France, chosen bottle by bottle
A different French winemaker each time, chosen by two friends who would rather bet on people than on famous names.
Vézelay · September 2026
We choose one grower, somewhere in France, and bring you what they made. Christmas is our first; after that, a new grower every few months.
Because a wine is something you follow over time. The first bottle is for the night the case arrives. The second, a few months later, because you loved the first and want to start feeling for the moment the wine will be at its best. One to share with friends, one to give to someone who will truly appreciate it, one to open when you sense it has reached its peak. And the last you forget, on purpose, at the back of a cupboard: it will be drunk one day, perhaps by your children.
Nothing renews quietly behind your back: each time we tell you which wine is coming next, and the decision is yours. Skip one and there is no charge and no reminder designed to make you feel guilty, and you pick up again whenever you like.
A case of the red is £240. The white, or the mixed case, £230. Delivery included. For Christmas, every case after your first is £200. Skip one and nothing happens.
We never send out more than fifty cases of a selection, and not to make it feel rare: it is simply the number the two of us can look after properly, with the care of people who know exactly where each bottle came from, rather than handing it to a warehouse neither of us has ever set foot in.
Éric Darles, Irancy, Burgundy. Pinot noir, as you would expect this far north, with one thing you will not find anywhere else: a little César, an old local grape that gives the wine its backbone. A wine we could not find on sale anywhere in the UK.
“The treasure is nearly always hiding right next to the famous name.”Marcel
Irancy · Bourgogne
Irancy “Boudardes” 2019
Éric did not simply inherit these vines; he inherited the weight of them. His father held them from his, who held them from his before that: eight generations, perhaps nine, standing in the same village, watching the same rows fall asleep each winter and wake again each spring. Some of his plots give so little that, in certain seasons, the land will not fill a single tank. They are called Les Boudardes, and La Palotte: names the local syndicate is now weighing for a possible cru classification, names Éric carries the way one carries a surname.
Irancy sits almost within sight of Chablis, and yet here, red is king: pinot noir first, and in Éric's case, a portion of César, a grape you have almost certainly never heard of, grown almost nowhere else, and the reason this wine carries both bite and patience. It took time, but we have come to secure a few cases of what little Irancy has to spare, just enough to fill yours.
There's a depth here you don't expect this far north in Burgundy, something of the South, as if it wandered in by mistake, or by grace. Easy enough to drink all six this winter. But keep one back for 2030. And another, to see what it becomes by 2035.
Marcel's tipOpen it a few hours before you pour. And if you drink it young, drink it with something with protein, cheese or meat: the protein binds with the tannins and keeps your mouth from drying. That is the secret. (Marcel, in Film 02.)
Matt, Éric Darles and Marcel · Irancy · September 2026
Three short films with every wine. Not advertising, just what we saw when we were there.
We tasted it, we liked it, and we could not find it anywhere else. That is the whole test.
We taste every wine before we choose it.
We only choose wines we would buy ourselves.
Every bottle comes straight from the grower, and we show you rather than tell you.
Why six bottles of this one?Irancy is pinot noir from the cold northern edge of Burgundy, with a share of César, the old local grape that brings the tannin. Tannin is structure, and structure is what takes time. Light on its feet when young, still changing years later: exactly the kind of wine that rewards being followed, bottle by bottle.
Marcel in the vines at Chablis · September 2026
One for tonight, one to share · Vézelay, September 2026
Enough to get to know it properly, and to decide for yourself what to do with the other five.
Made for this selection only: the grower's story, how to serve it, what to eat with it, and the things worth knowing about the wine.
To your door, anywhere in mainland UK.
“One bottle, you taste it. Six bottles, you live with it.”
For Christmas, every case after your first is £200, for you or for someone else. The drive costs us the same whether the boot holds one case or twenty.
Delivered by hand, delivery included. Adults 18 and over only. No subscription: you decide every time.
Éric Darles's Irancy “Boudardes” 2019. Pinot noir, a little césar.
£240 · six bottles
Six bottles of white, chosen by Marcel. Named once it is bought.
£230 · six bottles
Three of the red, three of the white. Cannot choose? This is the one.
£230 · six bottles
More than six cases? Write to [email protected] and we will sort it.
If anything changes, we will tell you ourselves, and you will never be out of pocket.
Reserved · nothing to pay
A confirmation email is on its way. In early December we will send you the payment link. Until then, nothing touches your account.
No payment today. Reserving is not an order: nothing is agreed until we send you the payment request, in early December. We never charge a card when you reserve.
You must be 18 or over to buy. We check age on delivery. Fourteen days to change your mind, no questions asked.
Irancy Boudardes 2019, opened in Dijon · September 2026
With most wine you will never know. With ours you will know exactly who made every bottle, where, and why it tastes the way it does. Éric Darles, for now: eight generations in Irancy, a little César among the pinot noir, and parcels so small that some years there is barely enough to fill a tank. Over time this page becomes a collection, one grower after another, each with a page of their own.
“When you go straight to the winemaker, there is more than you think.”Matt
Éric Darles’s sign · Irancy · September 2026
The two of us · France · September 2026
A Frenchman who lives among the vines and is training to make wine, and an Englishman who builds things (the brand, the site, the box that lands on your doorstep) and who would much rather film the road to a cellar than sit in an office.
Their friendship began on a small boat crossing the Nile, was nearly lost somewhere in Sudan, and found itself again on a beach in Zanzibar. Today Marcel finds the wine and tastes everything, while Matt builds everything you can see and touch.
In Dijon by chance? Write to us. Marcel is always happy to share a walk, a glass, a dinner, or a few tips for your trip through France.
Six bottles of the same wine from one French grower, delivered to your door anywhere in mainland UK, with a tasting book made for that selection only: the grower's story, how to serve it, what to eat with it.
Because a wine is something you follow over time. One the night the case arrives, one a few months later to feel for when it will be at its best, one to share, one to give, one to open at its peak, and the last forgotten on purpose at the back of a cupboard, perhaps for your children. One exception, for Christmas: the mixed case, three of the red and three of the white, for tables that want both.
No. This Christmas is our first run. After that we plan a new grower every few months, and each time you decide. Skip one and nothing happens: no charge, no reminder.
A case of the red is £240; the white or the mixed case, £230, delivery included. For Christmas, every case after your first is £200. Reserving costs nothing: the secure payment link comes by email in early December, before we hit the road.
Anywhere in mainland UK, delivery included. You must be 18 or over to buy, and age is checked on delivery.
Fourteen days, no questions asked.
Occasional emails about the wines we are finding, the growers we are meeting and where we are going next. Nothing to buy, no weekly selling.
We keep your address to write to you about Tiños Viños, and nothing else. One word and you are off it.
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