White Wines by the glass

£17.45£3.20Crusan Colombard Sauvignon, FranceFresh but succulent, this is a juicy little quaffer with a soft attack, late fruit and a clean finish.

£18.95£3.45Tierra Sauvignon Blanc, ChileThis is herbaceous in style with a distinct nettly, grassy aroma, much like my lawn.

£19.95£3.65Vinuva Organic Pinot GrigioStraw yellow in appearance with lively green reflections. This generous, well-balanced Pinot Grigio has a rich and fruity aroma with notes of green apples. Light-bodied, this wine is fresh and crisp on the palate.

£22.75£4.15Riverstone Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New ZealandThis Kiwi beauty is bursting at the seams with zingy gooseberries, nettles and voluptuous tropical fruit flavours.

£18.95£3.45Kleine Zalze Bush Vines Chenin Blanc, South AfricaBags of yellow tropical fruits. South Africa is absolutely jumping right now, and Chenin Blanc is the pole-vaulter of the team. One step up from dry, but it never cloys.

£19.95£3.65False Bay Chardonnay, South AfricaGood Chardonnay flavours with pineapple overtones. This is concentrated but fresh, as a consequence of the absence of the big oak thing.

Red Wines by the Glass

£17.45£3.20Solandia Nero d''Avola, ItalyThis is a proper Italian quaffer with bags of character. Excellent on its own or with food.

£21.95£4.00Rare Vineyards Pinot Noir, FranceIf wine were footwear, this would be a light summer deck shoe. In the glass, this Pinot Noir is warm and loving with a good level of fruit that's had the sun on its back. Red cherries spring to mind.

£18.95£3.45Casa Vista Merlot, Central Valley, ChileSouth American Merlot at its finest, basking in the foothills of the Andes. Spice, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves with ripe, soft tannins. A cuddle in a glass.

£18.95£3.45Casa Albali Tempranillo Shiraz, Valdepeñas, SpainFrom the sun-baked land of Don Quixote comes this quirky alliance of Spanish Tempranillo and Aussie Shiraz. Juicy and soft with rich flavours of cherries and plums, do battle with this giant and it will slay your thirst.

£21.95£4.00Tesoro de los Andes Malbec Bonarda, Mendoza, ArgentinaIn France, Malbec has a body designed for the scrummage, but in Argentina it is a tango-dancer. Blended with Bonarda, an ancient Merlotesque grape: this is beautifully balanced.

£25.95£4.75Passori Rosso, Veneto, Italy''Passori'' is an anagram of ''Ripasso'', a style of wine renowned for its rich, dark-baked Christmas cake flavours and aromas of sun-dried raisins. Amarone for the people.

£19.95£3.65Berri Estates Shiraz, South-Eastern AustraliaOld school Aussie Shiraz with bags of chocolatey, blackcurrant fruit, peppery spice and a permanent suntan.

Rose and Fizz by the glass

£20.75£3.80Vendange White Zinfandel, CaliforniaStrawberries and cream in a glass.

£20.75£3.80Ancora Pinot Grigio Rosé, ItalyLightly tinted Pinot Grigio (which is a pink grape itself, don't you know), with a touch of Pinot Noir to add depth. And it does….

£19.95£3.65Kleine Zalze Gamay Noir Rosé, South AfricaThis wine is, if you will, a halfway house between the strawberries and cream approach and more serious wines. It's very good at what it does, but it remains chilled out while it's doing it.

£21.95£4.00Domaine de L'Olibet ''Les Pujols'' Cinsault Rosé, Pays d'Oc, Languedoc FranceDelicate dry rosé from the black Cinsault grape. Fine and elegant with strawberry and raspberry flavours. Serious rosé with a dry finish - it could have been a red and it knows it.

£24.95£5.25Mirabello Pinot Grigio Rosé Spumante, ItalyLet's face it, it doesn't get much more fun than pink bubbles. Time to unfasten your top button and let your hair down.

£24.95£5.25Galanti Prosecco DOC, Venezie ItalyThe fuel of gondoliers, water-taxi drivers and romancers of Venice. Happy bubbles.....Ciao bella!

Dessert Wine

£24.45£2.95Ginestet Classique Sauternes 50cl, France - 50ml glassThis wine blew our pants off - there's loads going on with flavours of almond, peach and orange and is intense, complex and long: that's Botrytis (noble rot) for you.

Fizz

£46.50 Jean Diot Cuvee Selection NV, FranceThis lovely light champagne is made by the Diot family in Vinay. Light, fresh bubbles and lots of stone fruit flavours make this a great choice either as an apéritif or with fish dishes.

£54.50 Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut NV Champagne, France Push the boat out with this Grande Marque, well known for its friendly and open style. Perrier-Jouët have been making champagne since 1811, and they've pretty much nailed it by now.

£54.95 Taittinger Prestige Brut Rosé NV Champagne, FranceUltimately elegant pink bubbles from Reims. Dry and deep pink in colour with flavours of strawberry and cherry, this is the champagne of the bon viveur – beaucoup de luxury!

Organic Wines

£26.95 La Ciboise Luberon Blanc, M.Chapoutier, FranceThis organic white walks barefoot in the mountains of Luberon with flowers in its hair. White blossom, lemon and exotic fruit skip hand-in-hand with a fresh, round finish.

£24.95 Tenuta del Porconero Fiano, Paestum, ItalyFiano is widely tipped as the next big thing. Lovingly produced in harmony with the lunar cycle, it has clean, rich flavours of hazelnut, green apple, pears, jasmine and broom. Get in touch with your spiritual side, man.

£29.95 Sepp Grüner Veltliner, AustriaThe indigenous Austrian grape Gruner Veltliner is given the organic treatment by the legendary Nikolaus, son of Sepp. Grapefruit with a hint of spice and edelweiss.

£24.95 Borie de Maurel Esprit d''Automne Minervois, FranceThis classic country wine rides into town on its bicycle with a string of onions round its neck. It is rustic, earthy and sun-kissed with a deep purple nose and bags of Gallic charm. Pass the baguette.

£22.75 Honoro Vera Organic Monastrell, Bodegas Juan Gil, Jumilla, SpainMid Spain, big sun, huge fruit. This is a Flamenco dancer's lunchtime tipple! Taste the sunshine.

Crisp and dry

£18.25 Solandia Grillo Sicilia, ItalySun-drenched vineyards of Sicily give us this modern favourite. How anything so delicately fragrant can be born from this heat is a wonder.

£19.95 Domaine de Vedilhan Sauvignon Blanc, FranceReminiscent of ripe cool climate Sauvignon, this has gooseberry on the nose and crisp and refreshing hints of lime in the mouth, with an almost mineralic texture.

£25.45 Les Girelles Picpoul de Pinet, FranceBone-dry and mineralic with great texture. If you enjoy a crisp Sauvignon, this will float your boat.

£33.75 Sancerre Les Colinettes, Joseph Mellot, FranceA brilliant wine with a pale golden-yellow colour, displaying powerful aromas of white flowers. The palate is fat and well-balanced with remarkable length and freshness on the finish. Great structure.

Dry and aromatic

£19.75 Rare Vineyards Marsanne Viognier, France Rhône grapes go on holiday! Frolicking in the southern French sunshine and throwing off their traditional oaky restraint to create a wine that is fresh and peachy, soft and rounded.

£19.45 Etchart Privado Torrontés, ArgentinaJuicy 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 Epsom so I could buy some more later.

£26.95 Raimat Albariño, SpainThis Spanish señorita dances on your palate with a kick of zippy citrus and graceful swirls of apricot, almonds and sweet vanilla.

£29.95 Bay of Fires Riesling, TasmaniaDry with a classic diesel nose, this is no oily rag. This is a brushed chrome, highly polished aromatic beauty delivered with a cheeky spark of Tasmanian madness.

£44.95 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New ZealandBehold the icon of New Zealand Sauvignons which still sits on its elegant throne after all these years. Okay so it's pricey, but this is exactly what £44.95 was designed for.

Clean and rounded

£24.95 Araldica Gavi ''La Luciana'', ItalyOverlook this, and you'll be the poorer for it. This is a discovery wine, from the cool foothills of Piedmont, and is dry, crisp and lemony.

£27.95 Sileni Cellar Selection Pinot Gris, Hawke's Bay, New ZealandThe Alsace grape on holiday in the adventure capital of the world. Adventurous stone fruit, citrus and pear flavours. PG goes bungee jumping!

Rich and full

£28.95 Mâcon Villages Domaine de la Grange Magnien, Louis Jadot, Burgundy, FranceIconic white Burgundy from the traditional home of Chardonnay. Dry, crisp, minerally fruit, fantastic length. Gallic Chardonnay for people who think they don't like Chardonnay.

£42.95 Domaine de la Motte Chablis Premier Cru, Beauroy, FranceToo often these days, Chablis can be mean, lean and plain unfriendly, but this is old school aromatic buttery loveliness. This is a big shaggy dog of a wine that licks you all over.

Elegant and less weighty

£31.95 The Cloud Factory Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New ZealandThis New Zealand Pinot drives with the top down and the wind in its hair. Living on the coast of the Southern Ocean, it is quirkier and more vibrant than its French cousin. Full of breezy finesse and flavours of cranberry and redcurrant.

£31.45 Fleurie, Château de Fleurie Loron, FranceYou'll find ripe and savoury strawberry, cherry and raspberry fruit, which stays clean and supple throughout. This is a welcome relief from those shouty New World fruit-bombs, jumping up and down, waving their arms about and generally showing off.

Smooth and earthy

£19.95 Emiliana Carménère, ChilePacked with strawberry, cherry and black pepper aromas, the smoky coffee notes from the French oak also add intensity on the palate. The only thing better than a glass of Emiliana is two glasses of Emiliana.

£21.45 Flagstone Longitude Cab Sauv Shiraz Mourvèdre, South AfricaSouth African blends have become renowned of late, this one unusually combines influences from Bordeaux and Rhône, but with a South African twist.

£26.95 Don Jacobo Rioja Crianza, SpainEasy in the mouth, this is warm and friendly, all a classic Rioja should be. If God had access to wine, I like to think this would be to his taste. It speaks with a rich, dark but soft voice.

£29.95 Les Hipsters Barbe, Côtes du Bourg, Bordeaux FranceThe wine glides into town on a "fixie" with a devil-may-care assurance of spicy, plummy fruit. It knows it's cool!!

Warm and spicy

£20.50 Percheron Shiraz Mourvèdre, South AfricaA ''Percheron'' is a breed of French heavy horse used by early settlers. This Shiraz blend is strong, robust and dependable, like its namesake - yet it remains surprisingly nimble on its feet.

£34.95 Nederburg ''The Brewmaster'' Cabernet Sauvignon, Western Cape, South AfricaSerious kit. A tribute to Johann Graue, the famous ''Brewmaster'' of the Western Cape. Claret with a blast of South African sunshine. Big, warm, restrained and respectful - a gentle giant.

£34.95 Domaine La Haute Marone Gigondas, ''Dentelles de Montmirail'', FranceThis is a heady, top-end wine from the Southern Rhône. Its weight and warm spices come primarily from hand-picked Grenache, whereas all the finesse comes from earthy, elegant Syrah.

Rich and plummy

£24.95 Boutinot ''Les Coteaux'' Côtes du Rhône Villages, FranceThis has weight, fruit and power, with immense smoothness and harmony. In choral terms, Boutinot's ''Les Coteaux'' is the Penrhyn Male Voice Choir.