Current Wine List

White Wines

2008 Le Délice des Anges Muscat Sec, Vin du Pays d’Oc – from a rarely grown grape this has an aroma of exotic fruits and honey yet tastes dry. It is medium bodied with a long finish. It would be delicious as an aperitif and a great accompaniment to spicy oriental food.
Price £8.40

2009 Cederberg Chenin Blanc - the use of dry ice or carbon dioxide to protect the grape juice from oxygen preserves the freshness of the aromas and flavours of this wine. There's melon on the nose and grapefruit flavours. Perfect as an aperitif.
Price £11.85

2009 Hartenberg Weisser Riesling, Stellenbosch - called "Weisser" to distinguish it from the rather nasty and unrelated Cape Riesling this is an outstanding example of the Riesling grape at its best. Lots of body, lovely appley flavours and absolutely bone dry, it won a gold medal in the Five Nations Challenge for the best wines in the Southern Hemisphere. Drink it with spicy food or leave it to develop for a year or two.
Price £12.50

2010 Domaine de l'Hortus, Bergerie de l'Hortus Blanc - a blend of four different grapes dominated by Roussane, this is a complex wine with citrus and spice on the palate. While it can be drunk as an aperitif, it really excels with food.
Price £12.95

2007 Eidosela Seléccion Albariño, Rias Baixas – from the very far north west of Spain this is fresh and minerally with great length. Perfect with seafood or delicate fish like Dover sole.
Price £14.80

2009 Christophe Cordier Bourgogne Blanc Vieilles Vignes - we have been looking for a well priced white Burgundy for ages and think we've found it here. It's bursting with melon and tropical fruit flavours overlaid with hints of toast and honey. It would go beautifully with smoked salmon or seafood.
Price £15.50

Rosé Wines

2009 Les Vignes d’Orpin Rosé, Vin du Pays d’Oc – nothing fancy here, just a lovely, gluggable pink. A blend of Grenache and Cinsault that delivers everything it should. A corker of a wine but in a screw top bottle!
Price £7.95

Red Wines

2007 Domaine de Nizas Le Mas Rouge, Vin du Pays d’Oc – “Elegant, juicy with attractive sweet cassis and spicy notes, firm integrated tannins” (Decanter World Wine Awards 2009). A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Petit Verdot it would be lovely with beef.
Price £9.70

2009 Château du Cèdre Héritage, AC Cahors - Cahors is the birthplace of Malbec and, until phylloxera all but wiped out the vineyards at the end of the 19th century,  the wines were among the most sought after in Paris. Nowadays the best producers, of whom Cèdre is among the leaders, are moving away from the rustic style of 50 years ago to provide rich, balanced wines which go really well with strongly flavoured red meat dishes.
Decant for a couple of hours before drinking.
Price £12.50

2008 Luigi Bosca Malbec Reserva, Mendoza - the contrast with the Cahors is remarkable. This wine is unmistakably New World. It's rich, ripe and luscious with a touch of oak. It has flavours of red berries, coffee and pepper and will last for many years to come. Although different from the Cahors it is an equally good accompaniment for the same kind of food.
Price £12.85

2008 Domaine de l'Hortus, Bergerie de l'Hortus Rouge - Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre combine to deliver an architypal wine from Pic St Loup. The intensity of the fruit and the long finish make this perfect for barbecues and strongly flavoured red meat.
Price £12.95

2009 Ca'Rugate Rio Albo, Valpolicella DOC - forget all the appalling Valpolicellas you've drunk in pizza joints. This is really lovely, smooth and fruity. It's an easy-to-drink combination of blackberries and cherries which will complement simple red meat or vegetarian dishes.
Price £12.95

2004 Bodegas Urbina Crianza, DOC Rioja – 95% Tempranillo from 20 year old vines, 12 months in American oak followed by 6 months in bottle make this a delicious, smooth wine with spicy red berry fruit.
Price £13.75

2009 Jean-Luc Colombo Crozes Hermitage Les Fées Brunes - Monsieur Colombo is one of the stars of the Northern Rhône. Since he started in 1984 in Cornas his reputation has flourished. This wine, made from 100% Syrah, is from a single vineyard and is full and round with flavours of cherries and plums on the palate.
Price £15.50

Sweet Wines

2001 Il Paradiso Vin Santo DOC – made from Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes which are late harvested, Vin Santo achieves richness by allowing the grapes to dry on rush matting placed in attics before they are barrel fermented. A luscious sweet wine.
Price £11.05 for 37.5cl

2006 Triebaumer Beerenauslese, Burgenland - the sloping vineyards bordering the Neusiedlersee in the far east of Austria are ideal for producing sweet wines from hand-picked late harvest grapes. This is rich and decadent with overtones of caramel.
Price £12.75 for 37.5cl

2004 Buglioni “Il Monello”, Passito Bianco del Veneto IGT – as with many northern Italian dessert wines Passito is made from grapes, in this case Garganega, which have been dried indoors to concentrate flavour rather than left to rot on the vine. The result is a honey coloured wine with aromas of apricot and vanilla,
Price £16.45 for 37.5cl

Fortified Wines

Herederos de Argueso Manzanilla San Leon – bone dry with a tang of salt this is a very refined sherry perfect as an aperitif or drunk with spicy Thai or Chinese food.
Price £13.00

Gutierrez Colosia, Dry Oloroso Sherry – a dark, nutty dry Oloroso in true Spanish style – round, rich and warming.
Price £15.80

2000 Quinta do Portal, Late Bottled Port - a beautiful dark ruby colour with aromas of ripe red fruits, chocolate and spices. It’s smooth with great complexity and structure and a long and delicious finish.
Price £17.45