Christophe Mignon Brut NV £13.00 Our excellent house champagne from a talented boutique producer 100% Pinot Meunier. Full bodied and rich.
Champagne E.Prudhomme Rose NV £13.00 Extraordinary rose from the same producer as our Christophe Mignon. 100% Pinot Meunier.
Guy Cadel Champagne Demi sec NV £10.5 0 Great Champagne with a bit of residual sweetness. Works well as an aperitif or with fruity desserts.
Sparkling wines
Prosecco Argeo Rugger , Treviso Italy NV £7.00 Fruity and refreshing, uncomplicated but well-made sparkling wine.
Bluebell ‘Hindleap’ Rose, Sussex 2011 £10.50 A delightful local wine from a small vineyard. Traditional method & classic champagne grape varieties combined to create a delicate, fruity wine with salmon blush. An amazing aperitif.
Rose wine
Chilford Hall ‘Blush’ Cambridge 2014 £7.00 A delightfully fruity dry rose from one of the oldest English vineyards still producing.
White wines
Château Martinon, Entre-deux-Mers. Bordeaux France 2014 £6.00 Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle and Sémillon. Dry. Our amazing house wine!
Riesling ‘Urstuck’ Trocken Paulinshof, Mosel Germany 2014 £9.00 Off-dry, fresh and fruity with hints of orange peel and bergamot.
Bacchus, Albourne Estate, Sussex England 2014 £9.00 Excellent dry wine from a vineyard just outside of Brighton! Light and floral with refreshing elderflower flavours.
Sauvignon Blanc ‘La Barry’ Meinert, Elgin, South Africa 2014 £7.00 From the cooler, lesser known southern tip of South Africa this classic new world won’t disappoint Sauvignon Blanc lovers.
Red wines
Blaufrankish, Strehn Deutschkreuz, Burgenland Austria 2013 £6 .00 Deeply coloured, lighter style of wine with hints of cherries. Great with lamb or duck.
Carmenere ‘Falernia’ Elki Valley, Chile 2013 £8.00 Full bodied and complex wine with blackberry and plum flavours. Organic.
Barbera ‘Cascina del Melo’ Piemonte Italy 2013 £ 8.00 Soft, smooth and on the lighter side. This is an excellent organic wine that matches well with pork, lamb and truffles!
Chateau Sainte Michelle Merlot, Columbia Valley, Washington State, USA 2013 £9 .00 Fruity wine with soft tannins and light notes of plums & vanilla.
75cl White wines Bottle
Chateau Martinon, Entre-deux-Mers, Bordeaux France 2014 £21.00 Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle and Semillon. Dry. Our Amazing house wine!
Mandrarossa Santanella, Sicily Italy 2013 £36.00 A very exciting blend of Chenin Blanc and the Italian variety Fiano- full-bodied, fruity and delightful- try with chicken, pork or Guinea Fowl!
‘Kaapzicht’ Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch South Africa 2014 £29.00 Light, fresh and slightly spritzy version of this amazing grape variety. No oak.
Little Beauty Gewurztraminer, Marlborough New Zealand 2011 £34.00 Delicious, fresh and fruity wine from our favourite winery. Lighter in body than its Alsatian counterparts. Easy drinking and pleasant.
Riesling ‘Urstuck’ Trocken Paulinshof, Mosel Germany 2014 2014 £33 .00 Off-dry, fresh and fruity with hints of orange peel and bergamot
Bacchus Albourne Estate, Sussex England 2014 £31.00 Excellent dry wine from a vineyard just outside of Brighton! Light and floral with refreshing elderflower flavours.
Domaine du Tariquet ‘Côté’, Gascony France 2014 £26.00 Unique and original. Made by co-fermentation of 50% of Sauvignon Blanc and 50% of Chardonnay grapes. Exceptional wine with mineral character and notable citrus fruit flavours.
Grüner Veltliner, Alex Siedler, Traisental DAC Reserve , Austria 2013 £26.00 This is a lovely, spicy white wine with apple aromas; it is the highest quality possible with only a small amount made each year.
La Barry Sauvignon Blanc, Meinert, Elgin South Africa 2014 £25.00 Refreshing and zesty Sauvignon Blanc. Meinert Winery is fairly new- only established in 1980s- but already one of the best in South Africa. (We also have their amazing red wine- Cabernet Sauvignon!)
Chablis Luis Michel & Fils, Burgundy France 2014 £38.00 Classic un-oaked Chardonnay from Burgundy! Fresh with high acidity, notes of green apples and lemon and pleasant mineral character
Cannonball Chardonnay, Sonoma County, California USA 2013 £35.00 Amazing full-bodied wine with lovely pineapple notes.
Domaine Shlumberger Pinot Gris ‘Les Princes Abbes’, Alsace France 2012 £38.00 Off-dry and full-bodied wine from Alsace. Excellent food wine from a traditional producer- minimum intervention in production and no pesticides used in the vineyard.
Little Beauty Sauvignon Blanc ‘Black Label’ Marlborough, New Zealand 2012 £59.00 Not the usual Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand! This little beauty was fermented in wooden barrels and then partially aged in some more oak to make it complex, delicious and and full-bodied. White wines continued…
Sancerre Domaine Vacheron, Loire Valley France 2014 £50.00 Sauvignon Blanc at its best. Dry with aromatic nose and pleasant gooseberry fruit flavours.
Saint Romain Bertrand Ambroise, Burgundy France 2011 £55.00 Medium body, apple flavours with smoky and nutty aromas.
Domaine du Daley ‘Le Viognier’ Villette Grand Cru, Lavaux Switzerland 2012 £75.00 Rich and complex Viognier. Great with fish or lighter meat dishes.
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot, Domaine Bachey-Legros, 2013 £80.00 Burgundy France Big and complex wine. Exemplary Chardonnay with lovely toasty aromas.
75cl Rosé wines Bottle
Chilford Hall Rose, Cambridgeshire England 2014 £22.00 Amazing summer wine from beautiful countryside of Cambridgeshire.
Musar Jeune Rose, Chateau Musar, Bekaa Valley Lebanon 2014 £29.00 Great wine from an iconic producer. Excellent aperitif.
Bordeaux Clairet, Chateau Vignol, Bordeaux France 2014 £21.00 A very interesting, deeply coloured wine- great aperitif but works extremely well with food!
Sancerre ‘Pynoz’ Christian Dauny, Loire Valley France 2014 £35.00 Excellent organic rose from Pinot Noir grape variety.
Château Mangot ‘M’, Bordeaux France 2014 £30.00 Excellent dry rose from classic Bordeaux varieties- Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Domaines Ott ‘Clos Mireille,’ Cotes de Provence France 2014 £70.00 Exceptional rose wine from Provence. Dry with hints of peaches, lemon and vanilla. Chef’s Favourite.
Red wines 75cl Bottle
‘Alodio’ Ribeira Sacra Galicia Spain Soft and fruity wine made of an excellent Galician grape variety Mencia. Great with 2014 £22.00 meat dishes.
Blaufränkisch, Strehn Deutschkreutz, Burgenland Austria 201 3 £21.00 Our favourite wine! Complex wine with hints of cherries, blueberries, cassis and violets and slight scent of white pepper. Excellent match with duck!
Primitivo ‘Amanti del Vino’ Salento, Puglia Italy 2014 £20.00 Soft, smooth and fruity wine. Excellent on its own but matches well with lighter meat or vegetarian dishes.
Heartland Shiraz, Langhorne Creek, Australia 2013 £30.00 Great big wine that matches incredibly well with red meat.
Carménère ‘Falernia’ Reserva Valle de Elqui, Chile 2013 £28.00 Outstanding wine with pronounced ripe plum flavours with a hint of spiciness and smooth tannins. Absolutely AMAZING!
Barbera ‘Cascina del Melo’ Piemonte Italy 2013 £28.00 Soft, smooth and on the lighter side. This is an excellent organic wine that matches well with pork, lamb and truffles!
Cote de Brouilly Chateau Thivin, Beaujolais, Burgundy France 2013 £41.00 Smooth, soft and youthful wine with strawberry flavours and silky tannins.
Merlot Chateau Sainte Michelle, Columbia Valley, Washington State USA 2013 £33.00 Fruity wine with soft tannins and light notes of plums & vanilla.
Duca San Felice, Librandi, Calabria Italy 2011 £31.00 Complex wine, light in colour but with firm tannin structure. Absolute treat! Calabrian variety- Uve Gaglioppo.
Gigondas Domaine Cecile Chassagne, Rhone France 2013 £44.00 Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah. Full-bodied and powerful.
Knipser ‘Kalkmergel’ Spatburgunder, Pfalz Germany 2012 £51.00 Absolutely amazing Pinot Noir from Germany’s best wine region. Complex and intriguing.
Chateau Tour de Calens, Graves , Bordeaux France 2012 £27.00 Classic Bordeaux blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a tiny bit of Cabernet Franc- excellent fruit concentration.
Licis by Frank Massard, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia Spain 2012 £43.00 Full bodied but soft. Exceptional wine made in small quantities with Mencia, the pinot noir of Galicia. One of Eddy`s favourite red wine.
Givry Jean Chofflet, Burgundy France 2013 £40.00 Lovely soft wine from the arguable best region for Pinot Noir! Richer and rounder than its brothers from New Zealand.
Corton Grand Cru Antonin Rodet, Burgundy France 2004 £75.00 An excellent pinot noir from the Beaune area. Full bodied and complex, great expression of the terroir.
Red wines continued… 75cl Bottle
‘Abadia Retuerta’ Pago Gorduna, Castilla y Leon, Spain 2011 110.00 A great big, full-bodied Syrah.
Chateau La Louviere, Pessac Leognan, Bordeaux France 2009 £79.00 An elegant, full bodied blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot aged for 12 months in oak. Vanilla, blackberry, red currant and spices.
Nuits-Saint-Georges, Maison Ambroise, Burgundy France 2012 £76.00 Another amazing Pinot Noir. Complex, elegant & classic!
Chateau Musar, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 1997 £80.00 Excellent & intriguing red wine, full bodied. They say this wine is like Marmite- you will either love it or hate it. We love it!
Sancerre Rouge ‘Sauvage’ Pascal Jolivet, Loire Valley France 2011 £90.00 Incredible style of Pinot Noir. As the name ‘Sauvage’ –savage suggests it is a wild beast yet extremely delicate and fascinating. Stunning wine!
Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva, Marques de Murrieta, Rioja Spain 2005 125.00 One of the oldest wine estates in Rioja. Compelling combination of red and black fruit, exotic spice and vanilla.
Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru les Cazetiers, Domaine Faiveley, Burgundy 2011 £95.00 Full bodied and rich style of Pinot Noir. Nowhere else does this variety result in wine more powerful than in this village.
Barolo Conterno Fantino, Piedmont Italy 2011 120.00 Made of one of the noblest of grape varieties: Nebbiolo. Big and full-bodied, modern style of Barolo with rich aromas and flavours.
Lapostolle Clos Apalta, Colchagua Valley Chile 2011 155.00 Blend of cabernet sauvignon, carmenere and merlot to soften it up. Really big wine, full bodied but a great fruit driven red wine.
37.5cl Half Bottles Bottle
Champagne
Sadi Malot Brut Vieille Reserve, Blanc de Blancs, Villers-Marmery NV £35.00 100% Chardonnay. Complex wine with high acidity. Great as an aperitif.
White
Domaines des Amoureux- Muscadet de Sevre et Maine, France 2013 £12.00 Dry and refreshing.
Anselmi ‘San Vincenzo ‘, Veneto, Italy 2013 £18.00 Fresh and zesty, refreshing dry wine for hot summer days.
Montagny 1er cru Chateau de la Saule. Burgundy France 2013 £15.00 Excellent fresh and crisp Chardonnay.
C J Pask Omahu Road Sauvignon Blanc, Hawkes Bay New Zealand 2014 £16.00 Well-made wine for admirers of this grape variety.
Domaines Shlumberger Gewurztraminer, ‘Les Princes Abbes’ Alsace 2011 £18.50 Medium dry and fragrant. Full of exotic fruits. Excellent with risotto.
Sancerre Blanc Domaine Vacheron, Loire Valley France 2014 £30.00 Sauvignon Blanc at its best. Dry with aromatic nose and pleasant gooseberry fruit flavours.
Rosé
Château Bel Air Reserve, Bordeaux France 2014 £18.00 Great rose from Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend.
Domaines Ott ‘Clos Mireille,’ Cotes de Provence France 2014 £40.00 Exceptional rose wine from Provence. Dry with hints of peaches, lemon and vanilla.
Red
Fleurie Presidente Marguerite, Beaujolais France 2013 £19.00 Light bodied and youthful. Made of 100%Gamay grapes.
Crasto do Douro, Douro Portugal 2014 £15.00 Full bodied and powerful wine from an iconic port producer. Great with beef or lamb!
Sancerre Rouge Domaine Vacheron, Loire Valley France 2013 £38.00 Light and fruity Pinot Noir from an outstanding biodynamic producer!
2012 £50.00 Nuits Saint Georges, Burgundy France Amazing and complex Pinot Noir! (Available in full bottles but vintage & price may vary.)
75cl Sparkling wine Bottle
Prosecco Argeo Ruggeri, Treviso Italy NV £24.00 Fruity and refreshing, organic wine from the Alpine region of Treviso. Lighter than champagne.
Bluebell Vineyard Estate, ‘Blanc de Blancs’ East Sussex 2011 £40.00 Exciting method traditionelle wine from East Sussex. 100% Chardonnay
Bluebell ‘Hindleap’ Rose, Sussex 2011 2011 £45.00 A delightful local wine from a small vineyard. Traditional method & classic champagne grape varieties combined to create a delicate, fruity wine with salmon blush. An amazing aperitif.
Champagne
Champagne is an exciting but complex category- we divided our list into two parts: first are wines from independent artisanal growers-producers and second the ‘big brands’ commonly known as the Grandes Marques de Champagne (-members of the Union de Maisons de Champagne).
Independent producers Christophe Mignon Brut (Festigny- Vallée de la Marne) £50.00 Our excellent organic house champagne from a talented boutique producer. 100% Pinot Meunier. Full bodied and rich.
Champagne E.Prudhomme Rose NV (Festigny- Vallée de la Marne) £50.00 Extraordinary rose from the same producer as our Christophe Mignon. 100% Pinot Meunier. . Vilmart et Cie Cuvee Rubis Brut 1er cru (Rilly La Montage- Montagne de Reims) £90.00 This rose is made from 90% pinot noir with a bit of chardonnay to complete the blend. As it is a premier cru which means that the grapes are from an exceptional location.
Grande Marques Taittinger ‘Nocturne’ Sec (Reims) £73.00 Slightly higher residual sugar content gives this wine a pleasant roundness making it an excellent aperitif.
Billecart Salmon Brut reserve (Mareuil sur Ay) £85.00 Lovely, velvety bubbles. Family owned house.Matches well with fish or chicken dishes.
Taittinger ‘Folies de la Marquetterie (Reims) £73.00 Unlike all the other Taittinger cuvees this wine comes for a single vineyard that surrounds the Chateau de la Marquetterie- the place where it all started for the Taittinger house!
Laurent Perrier Rose (Tours-sur-Marne- Vallée de la Marne) £96.00 This iconic and extremely elegant bottle contains one of the best non vintage champagnes! It is one of the finest roses- Pinot Noir based- with delicate red fruit aromas.
Louis Roederer Vintage (Reims) 2006 105.00 Delicious and rich champagne with a complex combination of fruity and nutty flavours.
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne (Reims) 2005 £220.00 Grapes are 100% grand cru and this champagne can only be made in exceptional years. This is a blanc de blanc champagne (100%Chardonnay), generous, long and complex champagne with finesse and intensity. Sommelier Eddy’s favourite!
75ml 37.5cl Dessert wines Glass Bottle
‘Donna Luna’ Passito, Pizzolato, Veneto Italy (red) 2011 £5.00 £30.00 Light read dessert wine with firm tannins and soft fruity finish. Matches well (50cl) with cheeses, cheesecake and chocolate.
Eiswein Hopler, Burgenland Austria (white) NV £8.00 £33.00 Dessert wine made of grapes that were left on the vine until January when the temperature drops below -7 ⁰C (19.4 ⁰F). Spicy and delicious.
Elysium Black Muscat, California USA (red) 2013 £8.00 £33.00 Deep coloured red dessert wine made of dark skinned variety of Muscat. Excellent with chocolate or red berry desserts.
Château du Juge,Cadillac, Sauternes France (white) 2011 £7.00 £30.00 Rich and spicy classic Sauternes!
‘Fiorato’ Recioto della Valpolicella, Tommasi, Veneto Italy (red) 2012 £11.00 £43.00 Dark coloured and almost port-like with soft and silky feel. Great with dark chocolate desserts and cheese.
75ml Fortified wine Glass
Barbadillo Pedro Ximenez, Sherry Jerez Spain NV £4.50 £33.00 Rich and luscious with notes of treacle, nuts, spices and honey. (75cl)
Madeira ‘Pereira D’Oliveira’, Island of Madeira Portugal NV £5.00 £37.00 Rich, full and spicy wine with hints of overripe plums and nuts. (75cl)
Port 75ml 75cl Glass Bottle Ramos Pinto Adriano White Reserva Aromatic and complex white port. Matches well with ham, cheese or egg based NV £6.00 £45.00 cakes but can be enjoyed as an aperitif.
Ramos Pinto LBV 2008 £7.50 £55.00 Powerful and full-bodied. Sweet and very enjoyable with chocolate.
Taylor’s 10 years old Tawny NV £8.00 £63.00 Blend of the best wines from several vintages and aged in wooden casks. Spicy rather than sweet.
Smith Woodhouse Vintage 2000 £14.00 £95.00 Finest style of port produced, bottle-aged for many years. Complex and concentrated wine with notes of dark berries and firm tannins. Sweet with dry finish.