, Faustino is very popular here and one of the biggest selling Rioja wines in Ireland. Look out for discounted prices on these two wines in the Faustino range this autumn.
Amaru from El Esteco (Classic
Drinks) El Esteco was founded in 1892 by French immigrants David and Salvador Michel. El Esteco lies in the heart of the Calchaqui Valley in the Salta region in northern Argentina, and is amongst the highest vineyards in the world. Relatively new to the market, the Amaru range of wines is exceptional and consists of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Torrontés and Torrontés Rosé wines.
McKenna
(Coman’s Wines) This historic Chilean wine was specially created for the Irish market to celebrate Irishman, Juan McKenna, one of the leaders of Chile’s 1810 revolution. With Chile now the most popular country of origin in terms of wine volume and value sales, this wine range, produced by Undurraga, a winery originally founded by the McKenna family, offers good price/quality value.
The McKenna range was specially created for the Irish market to celebrate Irishman, Juan McKenna, one of the leaders of Chile’s 1810 revolution.