| House white |
125 ml |
Bottle |
| Crusan Columbard Sauvignon, France |
2.90 |
14.95 |
| A soft Sauvignon nose, this is crisp with a citrus lift, but the Columbard keeps it friendly. |
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| Crisp, dry and refreshing |
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| Marchesini Pinot Grigio del Veneto, Italy |
3.00 |
15.95 |
| Classic Pinot Grigio with a touch of almond make this a veritable quaff-meister. |
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| Tierra Sauvignon Blanc, Maule Valley, Chile |
2.90 |
15.95 |
| This is herbaceous in style with a distinct nettley aroma: a fine demonstration of Sauvignon's varietal characteristics. |
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| Sancerre Les Collinettes, Joseph Mellot, France |
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29.95 |
| Crisp, clean, refreshing: an elegant and lean wine that avoids any harshness or austerity: this is just as God decreed. |
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| Armidale Estate Hill Grove Unoaked Chardonnay, Australia |
3.20 |
16.95 |
| Good Chardonnnay flavours which remain fresh throughout as a result of the absence of the old oak tree. |
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| Fruity and aromatic |
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| Kleine Zalze Bush Vines Chenin Blanc, South Africa |
2.90 |
15.95 |
| Really rounded, silky, weighty and oaky but with a touch of lemon. Bags of yellow tropical fruit leap out like gazelles from the bush. One step up from dry, but it never cloys. |
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| Riverstone Ridge Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand |
3.75 |
19.95 |
| Classic Kiwi kit - gooseberries and asparagus, with lots of elegant tropical fruit that just keeps going and going. |
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| Josef Brader Piesporter Michelsberg, Germany |
2.75 |
14.95 |
| From the cool heart of the Mosel valley comes this succulent mouthful of ripe nectarines and juicy pears. |
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| Etchart Privado Torrontes, Argentina |
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17.95 |
| Juicy and fragrant lychees, melon and elderflower. 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 Kempton so I could buy some more later. |
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| Clean but rounded |
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| Gavi di Gavi la Toledana Dom Villa Lanatra, Italy |
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25.95 |
| Delicate floral bouquet with green gooseberry and great texture -this is unoaked, fresh and minerally. |
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| La Campagne Viognier VdP d'Oc, France |
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16.95 |
| This is clean and crisp, but rendered succulent with some delicious apricot overtones. |
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| Chablis Reserve Croix St Joseph, J.Moreau, France |
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34.95 |
| 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. |
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| Rich and full |
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| Pouilly-Fumee Cuvee du Tronsec, Joseph Mellot, France |
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29.95 |
| Gunflint on the nose, with a slightly citrus edge to the Sauvignon that keeps it fresh but rounded: an aristocrat. |
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| Villa Maria Clifford Bay Reserve Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand |
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29.95 |
| This has a fabulous intense tropical fruit kick balanced with crisp lemon acidity and a savoury, elderflower hint which makes this refreshingly different. |
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| Robert Skalli Oaked Chardonnay, France |
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19.95 |
| A big old fella, this is rich and intense, and needs to be taken with food. |
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| Macon-Villages Dom de la Grange Magnien, Burgundy, France |
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27.95 |
| Bang on the money. Some less expensive white Burgundy can get a bit ponderous, but not this little number with its figure-hugging cloak of oak. |
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| Rosé |
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| Pinot Grigio Rosato del Veneto, Marchesini, Italy |
3.00 |
15.95 |
| A classic picnic wine, this has juicy raspberry overtones and is most agreeable. Great on a sunny day. |
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| Vendage White Zinfandel |
3.20 |
17.45 |
| Lovely flavours with gentle overtones of strawberries and cream. |
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| House red |
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| Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Collezione Marchesini, Italy |
2.90 |
14.95 |
| A beautiful little Italian quaffer. |
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| Light and fruity |
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| Chianti Rosso, Ruffino, Italy |
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19.95 |
| Very drinkable. This is Chianti as it used to be, before they started stuffing it with Merlot to sell to jam-loving Americans. With its easy going nature, this is a quaff-meister. |
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| Santa Puerta Merlot, Chile |
3.10 |
16.95 |
| Deep ruby colour, the nose suggests ripe plums, intense berries and delicate spicy aromas. |
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| Cote de Beaune Villages, Reserve des Jacobins Jadot, France |
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34.95 |
| 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. '...a sniper's rifle amongst a sea of howitzers and mortars' (JC). |
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| Rare Vineyards Pinot Noir, Vin de France |
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17.95 |
| Excellent Pinot character which remains vibrant and alive in the mouth. |
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| Warm and spicy |
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| Arium Crianza |
3.40 |
17.95 |
| A Rioja in all but name...this slips down a treat and is immensely moreish. |
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| Etchart Privado Malbec, Valle de Cafayate, Argentina |
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17.95 |
| A very soft and juicy wine, with ripe damson and vanilla on the nose. Almost opulent in style. |
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| Solstice Shiraz, Sicily |
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15.95 |
| Good farmyard nose. Shirazy but not jammy, with a herbaceous quality, this blends power with finesse. |
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| The Pavillion Shiraz Viognier, Boschendal, South Africa |
3.40 |
17.95 |
| This is the blend made famous by Cote Roti in the Rhone, and the boys in Boschendhal make the wine sing in the glass. |
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| Salice Salentino 35 Parallelo, Puglia, Italy |
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16.95 |
| A herby, stalky nose introduces a complex, hot wine that's not at all overbearing. Interesting stuff. |
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| Smooth and earthy |
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| Cotes du Rhone La Denteliere Caves St Pierre, France |
3.20 |
16.95 |
| Very palatable - compared to all those shouty Australian reds jumping up and down and waving their arms about, this is a harmonious male voice choir. |
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| Don Jacobo Crianza Rioja Tinto, Spain |
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21.95 |
| Velvety vanilla, but balanced with a fresh kick of fruit. |
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| Faustino V Rioja Reserva, Spain |
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29.95 |
| This is classic old school Rioja, and is correct in every detail: black cherry and brown spice aromas abound with a wiff of oaky vanillins, with plenty of crisp, spicy black fruit in the mouth. |
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| Chateau Lyonnat, Lussac, St Emilion, France |
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29.95 |
| Cracking wine - old fashioned, traditional St Emilion. St Emilion proudly flies the Merlot flag, as copied throughout the New World, and this is absolutely on the button. |
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| Rich and plummy |
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| Valpolicella Classico Ripasso Le Poiane, Bolla, Italy |
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22.45 |
| Full bodied and richly flavoured, this is one of Italy's big, ripe numbers that fills the senses. |
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| Tintara Shiraz,Australia |
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18.95 |
| Look for a smokey, crunchy, Eucalyptus nose with blackcurrant fruit, overlaid with marzipan. |
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| Outback Chase Shiraz Cabernet |
2.90 |
15.95 |
| A rich and full blend: this is quintessentially Australian, but it avoids any cloying jamminess. |
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| Sparkling wine and Champagne |
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| Prosecco Sant Orsola, Italy |
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19.95 |
| Good Prosecco nose with a salty tang, and good flavours with gentle overtones of stone fruit. |
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| Sparkling rose: Pinot Grigio Cuvee Rose Brut, Italy |
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19.95 |
| This lovable Italian thoroughbred has the mereist lick of red grape that gives it a light blush. Dry, fresh and fruity, an all round well-balanced specimen. |
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| P. Boutet, Brut, Champagne |
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37.50 |
| Bright Champagne tint with fine bubbles, delicate finish with a fresh fruit flavour fruit and flowers with an elegant palate combining finesse and power. |
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| Louis Dornier et Fils Brut, France |
7.50 |
39.95 |
| This is full and rounded, with flavours to savour. A real find for us. |
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| Perrier Jouet, Grand Brut, Champagne |
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45.00 |
| This distinguished Champagne provides a fruity and fresh character. |
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| Veuve Cliquot Yellow Label, France |
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49.95 |
| Well known for its full-bodied, biscuity style and fine finish. |
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| Laurent-Perrier, Cuvee Rose, Champagne |
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69.95 |
| Fresh and well defined on entry, this opens up to definitive fruit flavours. The taste remains on the palate with a supple finish - just gorgeous! |
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