Wines

Winelist page was last updated Monday April 30, 2012 at 5:16 pm

House Dry 125 ml Bottle
Villa Moncaro Marche Bianco, Italy 2.85 14.95
A crisp, clean apple fresh wine which makes for very easy drinking.
Light and crisp
Marchesini Pinot Grigio, Italy 3.25 17.95
Classic Pinot Grigio with a touch of almond making an exceedingly quaffable vino.
Rioja Sonsierra Blanco 19.95
This is a modern style of a classic wine. Lively and fragrant with refreshing acidity, a perfect partner to a warm summer eveing.
Domaine de la Jousseliniere Muscadet sur Lie, France 20.45
A blast from the past - but this is groovy wine that deserves to be re-discovered. Like flares, for instance, or hot pants.
Tierra Sauvignon Blanc, Chile 3.25 17.45
This is herbaceous in style with a distinct nettley aroma: a fine demonstration of Sauvignon's varietal characteristics.
Terre Cortese Verdiccio, Italy 21.25
This is a light, fresh style of white with bright acidity and citrus flavours with aromatic grassy and nutty notes adding complexity.
Pavillion Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa 20.45
The Coastal regions cool-climate vineyards produce high quality grapes. Ripe, tropical fruit and herb aromas are backed by a refreshing finish.
Joseph Mellot Sancerre Les Collinette, France 31.50
Crisp, clean and refreshing: an elegant and lean wine that avoids any harshness or austerity. This is just as God decreed.
Riverstone East Coast Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand 3.80 20.45
Classic Kiwi kit - gooseberries and nettles, with lots of elegant tropical fruit that just keeps going and going. Mouth-wateringly scrumptious, and excellent value.
Rounded but still clean
Kleine Zalze Chenin Blanc, South Africa 3.25 17.45
Bags of yellow tropical fruits leap out like gazelles from the bush. One step up from dry, but it never cloys.
Soave Classico Libit, Italy 22.95
With grapes selected from the very best hillside vineyards of Verona, this is a stunning example of an elegant, dry wine with rich, clean fruit.
Armidale Estate Hill Grove Unoaked Chardonnay, Australia 3.35 17.95
Good Chardonnay flavours which remain fresh throughout as a result of the absence of the old oak tree.
La Campagne Viognier, France 19.45
This is clean and crisp, but rendered succulent with some delicious peach and apricot overtones.
Pouilly-Fumé Cuvée du Tronsec, France 30.50
Massive gunflint on the nose, with a slightly citrus edge to the Sauvignon that keeps it fresh but rounded: an aristocrat.
Rich and full bodied
Chablis Reserve Croix St. Joseph, J. Moreau et Fils, France 35.45
Traditional old-school Chablis - it's as French as Gérard Depardieu in a beret with a string of onions round his neck, pedaling his bicyclette home from the rugby having lost to Les Rosbifs.
Macon l'Aurore, France 22.45
Some less expensive white Burgundy can get a bit ponderous, but not this little number with its figure-hugging cloak of oak.
Maison Champy Pernand Vergelesses, France 46.50
A superior white Burgundy from a small organic estate. This wine has deliciously rich and buttery Chardonnay flavours. Totally on the money.
Aromatic
Etchart Privado Torrontes, Chile 17.45
Juicy and fragrant. If I had but £20 left in the world, this is what I would do with it. Then I'd put the change on an accumulator at Lingfield so I could buy some more later.
Gavi di Gavi La Toledana, Italy 28.45
Delicate floral bouquet with green gooseberry and great texture - this is unoaked, fresh and mineralic.
Rueda Analivia Verdejo Pagos del Rey, Rueda, Spain 20.45
A mouth-watering find from Spain with tropical fruits that don't cloy, with honeydew melon on the finish.
Raimat Alberino Vina 24, Costers del Segre, Spain 24.40
Alberino is all the rage these days, and this is a peach of a wine, showing delicate aromas of citrus, dried flowers and spice with a hint of sweet vanilla. The palate is well rounded and the finish refreshing.
J & H Selbach Riesling Hochgewachs, Germany 23.95
A gentle sweetness and a clean clip of acidity makes this a delicious aperitif and a wonderful partner to salmon and other oily fishy things.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand 40.50
The icon of New Zealand Sauvignons, this still sits at the pinnacle. Okay so it's expensive, but you might pop your clogs tomorrow.
Rosé wines
Ardesia Pinot Grigio Blush, Italy 3.35 18.45
A classic picnic wine, this has good raspberry overtones and is most agreeable. Great on a sunny day.
Protocolo Rose, Spain 19.45
A darker rosé with hints of strawberry and cherry. Ideal for sitting outside on those long summer evenings, simply moreish.
Vendage White Zinfandel, USA 3.35 18.45
Strawberries and cream in a glass.
Pudding wine
Chateau La Fleur Des Pins, Graves, France (1/2 btl) 18.50
Good, Sauternes-style desert wine, with oodles of honey and lemon.
Tokaji Aszu, Hungary (1/4 btl) 19.95
This intriguing and beguiling wine is an intense honeyed mouthful with hints of orange marmalade and a kiss of ginger.

House Red 125 ml Bottle
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Collezione Marchesini, Italy 2.85 14.95
A delightfully gluggable Italian charmer.
Light and fruity
Marques de Luna Tinto 18.45
Made with 100% Tempranillo, this easy drinking and fruity Spanish number has a just lick of oak and grip to keep it interesting.
Rare Vineyards Pinot Noir, France 20.50
Smooth and velvety, cherries and blueberries backed with a hint of sweet oak spice. You can taste the sunshine of the Pyrenees in every sip.
Rufina Chianti Rosso, Italy 22.45
Very drinkable. This is Chianti as it used to be, before they started stuffing it with Merlot to sell to jam-loving Americans. .
Chinon Les Morinieres, Joseph Mellot, France 22.95
This is 100Cabernet Franc which gives a leafy, bosky character and restrained fruit. The balanced tannins leave the mouth feeling clean: this will shine as a food wine.
Louis Jadot Cõte de Beaune Villages, France 36.45
The earthy nose of cherry and liquorice tells you this is proper kit - the subtlety of this fine Burgundy is a welcome relief from those interminable New World fruit-bombs. .
Smooth and earthy
Aresti Montemar Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile 3.45 17.95
Fantastic value from Chile, this has good fruit, a supple body, and a lovely finish.
Lutzville Pinotage, South Africa 19.95
Soft juicy tannins, rich berry fruits and a touch of spice. This pinotage is a fine example of a South Africas often ignored signature grape variety.
Chateau Lyonnat, St. Emilion, France 30.50
St. Emilion proudly flies the flag for Merlot, stiffened by a breeze of Cabernet Sauvignon. See if you can catch a scent of cinnamon and summer pudding on the nose..
Solaguen Rioja Tinto, Spain 3.80 20.45
Soft in the mouth, this is warm and friendly and can be enjoyed with or without food, for dinner, lunch or breakfast.
Chateau Lamothe Bergeron Haut Medoc, France 42.45
Deep garnet red in colour with a complex bouquet of red fruit, cinnamon and vanilla. Soft and round on the palate with good concentration and an oaky aftertaste.
Merlot Vin de Pays d'Oc, J Moreau, France 17.95
This is a pub favourite, and slips down a treat. One bottle just isn't enough.
Chateau La Croix Du Duc, France 25.50
Gorgeous aromas of earth, blackberry and chocolate. A fruity, supple and soft wine with soft tannins. An ideal partner for cheeseboards and red meat.
Sierra Cantabria Reserva Rioja, Spain 39.25
Clear dark ruby colour, this has pleasant scents of black cherries and oaky vanilla, with good crisp fruit and sweet oak on the palate.
Warm and spicy
Mont Gras La Paz Merlot, Chile 3.45 18.95
Cherry and chocolate on the nose, with smooth dark fruit and currant flavours in the mouth.
Salice Salentino, 35 Parallelo, Puglia, Italy 17.95
A herby, stalky nose introduces a complex, hot wine that's not at all overbearing. Interesting stuff.
Outback Chase Shiraz Cabernet, Australia 3.50 19.45
A rich and full blend, this is quintesentially Australian, but it avoids any clinging jamminess. .
The Pavillion Shiraz Viognier, Boschendal, South Africa 20.50
This is the blend made famous by Cote Roti in the Rhone, and the boys in Boschendal make the wine sing in the glass. A gorgeous drop.
La Denteliere Cotes du Rhone, France 18.45
Soft and peppery, a blend of predominantley grenache, with some syrah, cinsault and mouvedre thrown in to produce a typically warm, ripe-flavoured wine.
La Scala Valpolicella, Italy 20.95
There is a red berry quality to this Italian stallion, which is alive and vibrant on the tongue.
Rich and plummy
Santa Anna Malbec, Argentina 3.80 20.45
A goucho with a bit of a swagger, this has chocolate, vanilla and blackcurrant, kept honest with soft tannins.
St Joseph Domaine Gaillard, France 37.45
A handsome wine with opulent, perfumed violets preceeding a supple tannic frame and rich dark fruit. Compared to all those shouty Australian reds jumping up and down and waving their arms about, this is a harmonious male voice choir.
Crasto Duoro, Portugal 24.95
Portugese wine can be a bit of a hooligan on the block, but this wine is all that you think it isn't going to be. Full bodied and slightly grunty, this is vibrant and muscular but it's not overbearing and has been known to help old ladies cross the road.
Champagne and sparkling wine
Baby Astoria Lounge Prosecco, Italy 6.75
200ml of fun. The number one Prosecco sold in restaurants across Italy.
Villa Domiziano Prosecco, Italy 20.45
Perfect Prosecco. A unanimous winner at a recent Prosecco tasting.
Sant Orsole Sparkling Pinot Grigio Cuvée Rosé, Italy 3.80 20.45
This lovable Italian thoroughbred has the mereist lick of red grape that gives it a kiss of light blush. Dry, fresh and fruity, this is an all round well-balanced specimen.
Louis Dornier et fil Brut, Champagne, France 34.95
This is full and rounded, with flavours to savour. A real find for us.
Veuve Cliquot Yellow Label Brut, France 49.95
Fruit, finesse, style - a rich and dry Grand Marque.