Modern, fruity, with a touch of wood just to give roundness and mouthfeel breeding. It is a wine designed for all audiences, pleasing and delight seeking to prove it. Made mostly with Tempranillo and a small percentage of Grenache weds with all kinds of m
This California Chardonnay is lush, balanced and creamy.
What you’ll enjoy about this wine: Rich with creamy notes of vanilla bean, almond and tropical fruit. Balanced acidity and savory toasted notes lead to a long, smooth finish remembered for its to
A California Cabernet Sauvignon that is ripe, luscious and bold.
What you’ll enjoy about this wine: This robust wine charms with layers of mocha, fresh berries, blackcurrant and subtle black pepper, toasted oak and rich vanilla. Round and soft with a h
Yakka Shiraz is sourced entirely from Longview’s vineyard at Macclesfield, Adelaide Hills. The fruit was hand-picked to minimize fruit damage, fermented on skins for 7 to 10 days in open fermenters. After malolactic fermentation, the wine was aged in old
Beautifully balanced Cabernet full of gorgeous blueberry and blackcurrant fruit, it delivers amazing purity and depth of flavour. We have tasted very few Cabernets from anywhere that are as good as this! Match with rib-eye steak in pepper sauce.
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The Brachetto, very little known outside the area of production is a slightly sparkling sweet wine made with Brachetto grapes. This wine is light bodied, very aromatic with distinctive notes of strawberries, refreshing, summery. The Brachetto Suri Vigin m
This restrained, well balanced expression of McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon is an ode to the ‘luncheon claret’, but it’s not as green and austere as that favourite lunchtime libation at the gentleman’s club. Early picked fruit from a vineyard with good b
Established in 1980 as one of Martinborough’s four founding wineries, Martinborough Vineyard is also one of the region’s most successful producers. Martinborough Vineyard has gathered world renown for their Pinot Noirs - hand picking grapes and focusing o
Affectionately known as ‘Truffle Hound’ - is our early-released, approachable and jovial expression of Barbera & Nebbiolo - we aim to retain the higher aromatics, herbal savouriness for its amaro-like refreshment.
For those that favour meaty, gaminess
This 100% Pinot Noir comes from our own vineyard El Maitén planted in 2008 in the cool coastal Leyda Valley, located at only 12 km from the Pacific Ocean. Its closeness to the sea makes it a unique spot for viticulture in Chile. The cool climate conditio
Martín Códax Albariño is a white wine from the D.O Rías Baixas produced by the winery Martín Códax. This wine is a monovarietal of the grape Albariño.
The harvest is realised following traditional methods and produced by a rigorous and careful process to
The wine displays a bright cherry red /burgundy colour with lifted red fruit aromas. On the palate the wine is cool, round and fruity and with a nice hint of chalky tannin that keeps the wine dry and refreshing.
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
ABV:13%
VOL:
A vibrant Provence Rosé full of wild strawberry, red cherry, raspberry aromatics with a refreshing acidity.
More about Mirabeau Classic
Our signature wine, Mirabeau Classic is a Côtes de Provence made from beautiful hillside vineyards to the south-e
Apple and grapefruit are fruits that provide vitality and power, things that are as inevitable on a football pitch as in a wine. And against all odds, wine and football do match perfectly just like you and me!
Grape: Riesling
Region: Rheingau, Germany
The Côtes du Rhône Plan de Dieu is a blend of Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah. The wine has around 10% whole clusters retained and is fermented in concrete tanks. The Mourvedre and Syrah are aged in barrels while the Grenache is aged in foudres for 12 month
The concept is “the ultimate food sake.” The aroma is reminiscent of melon and banana, and the finish is crisp with a refreshing citrus-like acidity. The use of flat polished rice gives it an excellent crispness on the back end. The stand-alone balance is
A very fresh yellow, pale green with dominant hints of green with lighter hints of the pale yellow of lime trees in spring, some silver, crystalline highlights, a pleasant energetic sheen, full and lively legs. The aroma is still a bit restrained and seri
Originally from northern Italy, this is the emblematic grape of our region due to its slow maturation with cool nights giving its full varietal expression. Dry but intensely aromatic.
Varietal: Gewurztraminer
Vintage: 2014
ABV: 13.3%
Vol: 750ml
Rich and full but still dry, it perfectly matches with terrines, white meats and fish in sauce.
The most discreet of all varieties in primary aromas, it enjoys the best aging potential.
Varietal: Pinot Gris
Vintage: 2015
ABV: 13%
Vol: 750ml
Grey Label Cabernet Shiraz exemplifies the distinction, elegance and power of Langhorne Creek. Evolving since the very first blend in 1967, it remains constant in the quality, character and style that distinguishes Grey Label.
Grape Varietal: Cabernet
A richly flavoured, generous and sophisticated McLaren Vale Shiraz, which is perhaps the definitive expression of this classic regional and varietal pairing, carrying the distinctive Wolf Blass hallmarks of power and elegance.
Grey Label Shiraz was sou
A bright star indeed, Sirius White from the famed organic vineyards of Millton in Gisborne is a delicious yet
somewhat enigmatic blend of Chardonnay, Viognier and Marsanne. Full of lusciously ripe stonefruit character it is
lifted by the floral notes of
Less rich in alcohol than vintages. It is a wine that is drunk rather young. Very fruity, also 100% pinot noir. Always very flexible and very pleasant. Can be kept for 5 or 6 years.
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
ABV: 14.1%
Vol: 750ml
Our love affair with wine in Hong Kong has never faded. Today wines are as popular as they were, and drinkers are only getting more discernible as better wines enter the market. Most drinkers still prefer to enter a physical wine store, but more and more people are buying wine online. The Bottle Shop works with many suppliers of wine in Hong Kong, we also import wines directly from various wine making countries. Our aim is to curate the most beloved wine list suitable for dynamic drinkers who wish to explore new palates and characters.
Our award-winning wine shop is located in Sai Kung, and we serve a wide range of wine lovers from local residence to day visitors. We also serve wine online for drinkers throughout Hong Kong. Whilst most wine shops online encourage bulk purchases for a quick turnover, we encourage our customers to try a wide variety of wines with 10% discount for any six or more bottles of wines, including sakes.
There is no shortage of opinions on new world vs old world wines. However, the most obvious difference is that old world wine regions tend to have classifications to regulate how wine is made, and where they can denote their appellation. Two of the most famous examples are France's Appellation d’origine controlee (AOC) scheme, and Italy's denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) system, introduced in 1963. For some classifications, not only do the wines have to meet production method and area specificities, they also have to pass flavour and character tests. Some notable Geographic Indication or Origins include Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP), Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT), Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG), Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa), Vino de la Tierra (VdIT), Denominacion de Origen (DO), Qualitatswein (from 13 wine regions), Pradikatswein (Ripeness level), and so on.
Our wine online shop would like to advise that these classifications in the "old world", in countries like France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, can mean quality guarantee on the one hand, but on the other it also means limitations on innovation. Whereas in countries where no such classifications exist, wine makers are more willing to experiment, resulting in a more diverse range of characters in wine.
Bordeaux is the most popular wine in Hong Kong, making up a quarter of the value of all imported wines. In fact, as of 2017, whilst the average price of an exported bottle from Bordeaux wine is 7 euros, Hong Kong pays an average bottle of 32 euros (HK$290), the highest in the world. There's an additional factor that goes into this statistic, Hong Kong’s early wine adopters in the 1990s were the middle-income earners, 30 years on they’re still loyal drinkers of Bordeaux wines, maintaining their consumption levels. Furthermore, this demographic group overwhelmingly prefers red wines over white wines, which is also reflected in wine online sales too.
As more and more young demographic groups begin their wine journey, they also come with more education on wines, hence they’re much more discernible when it comes to which wines to choose for different contexts and occasions, such as wines for beach parties, wine pairing with certain cuisines, and so on. Our wine store is therefore tailored towards a much more diverse range of drinkers, and our team is keen to recommend new wines or grape varietals that our customers are yet exposed to. We believe the best wines are those that fit particular occasions, food, climate, place; and it’s our job to make sure our customers walk out of our wine shop with the best product for them.
Have you ever been in a wine store and found yourself lost? There are bottles everywhere but the old-world wines, like French or Italians, don’t tell you what grape variety the bottle houses? This is common because countries with a rich wine tradition tend to have designated grape varietals to particular regions. For example, if you pick up a bottle of burgundy at a wine shop, it is most likely to be a Chardonnay if it’s a white wine, and a Pinot Noir or Gamay if it’s a red. It is very unlikely to be anything else. Whereas in the newer wine regions like New Zealand, Australia, or America, the grape varietals found in these countries are more diverse.
We actually think it’s best to have a little fundamental knowledge when it comes to navigating any wine shops, whether it’s for wine online, or a physical wine store. Below are some common associations between grape varietals and regions.
If you're buying wines online, most wine stores explicitly state a wine’s “specifications”, including winery, production region, grape varietal, vintage, brief description, and even tasting notes. If you’re buying from a physical wine shop, even if you know what you’re looking for, it doesn’t hurt to ask for recommendations.
We think we have a pretty simple job. Our wine shop only sells products we actually enjoy, and are value for money. As a boutique wine store, we try to house all the important categories of wines, and varietals, to ensure we accommodate all our customers. Our wine online orders are delivered the next day if the order is placed before 3pm. We secure the parcels with environmentally friendly packaging like cardboards to ensure the wines are secured and protected. Unlike many other wine stores, we don’t use plastics as the main packaging. If you ever find plastics in our parcels, they are all salvaged and reused. During storage and delivery, we ensure the wines are at optimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and below, or delivered cold at 4 degrees C. If you’re unsure about which wine online products are right for you, or need recommendations, let us know via email or phone, we can walk you through the selection, and delivery process.