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Les Vignes d’Oc. Southern France
White Varietals
Chardonnay 2018
Superb buttery Chardonnay with a mouth-watering acidity. £ 7.95
Sauvignon 2018
Lovely fresh citrus driven Sauvignon, great fruit and perfectly dry. £ 7.95
Red Varietals
Merlot 2018
This delicious red wine is the product of an exceptional terroir. £ 7.95
Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Luscious ripe red berry fruit with good balancing tannins. £ 7.95
Grenache, Syrah Rôse 2018
Totally unpretentious crisp, dry Rose of superb quality. £ 7.95
Riviera Wines of France
Fantastic value everyday quality drinking wines of France
Sauvignon 2018
Classic Sauvignon with a gentle rounded finish £ 6.99 Merlot 2017
Rounded ripe fruit with a hint of almonds £ 6.99 Pinot Noir 2017 Truly delicious Pinot Noir that could pass for a Burgundy any day. £ 7.95
Chateau Martouret 2016
Nerigean. Entre-Deux-Mers. Bordeaux. France
The style of this delightful claret is more akin to the St Emilion area than the Medoc,
We have stocked this wine form over 36 years !!!! £11.95
Domaine Andre Colonge
Lancie. Beaujolais. France
Fleurie 2016
This is a rich and gutsy red wine but is still defined by its finesse and style. £15.95
Domaine Sylvain Bailly
Bue, Sancerre.
Sancerre Blanc 2017
Distinctly minerally with delicious fresh Sauvignon fruit & great finesse. £19.95
Sancerre Rosé 2017/18
This fruity Pinot Noir based Rosé is a joy to drink. £19.95
Domaine Vincent Girardin
Meursault. Burgundy. France
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Terroir Noble 2016 £19.95
This Biodynamic red wine from the heart of the Burgundy is truly a testament to this producer’s skill.
Domaine Roger Sabon, Chateauneuf du Pape
Southern Rhone
La Sabounet Rouge
This delightful light red wine is the product of some very clever wine making £ 9.95
Lirac Rouge 2018
I always detect a fragrance of Lilac and Rosemary in these delicious gentle wines; this
fine example would drink well with Lamb or light Game. £17.95
Domaine De La Charbonniere
Vacqueyras Rouge 2016
Classic Southern Rhone style showing a little oak barrique ageing. It is a little closedat the moment but another year will pay dividends. £19.95
Domaine de Boissan
Cuvee des Princes d’Orange
Cotes du Rhone Villages 2016
Wow, Rich ripe fruit flavours of Grenache with a crisp balancing acidity. Just likeSouthern Rhone used to taste. £13.45
Domaine Christian Bonfils
Fontvive, Vin de Pays de Vaucluse 2018
This is a delightful light red wine with real vigour and Joie de Vivre. £10.85
Le Haut de Vignes, Delalande
Chinon Rouge 2018
Mellow Cabernet Franc Fruit with light and manageable tannins £15.95
La Grand Cru Blancs
Macon Loche 2016
The obvious rounding out of acidity by malolactic fermentation is evident in thissophisticated white Burgundy. Chardonnay fruit is balanced with generous alcohol. £14.95
Domaine Du Haut Bourg, Loire
Sauvignon 2017/18
Lovely fresh Sauvignon from a great vineyard near the Grand Lac. £ 9.95
Cabernet 2016/17
Cab Sauvignon & Franc, what a delicious blend, spicy with soft tannin £ 9.95
Gamay 2017/18
Very easy drinking red wine, a bit like sturdy Beaujolais!! £ 9.95
Champagne Gallimard Pére et Fils. Les Ricey, Aube Valley. France
Cuvée Reserve Brut nv
This is a Pinot Noir based Champagne . It is not your austere cuvee typical of some ofthe more northern growers but a perfectly dry, fruit driven white sparkling wine ofimpeccable balance. £29.95
Beau Rocher Vin Mousseux NV
This is a great example of these lovely sparkling wines from France, light, refreshingand perfectly dry. £ 9.25
Having driven 215 miles north from Madrid through vineyards, olive groves and beautiful mountainous ravines we descended to a plain as we approached the Basque country of Northern Spain. The home of our favourite Rioja – Bodegas Navajas - which has been on the wine list for more than 30 years – the village of Navarrete lay ahead – a small hilltop town rising from the flat lands around the Rio Oja and Rio Ebro in the South West of the Rioja region. The satnav took us through a maze of one-way narrow streets right to the top of the village where the views were spectacular. We then meandered back down the hill and found the Bodegas Navajas before searching out the Hotel de Camille on the edge of the village where the car park was full of classic cars and our room had extensive views across the plain towards the Basque mountains to the north. We sat in the sunny hotel garden sipping beers and watching the beautiful old motors departing one by one.
Secret Garden Wines
Pretty Paddock from Marlborough Wineries
Argentina and Chile
Cantina Paolini, Gurco, Marsala, Sicily Rosato Conte di Matarocco 2018 This is a fulfilling, substantial rose which is perfectly dry and would accompany a seafood Plata very well indeed. £ 7.95 Nerello Mascalese Terre Siciliana 2018 Warm red berry flavours with a hint of cherry. £ 8.95 Grillo Bio Terre Siciliana 2018 Lovely organic dry white wine, perfect with seafood. £ 7.95 Pinot Grigio San Antonio 2018 Friuli Italy This very popular aromatic dry white wine is perfect with lightly flavoured pasta. £ 7.95
Our favourite Rioja!
Boars Kloof Wines &
La Bri Winery
English Oak Vineyard - Dorset - England
Not many wine drinkers and probably fewer wine merchants have taken the trouble to discover the toil that goes into making a bottle of wine. For over three thousand years the making and imbibation of wine has been undertaken and enjoyed. Many talk of the climate, the vinification process and the technology involved, but few go to find out what happens in the beginning. It is a constant source of amazement to me that wine making must be one of the most ancient industries in history and although methods have progressed the basic requirements of planting, pruning and picking have changed very little. O.K. we have tractors and trailers, sharper blades and rubber gloves to aid us in our work yet there are certain jobs that can only be done by hand and carried out in the same manner as they would have been thousands of years ago. September 1998 - “La Vendange” Having travelled down through France to Beaujolais I was escorted from Macon Ige station to a rather beautiful rustic Chateau nestling in the hillside, surrounded by hectares and hectares of vines resembling a patchwork of green. “What on earth do your want to do this for?” - I was asked. “What had I let myself in for?” - I asked myself. I had been told that I would be well fed (no cooking, no washing up! – a bonus), that I would be expected to drink copious quantities of wine (home from home), and I had been advised to bring my oldest clothes which could be discarded when the job was finished! I woke in the dark the following morning, dressed, breakfasted and donned a large green “impermeable”. Armed with a black bucket, a pair of secateurs and rubber gloves I followed a group of similarly attired “grape pickers” out into the rain only then did I begin to wonder what I was doing! The atmosphere was, however, reminiscent of the mountains, the fresh air, freedom and a promising day ahead mixed with the feeling of duty and direction overrode. I saw what needed doing, found a row of grapes and started to snip. “Pas feuilles – no leaves” I was told as I wended my way along my first row of vines. The rain continued and my anxieties grew. My family was cosily ensconced at home in England probably still in their beds drinking tea and eating biscuits and I had chosen to come here and do this.