Red Wine

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FINE & WILD carries a carefully selected range of red wines from the classic European regions and the best of the New World — from accessible, well-made bottles for midweek drinking through to classified Bordeaux, premier cru Burgundy, and iconic Italian and Californian estates. Every wine in the collection has been chosen on the same basis as everything else we sell: quality, provenance, and the conviction that the product justifies its place on the shelf. We don't carry filler wines to pad out a list. If it's here, it's because it's worth drinking.

The Value of What's in the Bottle

One of the least understood things about wine in the UK is where your money actually goes. On every bottle of wine sold in this country, a significant proportion of the price is absorbed by fixed costs that have nothing to do with the quality of the liquid inside: excise duty, VAT, packaging, logistics, and retail margins. These costs are broadly the same whether the bottle costs £7 or £70.

The practical consequence is striking. In a bottle of wine at the UK average price of around £7, less than 10% of what you pay goes towards the actual wine. The rest is tax, glass, labels, transport, and margin. At £20, roughly a third of the price goes into the liquid itself. At £40 and above, well over half your money is paying for better grapes, better vineyards, better winemaking, and more time in barrel or bottle. The relationship is not linear — it's exponential. Every pound you spend above the baseline puts a disproportionately larger proportion towards what actually matters.

This is why the jump in quality between a £7 bottle and a £15 bottle is enormous, and why spending £25–£40 on a bottle of wine delivers an experience that is genuinely in a different category. It's not about paying more for a label — it's about paying for what's actually in the glass. Our red wine collection starts at £26, which means every bottle in this range has meaningful investment in the liquid itself.

What We Carry

Bordeaux

The backbone of the collection. We carry wines from across the Left and Right Bank — from well-made cru bourgeois and second wines of classified estates through to Fourth and Fifth Growths, and at the top end, First Growths and premier grand cru classé. Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Pomerol, and Saint-Émilion are all represented. Bordeaux at this level rewards patience — many of these wines benefit from decanting or cellaring — but the depth, structure, and complexity of properly made claret is difficult to find anywhere else in the world.

Burgundy

Pinot Noir from the Côte d'Or — from village-level Gevrey-Chambertin and Pommard through to premier cru and some of Burgundy's most respected domaines. Burgundy is expensive because yields are tiny and demand is relentless, but the best bottles offer a purity and transparency of flavour that no other region consistently achieves. We focus on grower-producers rather than négociant labels wherever possible.

Rhône

Northern and Southern Rhône — Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape from producers with serious pedigree. These are powerful, complex wines built around Syrah in the north and Grenache-led blends in the south. The Rhône often represents some of the best value in French fine wine relative to Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Italy

A focused selection covering the major appellations: Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino, Amarone della Valpolicella, and Super Tuscans including Tignanello and Sassicaia. Italian reds have structure, personality, and an affinity with food that makes them natural partners for the produce we sell across the rest of the site.

Spain

Rioja and Ribera del Duero — traditional Spanish reds with genuine ageing and complexity. We carry reserva and gran reserva level wines from established producers, where time in barrel and bottle has done the work that shortcuts cannot replicate.

New World

California, Oregon, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina — selected for quality rather than origin. Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from estates like Mondavi, Montelena, and Mayacamas. Oregon and New Zealand Pinot Noir. Argentine Malbec from Catena Zapata's single-vineyard programme. These are wines that stand alongside their European equivalents on merit, not novelty.

Loire

Cabernet Franc from Chinon — one of the most underrated red wine appellations in France. Light, aromatic, and versatile with food. An excellent alternative when you want something with freshness and lift rather than weight and power.

Wine and Food

We sell wine alongside the food it's meant to be drunk with. A bottle of Bordeaux with a Sashi côte de boeuf. Burgundy with roast French poultry. Barolo with fresh truffle pasta. Rhône with slow-braised Ibérico pork cheeks. Rioja with Jamón Ibérico. The wine collection exists because good food and good wine belong together — and because we believe the same principles of quality and provenance apply to both.

Delivery

Wine is shipped via express courier service in protective packaging. Orders placed before 2pm are dispatched the same day — select your preferred delivery date at checkout. Wine can be ordered alongside food in the same delivery. For orders over £225, weekday delivery is complimentary.