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Food Service Wines

Since 1998 Gourmet Classic has championed the food service industry

We have served, inspired, respected and defended our customers’ right to be offered excellent authentic products at the best prices

Gourmet Classic Cabernet Sauvignon cooking wine in a 3-litre bag-in-box for food service and professional kitchens, featuring a flavour profile chart with sweet, umami, salt and bitter notes, ideal for sauces, braises and red meat dishes.

Cabernet Sauvignon 4.8% Vol.

The benefit of cooking with a Cabernet Sauvignon (the king of wines) is the added value on the menu description.

“A slow roasted oxtail in a Cabernet Sauvignon jus”

AVAILABLE IN 3L & 5L BAG IN BOX

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Gourmet Classic Chardonnay cooking wine in a 3-litre bag-in-box format designed for catering and commercial kitchens, with tasting notes and flavour wheel, suitable for creamy sauces, seafood and poultry dishes

Chardonnay 4.8% Vol.

The benefit of cooking with a Chardonnay wine is the added value on the menu description.

“A pan-fried hake in a Chardonnay beurre blanc”

  • Enhances creamy dishes
  • Great with white fish and meat
  • Excellent with pasta and risotto
  • Tomato based sauces
  • Moules mariniere
  • Jellies and glazes

AVAILABLE IN 3L & 5L BAG IN BOX

Gourmet Classic Italian red cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box with Italian tricolour packaging and flavour profile chart, created for bulk catering use in pasta sauces, stews and slow-cooked meat dishes.

Italian Red 4.8% Vol. 5L

Where would pasta be without a wine sauce to flavour:

  • Classic bolognaise sauces
  • Lasagnes
  • Sorbets and poached fruit
Gourmet Classic Italian white cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box with green, white and red design and taste profile chart, ideal for risottos, seafood recipes and white wine sauces in professional kitchens.

Italian White 4.8% Vol. 5L

Where would pasta be without a wine sauce to flavour:

  • Pasta and sauces
  • Scallops of veal
  • Cannelloni
Gourmet Classic red cooking wine for food service, available in 3, 5 and 10 litre bag-in-box formats, developed for commercial kitchens preparing stews, gravies, reductions and rich jus.

Cooking Wine Red 4.8% Vol.

Adding wine to your cooking and to your sauces is added flavour, added umami. Where would these dishes be without wine?

  • Stews and hot pots
  • Jus and gravy
  • Poached fruit

AVAILABLE IN 3L, 5L & 10L BAG IN BOX

Gourmet Classic Italian white cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box with green, white and red design and taste profile chart, ideal for risottos, seafood recipes and white wine sauces in professional kitchens.

Cooking Wine White 4.8% Vol.

Adding wine to your cooking and to your sauces is added flavour, added umami. Where would these dishes be without wine?

  • Traditional sauces
  • Moules marinière
  • Chicken chasseur

AVAILABLE IN 3L, 5L & 10L BAG IN BOX

Gourmet Classic alcohol-free Tempranillo cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box, vacuum de-alcoholised for hospitals, offshore catering, and religious or alcohol-restricted food service operations.

Cooking Tempranillo 0% Vol. 5L

If you are not allowed alcohol in such places as oil rigs and hospitals, but chef still wants the benefit of cooking with wine, you need the best low temperature vacuum science to remove only the alcohol. This cooking wine is perfect for:

  • Traditional sauces
  • Suitable for religious sensitive restaurants and hotels
  • Suitable for colleges, prison service, oil rigs
Gourmet Classic alcohol-free Airen Blanco white cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box, suitable for large-scale catering and alcohol-restricted kitchens requiring wine-style flavour without alcohol.

Cooking Airen Blanco 0% Vol. 5L

If you are not allowed alcohol in such places as oil rigs and hospitals, but chef still wants the benefit of cooking with wine, you need the best low temperature vacuum science to remove only the alcohol. This cooking wine is perfect for:

  • Traditional sauces
  • Suitable for religious sensitive restaurants and hotels
  • Suitable for colleges, prison service, oil rigs
Gourmet Classic fortified cooking Port in a 3-litre bag-in-box for professional kitchens, ideal for game dishes, rich sauces, marinades and poached fruit desserts.

Fortified Cooking Wine Port 4.8% Vol  3L

A cooking Port would traditionally be used with stronger game meats or fish.

  • Game and red meats
  • Slow-cooked vegetables
  • Enhances jus and ragu
  • Marinades
  • Poaching fruit
Gourmet Classic fortified Madeira cooking wine in a 3-litre bag-in-box, designed for catering use in veal dishes, sauces, traditional desserts and slow-cooked recipes.

Fortified Cooking Wine Madeira 4.8% Vol 3L

A cooking Madeira would traditionally be used with stronger game meats or fish.

  • Jus or sauce over veal
  • Tiramisu and other Italian desserts
  • Classic white meat game dishes
  • Farmhouse stews
Gourmet Classic full-strength cooking brandy in a 3-litre format for food service, used in steak sauces, beef stroganoff, flambé cooking and dessert preparations.

Cooking Brandy 25% Vol. 3L   

For cooking brandy recipes you only need to look in your grandmothers cookbooks.

  • Beef stroganoff
  • Use to enrich traditional steak sauces
  • Brandy butter and all things Christmas

 

Gourmet Classic reduced-alcohol cooking brandy in a 3-litre container for catering kitchens, suitable for sauces, baking, and classic dishes requiring controlled alcohol levels.

Cooking Brandy 10% Vol. 3L

For cooking brandy recipes you only need to look in your grandmothers cookbooks.

  • Beef stroganoff
  • Use to enrich traditional steak sauces
  • Brandy butter and all things Christmas
Gourmet Classic cooking IPA in a 5-litre format for commercial kitchens, ideal for steak and ale pie, beer batter, marinades and traditional British comfort food recipes.

Cooking IPA 3.5% Vol. 5L

Steak and ale pie, beer battered cod, marinades, tendering meats. British stews, puddings and cakes

  • Beef & Ale Pie
  • Beer battered fish
  • Pâtés and terrines
Gourmet Classic fermented apple cooking cider in a 5-litre bag-in-box for food service, perfect for pork dishes, vegetable glazes and regional British desserts.

Cooking Cider 4.8% Vol. 5L

Cider fermented apples provide the umami for the best ham and pork dishes.  Marinade and tenderizing meats. Cider batter for west country desserts. Bundt and pound cakes.

  • Any pork-based dishes
  • Adds a rich sweetness
  • Coat/glaze vegetables whilst roasting
  • Helps sweeten desserts

 

Gourmet Classic low-alcohol fortified Port cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box, developed for catering environments needing reduced alcohol for game dishes, vegetables and fruit-based recipe

Fortified Cooking Wine Port 1.2% Vol. 5L

A cooking Port would traditionally be used with stronger game meats or fish.

  • Game and red meats
  • Slow-cooked vegetables
  • Enhances jus and ragu
  • Marinades
  • Poaching fruit
Gourmet Classic low-alcohol Madeira cooking wine in a 5-litre bag-in-box, suitable for professional kitchens preparing white meats, desserts and slow-cooked dishes.

Fortified Cooking Wine Madeira 1.2% Vol. 5L

A cooking Madeira would traditionally be used with stronger game meats or fish.

  • Jus or sauce over veal
  • Tiramisu and other Italian desserts
  • Classic white meat game dishes
  • Farmhouse stews
Montebello low-alcohol red cooking wine in 5 and 10 litre bag-in-box formats, made from wine concentrates for cost-effective bulk catering, public sector kitchens and large-scale food production.

Montebello Red 1.2%Vol.

Monte Bello cooking wines were designed for the public sector catering venues that are very cost sensitive. 90% of this product is made with the very best wine concentrates that the industry can provide and not simply flavoured.

  • Stews and hot pots
  • Jus and gravy
  • Poached fruit

AVAILABLE IN 5L & 10L BAG IN BOX

Montebello low-alcohol white cooking wine in 5 and 10 litre bag-in-box formats, designed for budget-conscious catering operations using wine concentrates for consistent flavour

Montebello White 1.2% Vol.

Monte Bello cooking wines were designed for the public sector catering venues that are very cost sensitive. 90% of this product is made with the very best wine concentrates that the industry can provide and not simply flavoured.

  • Traditional sauces
  • Moules marinière
  • Chicken chasseur

AVAILABLE IN 5L & 10L BAG IN BOX

Gourmet Classic mulled cooking wine in 3 and 10 litre bag-in-box formats, infused with traditional winter spices for catering use in desserts, poached fruit, sauces and seasonal dishes

Cooking Mulled Wine 4.8% Vol.

SEASONAL PRODUCT ONLY

A mulled wine is a traditional winter warmer which would normally have a whole orange with cloves in it and a bundle of cinnamon sticks in a pan giving off the most amazing aroma.

  • Creates great sorbets
  • Add to casseroles or hot pots
  • Reduce for added richness
  • Poach fruit

AVAILABLE IN 3L & 10L BAG IN BOX

Gourmet Classic cold brew coffee in a 10-litre container, slow-brewed over 12 hours for food service use in iced drinks, cocktails, baking and savoury marinades

Cold Brew Coffee 10L

Cold Brew Coffee is produced when ground coffee beans are brewed in cold water for 12 hours or more and then cold filtered for long lasting freshness.  A modern twist and a healthy alternative to energy drinks.  Today’s consumers have a desire for zero sugar and zero calories with a natural boost.

  • Best served over ice
  • Flavour with syrup
  • Serve with milk – iced latte
  • Perfect for baking
  • Cocktails – Espresso Martini
  • Marinating