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22/10/2026

New from Petite Nature…

We had an unexpectedly sun-kissed tour of the Ardèche earlier this month and our first stop of the trip was to visit Paulette of Petite Nature at her sleepy and charmingly ramshackle home in Quintenas. Driving through the iconic Hermitage and Saint-Joseph vineyards around Tournon, we made a steady and winding incline to the very northwest of the region, to find bucolic peace and quiet, and a tiny cellar beneath the house full to bursting with barrels and tanks of fermenting w**e.

Some of the bottles we opened on that trip are now available both in our shop and to order online in as limited quantities as we’ve come to expect from this in-demand grower. From the 2024 vintage we were able to re-up the last of Paulette’s gorgeous domaine Gamay, Tombée du Ciel, and Sorcières, her inspired riff on Côte-Rôtie. Both are tasting fantastic with the extra time in the bottle and suit the change of season perfectly.

Additionally there is the new L’Amour a la Plage, which this year was aged for one year in barrel, creating something even more textured, herbal and aromatic. From 2025 the impossibly vibrant Chalouper and Monde Nouveau, both made in the infusion style (a nod to her time working with Daniel Sage), both bottled in the November following harvest, eschewing a typical élevage to harness their nascent aromatics and energy.

Sat around the kitchen table over a slow lunch of Caillette Ardéchoise, potatoes and green salad with Paulette and her son Gavin, we thought about how the the w**es - along with some older bottles and magnums she surprised us with - have never tasted better. Watching her work evolve each year, and now having chance to reflect on some of the w**es from back when we started to work together was a special moment. Plush, perfumed and elegant, with a fluid, fine-grained texture that, to us, makes for some of the most expressive in the Ardèche.

Wholesale via Wayward Imports - trade customers get in touch.

Petite Nature

15/10/2026

Our next London trade tasting…

With our second vintage from Fatim Sabri on the way to us as we write, we’re pleased to let you know that she will be making her first trip over for a Wayward Imports tasting in London on Monday 26th October at our usual haunt, Cadet on Newington Green.

Born in Morocco, now residing in the tranquil isolation of the mountainous Pyrénées-Orientales, Fatim initially trained as a herbalist before fulfilling her long-term goal of making w**e. As anyone who tasted the first release of highly expressive macerations of Grenache Blanc, Macabeu and Muscat, or perfumed Syrah and Carignan will know, this new shipment is much-anticipated.

We’ll be writing again soon when the new w**es land but for now, if you work in the trade, please put the date in your diary and RSVP here or via email if you would like to join us.

We run from 10am-4pm with the last appointment slot being 3.30pm. Let us know a preferred time and a group size and we will get you booked in.

As usual we’ll be trying to maximise your time by teaming up with our fellow importers Beattie & Roberts who are joined by Christophe Lindenlaub from the Alsace, and Wright's W**es who’s guest is Jean-François Essler-King from the Jura.

It’s another excellent line-up that we’ve pulled together and we hope you’ll seize the opportunity to join us!

08/10/2026

Dégustation!

The w**es we are pouring to show the diversity of the Middle Loire and the growers working there.

Electric Chenin, uncharacteristically opulent Sauvignon Blanc, stony mineral Gamay, textural pink bubbles and classical Cabernet Franc.

Drop in any time from 5 tonight. The tasting is complimentary. Stick around for a couple of glasses or take a bottle of your choice number home.

À bientôt!

Wayward Imports
Olivier Cousin

• Mikaël Bouges 🍇

30/09/2026

It’s been a little while, but we’re happy to announce the return of tastings at the shop, kicking off on Thursday 8th October.

When thinking on a theme we looked at some of the recent w**es that had arrived that we wanted to share. Many were from the Loire in France, a region that as Wayward Imports we now directly work with five different growers from. A theme began to emerge…

We thought it would be fun to take a trip down the middle section of the Loire with these w**es, from Anjou to Touraine. We will be pouring the following:

Olivier Cousin - Anjou
Pierre Borel - Bourgueil
Thomas Puechavy - Vouvray
Noëlla Morantin - Touraine
Noella Morantin - Touraine

Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Gamay, Cabernet Franc… come check out the w**es, learn a bit about the producers and see what you think. It’s a diverse region and these growers all approach things with a different philosophy.

Our tastings are always free to attend. Drop in any time from 5pm, grab a glass and taste through all five w**es informally. We hope you’ll stick around for a glass or two after, or pick up a bottle of your #1 to take home.

Pouring until 10pm. Hope you can join us!

And thanks as per to TALKER for the design chops.

28/09/2026

Noëlla & Philippe are here!

Pouring for the trade today Cadet until 4pm alongside the venerable Beattie & Roberts & Wright's W**es and their guests Emilie Mutombo, and ***r

A stacked line-up, come through!

23/09/2026

TRADE PRE-ORDERS FOR 2026 NOUVEAU…

We’re delighted to let you know that for the second year, Chénas-based vigneronne, Elisa Guerin will be making us a Beaujolais Nouveau for the November 19th celebrations. This year we will have the option of both bottle and magnum.

If you work in the trade and would like to request an allocation for when the shipment arrives, please get in touch here, or by email, as soon as possible.

Preorders for retail customers looking to pick up a bottle or two will go live at the start of November - we’ll post again about that in good time.

Although still in tank fermenting as we write, we’ve been talking to Elisa about the 2026:

As we’re all very much aware, this year has been incredibly hot and growers across most of Europe rushed to harvest much earlier than anticipated. The grapes – 100% Gamay of course - were picked on August 20th, a fortnight earlier than the previous year. This was set in motion right at the beginning of the year after a unseasonably hot March with buds starting to burst in the third week. Flowering also began sooner than expected in late May. Add the heatwaves of June and July (with a hailstorm for good measure) and it was clear that to avoid excessively high sugar ripeness, picking needed to start no later than mid-August.

As with the 2025, the fruit primarily comes from the site of her much-loved Beaujolais-Villages, to the south of the region in Quincie. Here, the 50 year-old vines are planted over blue schist, sandy granite and limestone, yielding mineral-flecked fruit that never fails to brim with glossy cherry and spice. This year Elisa has commented on the vivid colour of the juice and its aromas of raspberry and blueberry.

With freshness in mind, Elisa also includes a little fruit from a young planting in the elevated Chiroubles cru. The vines are too young to make w**e in their own right, but the fruit is perfect to bring brightness and vigour to a Nouveau.

Whole-bunch carbonic maceration in concrete, the w**e is made from only the free run juice taken from the tank by gravity and without pressing.

We are bringing in a little more this year, but quantities are still very limited. Don’t sleep!

21/09/2026

A lovely day pouring w**e for the Bristol trade today Marmo Restaurant & W**e Bar - thanks so much for having us, Lily!

Wayward Imports
Otros Vinos
Under the Bonnet W**es
Beattie & Roberts
Wright's W**es
ʀᴏʟᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴᴇs
Sén

10/09/2026

Autumn Trade Tastings…

With summer’s reverie finally drawing to a close and the autumn season just around the corner, we’ll soon be hitting the road for a series of tastings for the trade as we get back into the swing.

Three concurrent Mondays, three different cities. Get in touch if you’d like to join at either:

Monday 21st September
Marmo Restaurant & W**e Bar BRISTOL
10am-4pm
Wayward Imports
Otros Vinos
ʀᴏʟᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴᴇs
Wright's W**es
Sén
Beattie & Roberts
Under the Bonnet W**es

Monday 28th September
Cadet LONDON
10am-4pm
Wayward Imports with our guest
Plus
Beattie & Roberts with guest Emilie Mutombo
Wright's W**es with guests & ***r

Monday 5th October
Where The Light Gets In STOCKPORT
10am-4pm
Wayward Imports
Under the Bonnet W**es
Otros Vinos
ʀᴏʟᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴᴇs
Wright's W**es
Gergovie W**es
Beattie & Roberts
Trellis

rsvp by email or dm with name of business, group size and preferred time slot.

05/09/2026

Terrace is open for the rest of the weekend as part of the annual Chapel Allerton Arts Festival!

Saturday 12-10
Bonus Sunday 12-6(ish)

Join us for a glass or two outside, we’re also pouring w**e into recyclable cups that you can walk into the festival with - keeping you quenched with the good stuff.

Feel free to bring food from any of the lovely traders down Regent Street back to sit with us for a drink.

See you there!

01/09/2026

London trade tasting!

Our first Wayward Imports tasting back after the summer break will fall on Monday 28th September as we ease into the Autumn.

After working together for the last 8 years it’s hard to believe that this will be her first visit, but we’re so happy that our guest for the day will be none other than Noëlla Morantin, joining us from Touraine, Loire.

Maker of the sublime and much-loved LBL cuvée, an old-vine, barrel-aged Sauvignon Blanc that pushes perceptions of this particular grape, plus many other wonderful expressions of the region besides. Noëlla will be pouring both new arrivals and w**es from the cellar in person.

We’ll also be pouring the w**es of Humus, our first Portuguese grower, on the day too.

We’ll be joining forces once again with our old friends Beattie & Roberts & Wright's W**es

Not one to miss, they too will have w**emakers in tow: Partida Creus alumni Emilie Mutombu with the former, then volcanic Languedoc from Joe Jefferies and Welsh c***r from Skyborry with the latter.

Cadet 10am-4pm by appointment. Please get in touch to book your spot and we hope to see you then.

Humus W**es
Emilie Mutombo

***r

Address

1C Regent Street, Chapel Allerton
Leeds
LS74PE

Opening Hours

Thursday	5pm - 10pm
Friday	2pm - 10pm
Saturday	2pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.waywardwines.co.uk/

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