Wine / Fortified Wine

A small bottle of Taylor's excellent Late Bottled Vintage port - aged for slightly longer in wood than a regular vintage and bottled ready to drink.

N'Rootsi is a weird and wonderful Jamaican roots wine containing fermented herbs and spices including ginger root, elderflower, rosehip, burdock root, cinnamon, nettle, St. John's Wort, rosemary, sage, dandelion and cola nut, along with honey and demerara sugar. Sounds awesome.

Wincarnis Tonic Wine is a blend of enriched wine and malt extract infused with a bewildering variety of botanicals including gentian root, mugwort, angelica root, balm mint, fennel seed, coriander seed, peppermint leaves, cardamom seeds and cassia bark. A classier alternative to Buckfast.

Crabbie's excellent green ginger wine, essential for the making of Whisky Macs.

Stone's excellent ginger wine, perfect for cocktails (including the Whisky Mac that it is mainly used for these days) or just sipping.

Buckfast, also known as 'Buckie', is the notorious wine-based fortified tonic drink, made by Devonshire monks and beloved by 'neds' and students in Ireland and Scotland. Each bottle of Buckfast contains around 280mg of caffeine, the equivalent of nearly nine cans of Coke.

A delicious mulled version of Crabbie's ruby blended with citrus, herbs and the famous ginger wine.

A small bottle of Akashi-Tai's light and fresh Honjozo sake.

A delicious mulled wine from Northumberland's Holy Island.

A scrummy ginger wine from Northumberland's Lindisfarne.

A medium dry amontillado from Gonzalez Byass. La Concha is a blend of dry amontillado sherry with some Pedro Ximinez to add a bit of extra sweetness to the rich nuttiness of the base sherry.

The UK's best-selling granny fuel.

An undiluted and full bodied sake that will mellow in the bottle over time.

A smooth dry sake made by a famous Japanese producer with the European palate in mind. Very easy-drinking and a good introduction to the world of sake for the uninitiated.

A honey wine made on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne by mixing honey with fermented grape juice, herbs and water, before fortifying it to 14.5%.

The sherry formerly known as 'Harveys Club', a medium Amontillado that's great as an after dinner tipple or cake accompaniment.

A bottle of Williams & Humbert's excellent dry Fino sherry. Serve very cold with seafood or on its own as an aperitif.

A very off-the-wall alternative to port, Rubis is a chocolate-flavoured Spanish fortified wine made from the Tempranillo grape (more usually seen in Rioja) and infused with a luxurious chocolate essence. Chocolate AND red wine?! The ladies are going to love this.

A cream sherry from the bodega of Williams & Humbert, sweetening dry oloroso with px for a rich and sweet wine.

A very fine Fino sherry from Spain's leading sherry producer, Gonzalez Byass. Serve well-chilled with tapas or seafood.