I’m eating… · Steak
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Syrah
Peppery, structured and particularly comfortable with charred beef.
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I’m eating… · Steak
You chose Steak.
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Peppery, structured and particularly comfortable with charred beef.
I’m eating… · Seafood
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Salty, citrus-led freshness keeps seafood vivid without overwhelming it.
I’m eating… · Cheese
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Its acidity cuts through richness while its texture meets softer cheeses halfway.
I’m eating… · Spicy food
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Cooling sweetness and vivid acidity soften heat while keeping flavours precise.
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Gewürztraminer · Lambrusco
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Bugey-Cerdon
I want… · Fresh
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Bright, dry and precise, with enough texture to stay interesting.
I want… · Light
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Juicy, lifted and easy to drink, with more savoury detail than its lightness suggests.
I want… · Bold
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Dark-fruited and concentrated, but lifted by mineral freshness and herbal detail.
I want… · Aromatic
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Rose, lychee and spice arrive immediately, balanced by a broad, gently dry palate.
I want… · Something unusual
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Nutty, saline and quietly intense — familiar enough to enjoy, singular enough to remember.
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Orange Ribolla · Palomino
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Timorasso
I like… · Pinot Noir
You chose Pinot Noir.
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It keeps Pinot’s freshness and lightness, with more immediately juicy fruit.
I like… · Chablis
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Lean, saline and understated, with the same appetite-waking clarity.
I like… · Sancerre
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Citrus, herbs and energetic acidity in a more relaxed, often better-value expression.
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Pouilly-Fumé · Menetou-Salon
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Sauvignon de Saint-Bris
I like… · Champagne
You chose Champagne.
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Fine bubbles and Chardonnay-led freshness, usually with a gentler price tag.
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English sparkling · Franciacorta
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Blanquette de Limoux
I want to discover… · Burgundy
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A generous, less intimidating route into Burgundy’s villages, grapes and sense of place.
I want to discover… · Corsica
You chose Corsica.
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Herbal, sunlit and savoury — island wine with freshness as well as warmth.
I want to discover… · Jura
You chose Jura.
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The broadest first stop for Jura’s light reds, saline whites and quietly singular character.
I want to discover… · Savoie
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Alpine, feather-light and bright: a clear introduction to Savoie’s mountain freshness.

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Gamay is generous, food-friendly and far more varied than Beaujolais Nouveau suggests.

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Try something adjacent
Citrus, herbs and a little more Mediterranean texture.
Go somewhere new
Fresh and mineral, but broader and quietly savoury.
Take a bigger leap
Structured, complex and built to reward curiosity.
Go somewhere
A small French region with an outsized range: pale reds, mountain-fresh Chardonnay and the unmistakable savour of Savagnin.
Eastern France · Chardonnay · Savagnin · Trousseau
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Worth comparing
Two neighbouring expressions of Sauvignon Blanc — one often taut and citrus-led, the other frequently broader and smoky.
Limestone · taut citrus · bright precision
You want taut citrus and bright precision.
Explore SancerreFlint · smoky depth · rounded texture
You want smoky depth and a rounder texture.
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13–16°CServe cool enough to keep the fruit fresh.
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