Spirits & More

The taste is predominantly sweet, but is balanced by both acidity and the increased level of alcohol. Often served chilled or over ice as an aperitif, poured over melon or with various dessert. Plessis Pineau des Charentes has a deep, golden colour. On the nose there are notes of fig, almond, prune, rancio, honey and spices.

Quality 10 year old Tawny in a smart 50cl bottle, Tawny port is handy as it doesn`t require decanting. "The brightness of this wine comes across in a glaze of sweetness, like the brutlée on the top of the crème.

Aged in excess of 18 years in solera, this oloroso has an old gold colour with a wellrounded pungent nutty nose showing hints of spice, old leather and coffee. Immediately nutty on the palate, but with a tangy freshness that belies its age. Long and wellbalanced with a crisp finish.

Powerful aromatic bouquet. Dark berry fruits on the nose and mouth. Great layers of complexity and flavour. Plump raisin, spice, eucalyptus notes as well as the berry fruit flavours. An elegant and finely balanced wine.

This is a very youthful LBV, dark in colour with notes of red fruit, chocolate and spice on the nose. The palate adds an extra dimension and shows notes of rich mocha, black cherry and strawberry. Oak ageing adds a hint of vanilla.

Briottet Crème de Fraise strawberry liqueur is made with the finest quality strawberries available. Picked by the Romans for their therapeutic qualities, wild strawberries spread through Europe during the 17th century.

Briottet Crème de Fraise strawberry liqueur is made with the finest quality strawberries available. Picked by the Romans for their therapeutic qualities, wild strawberries spread through Europe during the 17th century.

Produced by macerating the finest and freshest fruit from France.

Briottet Crème de Fraise strawberry liqueur is made with the finest quality strawberries available. Picked by the Romans for their therapeutic qualities, wild strawberries spread through Europe during the 17th century.

Evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines from North America are better known as cranberries. Cranberry shrubs or vines grow in acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere and produce small, very acidulous and slightly tart berries. This Cranberry Liqueur retains the slightly acidulous taste of the fruit.

Briottet`s Rose Liqueur brings out all the delicacy of the rose, since it is made by distilling rose petals. Extra-fine white sugar is added, and this liqueur -- which is both elegant and subtle -- is just about ready to be drunk.

This all-natural Limoncello by Bepi Tosolini is made from lemons harvested from the Amalfi coast, considered to be the best area for the lemons. The colour in this Limoncello is a lovely yellow and has a very natural lemon flavour. It is nothing like some of the more, ahem, luminous Limoncellos you see around. Drink ice cold after a meal.

Opens with ripe vinefruit and concentrated blackcurrants, and evolves into a deeply satisfying full aroma with hints of green spice. Silky, voluptuous and very ripe initially, with a lingering viscosity and long concentrated flavour, perfect balance between the sweetness and acidity. Piquant.

Produced by macerating the finest and freshest fruit from France. Briottet Crème de Framboise uses a variety of raspberries that have been cultivated since the Middle Ages and are cousins to the wild raspberry . These berries are sweet but sharp, which is brought out by the maceration process.

Cocchi Americano is an aromatized wine created in 1891 by Giulio Cocchi and since produced to the original recipe. The name “Americano” is due to the alcohol made bitter (“amaricato”) by the addition of herbs and spices in particular gentian flowers and leaves, Artemisia, Cinchona, bitter orange peel, elderflower and others.

Cocchi Americano is an aromatized wine created in 1891 by Giulio Cocchi and since then produced according to the original recipe. The name “Americano” is due to the alcohol made bitter (“amaricato”) by the addition of herbs and spices and to the American habit of drinking vermouth with ice and soda.