"life is too short to drink bad wine"

 

White Wine

115 HOUSE WHITE…£13.95
We always stock several house whites, from very dry to medium sweet
all of great quality and also available by the glass.

175 ml £3.75 250 ml £4.95

103 Sancerre…£29.75
Domaine de Vachron, France
A perfect balance of fruit & acidity, Sancerre can be like Marmite, WE LOVE IT!

104 Chablis…£29.75
Premier Cru de Vau de Vey, France
A classic wine that is dry, buttery and …Premier Cru!

105 Sauvignon Blanc…£24.50
Gimblett Road, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
From the CJ Pask winery this wine is full of ripe gooseberry flavour, very, very good.

106 Chardonnay…£19.75
Sunnycliff, Australia
A full flavoured rich & buttery oaked chardonnay , from a great wine maker.

107 Orvieto…£20.00
Trappolini, Italy
This wine from Marche gives a good chardonnay a run for his money, oh yes it does!

109 Vermentino…£22.00
Costamolino di Sardegna, Italy
A subtle, delicate & intense bouquet with a fresh, dry well definite palate, a revelation.

110 Verdicchio…£20.00
Colonnara-Castelli di Jesi, Italy
Fruity, savoury with a hint of apricots. Pale straw in colour with a fresh nose. Great!

111 Frascati Superiore…£18.25
Villa Conti, Italy
This wine has taken a few knocks over the years, but when is made well is superb.
Ours is dry with a soft, fragrant, fresh bouquet & a velvety taste.

112 Corvo Bianco…£21.50
Duca di Salaparuta, Italy
This wine is one of our favourites. You can taste the Sicilian sunshine
with every sip of this not too dry wine. Prepare to fall in love.

114 Reserve Chardonnay…£22.00
Cousino-Macul, Chile
If you have ever suffered from “Blockbuster Buttery Chardonnay Syndrome”,
well, you have to try this unoaked, expressive Chilean wine. Meraviglioso.

116 Gavi di Gavi…£25.00
Terrevino, Italy
When this wine is good, and ours is very, very good, it is difficult to imagine life without it. It is clean, but powerful. Refreshing, but full of flavour. It’s a bit like having Andrea Bocelli in a bottle

Red Wine

130 HOUSE RED…£13.95
We take our red wines very seriously,the house choice is always an interesting one,
ask your server for more details. Also available by the glass.

175 ml £3.75 250 ml £4.95

120 Rioja Reserva…£29.50
Marques de Riscal, Spain
Oak aged for 26 months, winner of the I.W.C.2002. Fantastico! Eccezionale!

121 Shiraz…£19.50
Sunnycliff, Australia
Stunning Shiraz form Coonawarra, the “Terra Rossa”. Enjoy! Enjoy!

122 Cabernet Sauvignon…£22.50
R.H.Philips, California
Rich fruit flavours & moderate tannins. Cherry, cassis & oak aromas. Americans CAN!

124 Corvo Rosso…£21.50
Duca di Salaparuta, Italy
A wonderful full bodied red wine from Sicily, burned toast anyone?

125 Barolo DOCG…£32.00
Paesi Tuoi, Italy
Award winning, aged 2 yrs in oak barrels, further ageing in the bottle,
to “evolve its perfume”. A connoisseurs wine, without equal.

126 Chateauneuf du Pape…£29.50
Clos du Calvaire, France
Needs no introduction, I’ve been drinking it for years, very classy!

127 Chianti…£19.50
Piccini, Italy
Med. bodied with red cherries & light tannins, in the traditional flask.
It’s as Italian as the Fiat 500.

129 Pinotage…£20.00
Franschhoek Cellars, South Africa
From one of the leading winemakers in the Paarl region, a smooth, spiced Pinotage.

150 Ciro Rosso…£22.00
Librandi, Italy
This red is surprisingly good. Plenty of fruit, a “bigger than life” bouquet, a lingering,
bitter almond overtone and a long, long finish. I am going for a rest now............

151 Amarone…£45.00
Montresor, Italy
The ripened grapes are “vinified” in the month of February, using a very slow
fermentation process, lasting over a year. The wine is than aged for over three years
in Slovenian oak barrels. It is one of our favourite wines of all time, at any price. If you don’t buy, you’ll do us a favour, because…… we will have to drink it ourselves!

Rose Wine

147 Rosato…£17.25
Sella & Mosca, Italy

All the way from Sardinia, this is a great dry rose. It gives rose wine a good name.

Other Rose wines are available, please ask your server

Champagne & Sparkling Wine

140/141 Champagne…£32.00 btl £17.50 ½ btl
Guy Cadel NV, France
From the heart of Champagne in Maredeuil, they produce only 5000 cases
a year, and Wineservice imports it for us. Its’s a soft, well rounded Champagne

142/143 Champagne…£45.00 btl £23.50 ½ btl
Moet et Chandon NV, France
Needs no introduction, one of France’s most famous exports.

145 Prosecco…£19.95
Valdobiaddene, Italy
Lovely sparkling wine from Northern Italy, good with food or on its own.

146 Spumante…£19.95
Moscato Dolce, Italy
An Italian favourite, med. sweet, no celebration should pass without drinking a bottle.

We also stock a variety of “wines of the month”
please ask for further details.