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We are the conduit between sustainable producers and conscientious consumers. We bring you delicious Choosing to drink organic is a statement of intent.

It means you intend to drink good wine - wine that is vibrant, full of character and typicity. Wine that is made in the vineyard as much as it is made in the winery. In those vineyards, biodiversity and abundant life forms are encouraged, making the growing environment a positive addition to the ecosystem. And whilst this natural form of grape growing ensures the health of vines, plants and surrounding area, so it has a positive effect on your health, making the morning after a far less punitive affair.

17/09/2026

Four amphorae walk into a wine shop...

Our Dove St wine flight this weekend is inspired by clay (mud, mud, glorious mud):

🍋Quinta do Montalto, ‘Ânfora de Baco Branco’ 2023
Fermented in amphorae lined with pine resin, in the Roman tradition. If you like (good) retsina...

🌼Joao Goucho, “Quinta da Palmirinha Exordium’ 2024
New Portuguese orange wine, made from Arinto grapes left on skins for 45 days. No added sulphites... preserved with chestnut flower instead. (You read that right.)

🍊 Celler Mas Gomà -1724- , ‘Cosí Eloí’ 2022 Catalan orange wine, made from 100% Malvasia Sitges grapes, fermented in amphorae made from the vineyard’s own clay. (Chapeau!)

🫐Tenuta Olianas, ‘Cannonau di Sardegna’ 2022 Sardinian Grenache, with a tawny hue, and notes of blackberries, almonds and cacao

Why this new vogue for clay?

The natural wine scene in Western Europe finds much inspiration in Georgian winemaking, where wine is traditionally made in clay vessels buried in the ground, known as qvevri.

Other winemaking countries have their own versions – tinajas in Portugal🇵🇹 , for example; but modern winemaking, and the prevalence of stainless steel tanks and oak barrels, broke the thread of tradition.

🏺Clay vessels are naturally cool, helping capture gentler aromatics in during alcoholic fermentation.
Clay’s natural porosity offers a gentle micro-oxygenation, building breadth and texture in the wine whilst avoiding reduction and sulphurous smells.

But you can be your own judge… come to our shop at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE for a glass:

*Friday evening, 5-9
*Saturday afternoon, 1-5

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, olive oil, 🧀 , 🫒 and homemade hummus

📸6 by Tom

13/09/2026

We don’t post much (enough?) about the distribution arm of our small independent business.

We’ve seriously upped our game in 2026, and doubled our direct import portfolio. We’re now working with (count them) ten wineries, and we’ll be pouring ten wines SITTastings London on the 21st.

❗️It’s a strictly trade only event, so if you run an independent wine merchant, a licensed independent bar, restaurant or shop or a wine subscription service, register through the link in our bio and swing by for a taste, at

St Mary’s Church, Wyndham Place, York Street London W1H 1PQ

The tasting runs from 10.30-5, and there are 30 other exhibitors in the same room, including other lowintervention specialists Served by Regal | Bringing Specialist Wines to the UK Italnatural Wines Ltd Jack Milligan

We recommend pre-booking a place on the masterclass at 1.15 with Rebecca Gibb MW … does anyone know the Loire better?…🇫🇷

With apologies to Manchester, we’re London only this year. (first we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin…)

10/09/2026

🍂Yesterday felt like mid Autumn; today, we’re back to long-sleeved Summer.🌅

Still warm enough to sit outside, but a little cool for chilled reds, so our Dove St wine flight this weekend has a more succulent feel, and a richer palate.

🍋 Celler Mas Gomà -1724- , ‘El Cercle’ 2023
Catalan ancestral method fizz, made from Macabeu grapes
Freire Lobo VIGNO Dao Wines , ‘Granitico’ white 2024
Dry, mineral and weighty tradtional Dão field blend of indigenous Portuguese varieties.
🍊 André Lourenço - Gardunha Sul , ‘Curtimenta’ 2023
Succulent and savoury orange wine, with notes of lemon and russet apple
🍒Freire Lobo, ‘Granitico’ red 2021
Fuller bodied red, a partner piece to the white. Made from the fruit of vines planted in the 1950s.

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, olive oil, 🧀, 🫒 and homemade hummus.

Visit our shop at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE.
* Friday evening, 5-9
* Saturday afternoon, 1-5

And of course, 15 Dove St is open for bottle sales from 10am, Tuesday to Saturday

📸 2 Celler Mas Gomà -1724-
📸4 Tom
📸6 Green Cap Productions

03/09/2026

What a splendid time of year.

🌻It’s warm enough to sit outside, and cool enough to enjoy it. Our wine flight this weekend sits in the sweet spot between Summer and Autumn.🍂

🍒Rioublanc, Pétillant Naturel 2024
Gloriously fruity ancestral method fizz, made from Cabernet Franc

🍋 Celler Mas Gomà -1724- ‘Tiet Jan’ 2024
Dry, crisp and ye**ty Catalan Xarel-lo

🍑Domaine La Lauzeta, ‘Mezura’ rosé 2022
New vintage of this succulent barrel-fermented pink

🫐 Maison Gazeau-Baldi , Coteaux du Loir 2023
distinctive natural red made from the fruit of 130 year old Pineau d’Aunis vines

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, olive oil, 🧀 , 🫒 , and homemade hummus.

Visit our shop at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE.

We pour between:

Friday evening, 5-9
Saturday afternoon, 1-5

(And of course, we’re also open as a bottle shop from 10am, Tuesday to Saturday)

📸2 &3 Green Cap Productions
📸4&5 Tom

27/08/2026

📣It’s a bumper small-plate pop up in the shop this weekend, as our arch collaborator, Henry Anderson Brown is back in the Dove St kitchenette.

🍅There’ll be organic tomatoes galore in the shop this weekend, courtesy of local growers Goodery C.I.C.

Henry’s small plates menu is inspired by the seasonal glut; and we’ll be selling Goodery’s organic produce in the shop this Saturday. Basil, courgettes, 🥒cucumbers… even a tomatillo or two…

Rose Higham-Stainton from Goodery will be in attendance from 1pm on Saturday to tell you more about this local Community Interest Company and their organic veg box scheme.

So come along, fill your shopping bags and stay for lunch. Small plates include:

🍅Pan con tomate
🍅Cherry tomato tart
🦑Squid, chickpea & tomato stew & aioli
Slow cooked courgette, mozzarella & basils
🍏Apple & plum almond cake with créme fraîche

An extended service calls for an extended wine list, and this weekend we’re pouring six wines by the glass – all of which pair perfectly with tomatoes.

🥂bone dry traditional method Catalan Xarel-lo
* oily, salty (and non spritzy) Vinho Verde
*juicy and rich barrel-fermented Barossa Riesling/Roussanne
🍒fruity dry Languedoc rosé
* light, chilled and funky Loire Pineau d’Aunis
🍷dark, fun bodied and gutsy Piemontese Barbera

Henry will be plating and we’ll be pouring:
~Friday evening, 5-9
~Saturday afternoon, 1-5
~Sunday afternoon, 1-5

No bookings – if you arrive at an acutely busy moment, we’ll take your number and call you as soon as we have space.

🐶🐾We are expecting a busy weekend, so be prepared to share a table, and please leave your dog curled up at home, as we’ll be weaving around our narrow shop with plates aplenty.

(We’re always happy to see dogs at Dove St during regular retail hours.)🦮🐕‍🦺🐩

📸2 & 6 Tom
📸8 thanks to Sam
👨‍🎨1 & 9 Henry Anderson Brown

20/08/2026

Not tried 🇵🇹 Palhete yet?

Pronounced pa-LYET-uh, these juicy and dangerously drinkable wines are made by co-fermenting white and red grapes together.

Normally served chilled, this is a perfect wine style for late Summer; and we’ve secured 48 bottles of a particularly good, and generously priced, example, from long-time favourites André Gomes Pereira – Link in bio 👆

We’ll be pouring it by the glass this weekend, as part of a flight of wines from Montalto, who are based some 75 minutes drive from Lisbon.

🍊We’re also opening ‘Pim Pam Pum Curtimenta’ which has converted several doubters to orange wine; and bookending the flight with Ânfora de Baco Branco and Tinto; Montalto’s homage to Roman winemaking.

During their occupation, the Romans spread the vitis vinifera grapevine from the south of Portugal all the way up to modern Vinho Verde. A traditional practice was to ferment grapes in amphorae lined with pine resin. The pine prevented spoilage and lent the wine a resinous, herbal quality.

🏺Clay vessels are naturally cool; ideal for wine fermentation – and for the dinner table. Chef and ceramicist Henry Anderson Brown has made three clay coolers, and this weekend he’ll be bringing these and a selection of other pottery pieces to sell in the shop.

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, olive oil, 🧀 , 🫒 and homemade hummus.

Join us this weekend at our shop at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE.

Wine flight and food available:
*Friday evening, 5-9
*Saturday afternoon, 1-5

13/08/2026

This weekend, we’re going al fresco.

It’s been in the works longer than a Count Binface election triumph, but last week our pavement license application was approved.

Thanks, as ever, to our friends at the Greenhouse Trust for the loan of lovely materials – in this case, marble topped tables heavy enough to cope with the slope of the street. (And pleasingly cool to the touch.)

To celebrate, this weekend we’re pouring four refreshing wines inspired by places with vibrant outdoor food and drink cultures.

We import these wines into the UK, and sell them in Norwich, but you’re more likely to encounter them in these similarly Fine Cities:

🇫🇷Paris: Maison Gazeau-Baldi , ‘Wazoh’ 2022 (tradtional method (not) Crémant du Loire; 100% Chenin Blanc, 18 months on the lees)

Barcelona: Celler Mas Gomà -1724- , ‘Tiet Jan’ 2024 (crisp, dry and saline cloudy white, made from Xarel-lo grapes)

🇦🇺Adelaide: Smallfry Wines , ‘Pond’ rosé 2024 (another outing for this serious Barossa pink, as it’s drinking beautifully)

🇵🇹Lisbon: André Lourenço - Gardunha Sul , ‘Gatafunho’ Tinto 2024 (a cool cat for the cool cats; at once juicy, spicy and savoury, and perfect chilled)

Join us in (or outside of) our shop at 15 Dove St NR2 1DE for a glass or two.

*Friday evening, 5-9
*Saturday afternoon, 1-5

If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, olive oil, 🧀 and 🫒

📸3, 4 & 5 Tom

07/08/2026

Now I will believe that there are unicorns…

A “unicorn wine” is an ultra rare, highly sought-after bottle produced in tiny quantities. These wines are prized for their scarcity and unique provenance.

Tonight and tomorrow, we’re pouring some of them at our 15 Dove St shop.

❓What’s the occasion❓

We might (finally) have a pavement license; it might be sunny; it’s definitely the weekend.

🦄But the real occasion is simply that we have some unicorn wines and we want to share them, because wine is made for drinking and life is short and precious. So come on down to the shop and enjoy a taste of these winged gallopers: 🦄

* Celler Mas Gomà -1724- , ‘L’Arc’ 2018 (single vineyard traditional method Catalan sparkler; 70 months on the lees)

* Hayes Family Wines , Grenache Blanc 2021 (a legendary Barossa vintage; only 260 numbered bottles made; we have 10 of them)

* Smallfry Wines , ‘Pond’ rosé 2024 (another Barossa oddity; 30 bottles left in the UK)

* Domaine La Lauzeta, ‘Fantazia’ Grenache 2023 (400 bottles made; we have the last 24)

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer , olive oil, 🧀 and olives.🫒

Visit our shop tonight and tomorrow at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE.

* Friday evening, 5-9
* Saturday afternoon, 1-5

📸3&4 Pip’s
📸5 Tom

04/08/2026

Delayed but heartfelt gratitude to Helen and Steve Pip’s for keeping us company in the Dove St kitchenette, and serving up a delicious menu of (not so small) plates.

☺️In truth we were rather flattered, as Pip’s had just been included in The Good Food Guide ‘s list of Britain’s 100 Best Local Restaurants 2026 (the only place in Norwich to feature).

🌱 🍉🌽🌶️Constantly creative, Pip’s seasonal menu changes monthly, and so does their wine list, which we’re honoured to curate from our portfolio of direct imports from small independent producers.

If you haven’t dined with Pip’s at their 14-seater restaurant on what are you waiting for?

The restaurant is open every Friday and Saturday night, whilst their adjacent pips_coffee shop is open seven days a week, 10-3.

⚠️For those of you in the there are currently no direct flights to NR3, and it’s true that the car parking is now very limited. But the other side of Anglia Square can still be reached by bus, taxi, bicycle or even by foot. 🚶 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

The journey home will give you a chance to walk off the legendary desserts, which unfortunately neither of us photographed this time around.

Guess we’ll just have to do it again…

29/07/2026

Let’s be clear.

No citrus fruits were crushed, or otherwise harmed, in the making of this weekend’s wine flight. 🍊❌

The four wines we’re pouring are made from white grapes. The distinctive orange colour, and the tannic profile, comes from leaving the clear grape juice in contact with the colour pigments in the grape skins – as you can see from Wayne and Zac of Smallfry Wines in picture 2.

The extraordinary recent popularity of orange wines has been driven by the natural wine scene. Grape skins contain antioxidants, and natural winemakers seek to harness those to prevent oxidation, rather than adding sulphites.

This weekend we’re offering you four natural orange wines by the glass – three of which we import into the UK.

🇫🇷 Maison Gazeau-Baldi ‘Ô Bu’ 2023
juicy, light and fresh. Loire Chenin Blanc infused in a blanc de noirs of Pineau d’Aunis grapes

Celler Mas Gomà -1724- ‘La Roda’ 2021
dry and nutty bottle-aged Catalan Pet Nat; 50% Xarel-lo, 50% Malvasia Sitges

🇦🇺🦘Smallfry Wines, ‘Tangerine Dream’ 2023
iconic Barossa Valley field blend of ungrafted centenarian grapes

🇦🇹Meinklang, ‘Tag’ Edition 2
last chance to try this vanguard Grüner Veltliner, fermented in a concrete egg

This year we entered Smallfry Wines ‘Tangerine Dream’ into the The Wine Merchant magazine Top 100, where it made the highly commended list.

Come along and sample for yourself. Visit our shop this weekend at 15 Dove St, Norwich NR2 1DE.
* Friday evening, 5-9
* Saturday afternoon, 1-5

Dove Street weekends are informal affairs – no bookings, and you can stay for as long or as little as you like. If you’re hungry, we can offer sourdough, Sardinian olive oil, 🧀 and 🫒

Address

Norwich Market
Norwich
NR21ND

Website

https://www.substratawines.com/

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