House white

£17.95£3.30Crusan Columbard Sauvignon - FranceFresh but succulent, this is a juicy little quaffer with a soft attack, late fruit and a clean finish.

Crisp and dry

£18.95£3.45Quindi Pinot Grigio - ItalyThis is a playful little bunny girl, which nevertheless has a good bone structure and an appealing finish. Nutty, crispy, toasty, tasty.

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

£19.95£3.65Tierra Alta Sauvignon Blanc - Chile“The high ground”. Classic Mountain Sauvignon Blanc with a distinct nettly, grassy aroma; much like my lawn.

£20.75 Domaine de Vedilhan Sauvignon Blanc - FranceNose prickling crisp, with refreshing hints of lime in the mouth. This is the wine you give your future in-laws, boss, dentist or state prosecutor if you want things to go your way.

£33.25 Sancerre Les Colinettes, Joseph Mellot - FranceWhen it comes to pedigree, Sancerre is an aristocrat of a wine, and this one certainly deserves its ennoblement. You'll find a classic lick of gooseberry with hints of honey and grapefruit.

Clean & rounded

£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.

£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.

£25.00 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!

£34.25 Pouilly Fumé, Cuvée du Tronsec - FranceMassive gunflint on the nose, with a slightly citrus edge to the Sauvignon that keeps it fresh but rounded. As pure and balanced as a nun on a bicycle.

£19.95£3.65The Listening Station, Charonnay - AustraliaQuintessentially Australian this is Chardonnay clone that originates from Mendoza and always shows prominent tangerine, intense grapefruit, lime and hints of spice. Refreshingly unoaked leaving a fresh and clean finish.

£18.25 Solandia Gillo Sicilia - ItalySun-drenched vineyards of Sicily give us this modern favourite with light almond and dried peaches to the fore. How anything so delicately fragrant can be born from this heat is a wonder.

£29.95 Te Kairanga Riesling - New ZealandDry 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.

Dry and aromatic

£26.95 Raimat Albariño - SpainA peach of a wine, showing delicate aromas of citrus and dried flowers with flavours of apricots, a hint of almond and a kiss of sweet vanilla.

£19.25 Rare Vineyard Marsanne Viognier - France This is a blend of Rhône varieties which have been transplanted to the warm vineyards of the Oc region of southern France. Unoaked, you''ll find a soft Mediterranean peachiness.

£22.95£4.20Milford Point Sauvignon Blanc - New ZealandThis Kiwi beauty is bursting at the seams with zingy gooseberries, nettles and voluptuous tropical fruit flavours.

£44.95 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc - 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.

Rich and full

£19.95 Etchart Privado Torrontes - 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 Warwick so I could buy some more later.

£28.95 Mâcon l'Aurore, France - FranceSome less expensive white Burgundy can get slow and ponderous, but not this skippy little chap

£42.95 Dom de la Motte Chablis Premier Cru Beauroy - France These days, too often 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.

Dessert Wine

£24.45£5.75Ginestet Classique Sauternes 50cl - France. 125ml 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

£24.95£5.25Midea Prosecco - ItalyDry 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.

£24.95 Pinot Grigio Rosé Spumante Mirbello - 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.

£37.95 Louis Dornier et Fils - FranceA light fresh, vigorously youthful Champagne with a fine, elegant, slightly lemony nose, lively mousse and long, crisp palate. What's not to love?

£59.95 Champagne Perrier Jouet Grand Brut NV - France Push the boat out with this Grande Marque, well known for its friendly and open style. Perrier Jouet have been making Champagne since 1811, and they''ve pretty much nailed it by now.

£54.95 Taittinger Prestige Brut Rose 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!

House red

£17.95£3.30Solandia Nero D'Avola, ItalyThis is a proper Italian quaffer with bags of character. Excellent on its own or with food.

Smooth and earthy

£22.95£4.40Cabernet Sauvignon, Pays d'Oc, Baron Philippe de Rothschild - FranceCabernet Sauvignon has emigrated South to Languedoc under the guidance of Baron Philippe de Rothschild. Here the grape basks under Mediterranean sunshine to produce ripe, blackcurrant fruit with warm, rich flavours and soft tannins. A hearty hug with a friendly back slap!

£21.45 Flagstone Longitude Cab Sauv Shiraz Mouvedre - South AfricaSouth African blends have become renowned of late. This one unusually combines influences from Bordeaux and Rhone, but with a South African twist. Creative stuff.

£19.95£3.65The Guv'nor, Felix Solis - Spain100% Tempranillo. Understated, mysterious, refined and direct.

£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!!

£19.95 Monte Vista Carmenere, ChilePacked with strawberry, cherry and black pepper aromas, the smoky coffee notes from the French oak also add intensity on the palate.

Warm and spicy

£24.95 Nederburg The Manor Shiraz, Western Cape - South AfricaClassic South African Shiraz . Aged slowly in barrel for 12-18 months this delightful Shiraz displays prune, plum and black cherry flavours with hints of indulgent dark chocolate.

£19.95£3.65Percheron 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 Gigondas, Domaine La Haute Marone, Le Cru des Dentelles de Montmirail - FranceThis is a heady, top end wine from the Southern Rhone. Its weight and warm spice comes primarily from hand picked Grenache grapes, with a refinement from a good lick of the elegant Syrah. Excellent with any game, or other similarly robust flavours.

£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.

£32.95 Aruma Malbec, Bodegas Caro, ArgentinaAn international collaboration between Domaines Barons de Rothschild and the legendary Nicolas Catena of Mendoza. The wine is exceptionally fine...big , full- bodied yet restrained; a true Gentle Giant. In the powerful, immortal words of Bananarama.... I heard Aruma !

Rich and plummy

£24.95 Boutinot ''Les Coteaux'' Cotes du Rhone Villages - France This has weight, fruit and power, with immense smoothness and harmony. In choral terms, Boutinot's ''Les Coteaux'' is the Penrhyn Male Voice Choir.

£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£3.65El Colectivo, Malbec, ArgentinaTypical deep, dark violet colour of Argentine Malbec. Offering intense aromas of black stone fruit and notes of chocolate and sweet spice. Balanced acidity leads into a long, velvety finish.

Elegant and less weighty

£18.95£3.45Tierra Alta Merlot - ChileA deeply coloured and juicy Merlot showing leafy, cool-climate fruit aromas. It's a very popular red that is brilliant on its own…..but equally good with cheeses, yum…

£22.75£4.15Rare Vineyards Pinot Noir - FranceIf wine were footwear, this would be a light summer deck shoe. This Pinot Noir is warm and loving with a good level of fruit that's had sun on its back.

£30.75 Fleurie, Chateau de Fleurie, Loron, Beaujolais - 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.

£19.95 Convivale Montepulciano d'Abruzzo - ItalyThis wine takes you on a whirlwind tour on the back of a Vespa along the route of black cherries, raspberries and light zippy fruit....Belissimo!

£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.

Organic Red

£22.75 Honoro Vera Organic Monastrell, Bodegas Juan Gil, Jumilla - SpainMid Spain, big sun, huge fruit, Flamenco dancers lunchtime tipple!  Taste the sunshine.

£29.45 Borie de Maurel Espirit 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.

Rosé

£20.95£3.85Wicked Lady White Zinfandel, California - USAStrawberries and cream.  Frivolous, fun and enticing!

£20.95£3.85Belvino Pinot Grigio Rosato delle Venezie - ItalyPinot Grigio Pink at it's finest.  Fresh mountain flavours of raspberry and red cherry with a refreshing, uplifting finish. Big in Venice and.....!

£24.95 Domine de L'Olibet 'Les Pujols' Cinsault Rosé, Pays d'Oc - Languedoc FranceA flavoursome rosé worthy of food. A delightful expression of Grenache Gris, this is fresh and impressively textured. It is clean and refreshing with a delicate strawberry and cream notes and good acidity.