This wine is named Boom Boom as the winemaker promises that it will knock your socks off! The grape vareity used to make it is Syrah (also known as Shiraz), and it comes from Washington state. It is full of meaty dark fruit and some tobacco flavours. This wine is very full bodied and should be enjoyed with food, particuarly red meats.

Winemaking is the new rock and roll. Or in Charles Smith’s case it is the new Danish Thrash Metal. Charles spent a decade in Europe managing various bands you’ll never have heard of (unless you mis-spent your youth in disused warehouses near the Copenhagen ring road) before seeing the light and heading to Washington State to plant vines.

Fast-forward a dozen vintages or so and Charles still has the hair, the t-shirts and the attitude of his music days but has replaced the guitar pick for a corkscrew and the Jack Daniels for some supremely elegant Riesling and Syrah.

Will be an ideal match for steaks, cassoulet or hard cheese.