| WINE LIST WHITES Terre Forti Trebbiano/Chardonnay - Rubicone - Italy Crisp, dry, zesty, refreshing and citrussy. £12 Monte Clavijo Rioja Blanco - Rioja - Spain Like a wasp-stung donkey this wine kicks around in the glass with enthusiasm, scattering tropical fruit and cleansing acidity in all directions £15 Boland, Chenin Blanc, South Africa Zesty, lively and summery, this is a happy-go-lucky wine with a cheeky little skip in its step. Delish. £16 Laroche Uoaked Chardonnay Vin de Pays d'Oc - Languedoc - France The perfect antidote to over-oaked wines. Yummy, creamy, smooth pear and apple fruit glides over your palate - Chablis lovers take note! £18 Minini Pinot Grigio - Veneto - Italy Fresh pineapple fruit on the palate and zesty, prickly lift on the nose, this is a delicious little wine that shows just how Pinot Grigio should taste. £18 Preece Sauvignon Blanc - Victoria - Australia A pure, aromatically cleansing wine, with a mass of perfectly balanced citrus fruit and a long, cool finish. £21 Casa de la Ermita Viognier Blanco - Jumilla - Spain Beautifully balanced, with juicy, rich, fleshy, honeyed fruit and wonderfully perky, cleansing acidity. £19 Friendly Gruner-Veltliner L Sophie - Niederosterreich - Austria An unplifting, spritzy, pineapple and lime-zest theme, and the glorious finish is minutes long £24 Glenguin Old Broke Block Semillon - Hunter Valley - Australia A honeyed, greengage and lime-zest stuffed wine, with a perky gooseberry 'see-ya' on the finish. £33 Petit Chablis Laroche - Burgundy - France Spot on, classically dimensioned Chablis, smooth, creamy and flinty - take the plunge and dive into a drop-dead gorgeous wine. £27 Spy Valley Riesling - Marlborough - New Zealand The purity of the lime-juice fruit here is unnerving and, once you've tasted this wine, you'll never want to let it go. £28 Huia Gewurztraminer - Marlborough - New Zealand This gorgeous wine skates over the palate sprinkling sherbert and fruit-cocktail notes asunder. Perfection with spicy food. £33 En Truffiere Rully Blanc Vieilles Vignes Vincent Girardin - Burgundy - France This is wondrous wine, which typifies Chardonnay's often ignored grace and style. A delightful, crystal clear, refreshing, apple and pear-scented beauty. £36 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand Text book Marlborough Sauvignon - the nervy, asparagus, lime and elderflower fruit is perfectly balanced and, like all responsible Kiwi whites, it is sealed with a screwcap. £47 REDS Terre Forti Sangiovese - Rubicone - Italy Smooth, medium-weight and red-cherry scented. £12 Cotes du Ventoux Rouge TerraVentoux (Syrah/Grenache) - Rhone - France This is a fairly-light, juicy red for those who prefer white, but like to dabble occasionally! £16 Boland Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz - Paarl - South Africa Looking for a hearty, funky red that isn't going to let the side down or break the bank - this is it! £16 Palena Merlot - Lontue - Chile Smooth, cultured and unruffled, it’s a sofa-sipping delight - downright delicious £18 Dinastia Vivanco Rioja Crianza - Spain Not too oaky, not too heavy, not too tannic or too heady, this slinky, mellow, seamless Rioja is in perfect balance. £21 Chianti Rufina Fattoria di Basciano - Toscana - Italy This is a naughty number, with masses of pumped-up plums and black cherry fruit. You'll be a Soprano with a bottle of this under the bonnet. £23 Firefinch Ripe Red - Robertson - South Africa Make your mind up time, because this is a lovely, little, spicy, blackberry-imbued winter warmer £22 Katnook Founders Block Shiraz - Coonawarra - Australia Crammed with wild mulberry and blueberry fruit, dusted with an aroma of serious pastrami and cracked pepper, and blessed with stunning acidity that cleanses, balances and refreshes the palate between sips - phew!! £26 Fleurie Millesime Cave de Fleurie - Beaujolais - France Velvety plum fruit, with one of the silkiest finishes imaginable, this is a ridiculously yummy wine, and such is its charm, it would romance even the most reluctant red wine drinker. £27 Stonier Pinot Noir - Mornington Peninsula - Australia This is an amazing Pinot, open, ripe, accurate and spicy. A wild plum and damson treat. £32 Maestro Sangiovese - NSW - Australia With masses of acidity, punchy plum and cherry fruit this is the wine to cut through cheesy and meaty sauces with style £35 d'Arenberg The Cadenzia GSM - Mclaren Vale - Australia A handsome daring, swashbuckling wine, with a superb nose, fine elegant fruit and a long, laid-back finish. £34 Gigondas Domaine Font-Sane - Rhone - France With dark-cherry fruit and a lick of spice, this is a fantastic new-style red Rhone £36 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Nicolis - Veneto - Italy This Amarone is, not surprisingly, a bit of a beast. Huge black-cherry and blackberry fruit crammed into the glass and topped off with spice. This is as imposing as Italian wine gets. £45 ROSE Monte Clavijo Rioja Joven Garnacha Rosado - Rioja - Spain A lovely, light, red-cherry-screned wine with a distinctly balletic air. Only graceful ladies (and particularly camp men) need apply. £15 Pinot Grigio delle Venezie Blush Lamberti - Veneto - Italy Light fresh and eminently gluggable. Unlike Yorkie bars, this one's for the girls. £19 Sancerre Rose La Cote Blanche Eric Louis - Loire - France This beautifully aromatic, raspberry scented rose is not only a stunner to look at, it is also thrilling in the glass. £28 CHAMPAGNES Bisol Jeio Prosecco Brut NV - Valdobbiadene - Italy Ripe, celebratory and elegant, this wine has it all. Don't ask me how to pronounce it though. £25 Bruno Paillard Brut Premiere Cuvee NV This delightful Champagne is disarmingly delicious and will send your spirits soaring. £37 Bruno Paillard Rose Premiere Cuvee NV A desperately chic and beautifully balanced wine - when you need a little romance, this Champagne might just be the ticket £45 Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label NV A black grape dominated blend - full-bodied and biscuity, this wine has it all! £50 Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque 1998 This champagne is not just a pretty face. The art nouveau bottle was designed by (Emile) Galle in 1902 and is utterly seductive - as is the champagne inside. Elegant, creamy and floral with a hint of brioche. £95 |