Wine to give, by occasion
Pick the occasion, then a budget if you have one.
To take to dinner
- Clearwater Cove Sauvignon BlancWhite · New ZealandKSh 2,0692 shops4.1Vivino
Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc that hardly anyone on Vivino rates low.
- Silk & Spice Red BlendRed · PortugalKSh 2,475Solovino4.1Vivino
Its maker’s best-rated wine on Vivino out of 82, and almost nobody there dislikes it.
- Tom Gilbey’s top gradeCôte des Roses RoséRosé · FranceKSh 3,1893 shops3.9Vivino
Tasted blind, Tom Gilbey found it as good as Miraval at half the price.
A label they’ll know
The most-rated wines on Vivino that shops here stock.
- Catena Alta Cabernet SauvignonRed · ArgentinaKSh 2,300Chupa Chap4.2Vivino
From the Catena family’s best high-altitude rows in Mendoza, and smoother than most Argentine Cabernet, say Vivino tasters.
- Kim Crawford Sauvignon BlancWhite · New ZealandKSh 3,750Chupa Chap4.0Vivino
One of the best-known Sauvignon Blancs anywhere, rated by more than 80,000 people on Vivino.
- Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Brut ChampagneBubbles · FranceKSh 12,2952 shops4.1Vivino
Laurent-Perrier’s house Champagne: lighter and softer than most to Vivino tasters, and almost none dislike it.
To celebrate
- Zonin Prosecco RoséBubbles · Italy · GleraKSh 2,6952 shops3.9Vivino
Pink Prosecco, a style only allowed since 2020. Vivino tasters mention strawberry and cranberry.
KSh 305 less at The Wine Shop Kenya than at Chupa Chap
- Luc Belaire Rosé (Rare)Bubbles · FranceKSh 5,3002 shops3.9Vivino
French sparkling rosé in an all-black bottle, with strawberry and raspberry in Vivino tasters’ notes.
- Louis Roederer Brut Champagne (Vintage)Bubbles · FranceKSh 17,585The Wine Box4.3Vivino
Vintage Champagne, made only in good years, by the house that also makes Cristal.
For someone who likes it sweet
For the friend who says they don’t really like wine.
- Western Cellars Zinfandel RoséRosé · Sweet · United StatesKSh 1,650Chupa Chap4.1Vivino
Sweet pink Zinfandel from California, fuller and softer than most rosé to Vivino tasters.
- Gran Castillo Gran Mirador ReservaRed · Off-dry · SpainKSh 3,450Chupa Chap4.1Vivino
Vivino reviewers keep calling it sweet and smooth, and it’s in the top 1% of Valencia wines there.
- Laurent-Perrier Harmony Demi-Sec ChampagneBubbles · FranceKSh 9,9002 shops4.2Vivino
Champagne made sweeter on purpose (demi-sec), for dessert or for someone who finds Brut too sharp.
KSh 3,010 less at Chupa Chap than at The Wine Box
Something they won’t have tried
Our own picks: producers and styles you rarely see here.
- Our pickBroadbent BrancoWhite · PortugalKSh 1,920The Wine Box4.0Vivino
Vinho Verde from northern Portugal: light, low in alcohol and a little spritzy.
- Our pickBeyerskloof Reserve PinotageRed · South AfricaKSh 3,955The Wine Box4.0Vivino
From Beyers Truter, the winemaker most closely tied to Pinotage, South Africa’s own grape.
- Our pickCattin Frères Crémant d'Alsace BrutBubbles · FranceKSh 4,000Wine2543.6Vivino
A true crémant from Alsace, made the same way as Champagne by a family house better known for still wine.
To impress
- Meerlust RubiconRed · South AfricaKSh 7,365The Wine Box4.3Vivino
First made in 1980, Rubicon was one of South Africa’s first Bordeaux-style blends.
- EPC Champagne Blanc Rosé ChampagneBubbles · FranceKSh 11,500
KSh 12,100Chupa Chap4.3VivinoRosé Champagne in which Vivino tasters mention strawberry and pomegranate.
- Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite · FranceKSh 16,9992 shops4.3Vivino
The white from Château de Beaucastel, a famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate, made mostly from Roussanne.
Prices read from each shop's own website: Greenspoon, Chupa Chap, Wine254, The Wine Box, The Wine Shop Kenya, Solovino and Oaks & Corks on 25 October 2026. Prices and stock change, so check with the shop before you go.
How this page is made
Every bottle here is one of our top picks: in stock at Greenspoon, Chupa Chap, Wine254, The Wine Box, The Wine Shop Kenya, Solovino and Oaks & Corks, a standard 750 ml bottle, matched to Vivino with confidence and rated 3.8 or more there by at least 100 people (our own picks, Tom Gilbey’s top grade and Decanter medals of 90+ points count from 3.6). Each bottle appears in one section only. “A label they’ll know” means rated by at least 10,000 people on Vivino: we have no other measure of how well known a wine is. “To impress” means over KSh 6,000 with a medal, Tom Gilbey’s top grade or 4.2 or more on Vivino.
The sentence under each bottle is ours, written only from what others have measured or said (how Vivino’s tasters rate it, how it compares with its style when at least 100 of them voted, the flavours they mention, a taster’s verdict, a medal) and plain facts about the producer. We never write tasting notes of our own. The page is rebuilt every morning from the shops’ own prices, and nobody pays to be on it.