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Cuvée Caillou Vin de Pays L’Herault |
£9.95 |
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From the South West of France comes this dry well balanced wine. |
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Pinot Grigio, Nagyréde Estate, Hungary |
£9.95 |
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Fresh and zippy dry style of wine from this well-known grape variety. |
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Wild Pig Chardonnay, France |
£10.85 |
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Very reliable French Chardonnay from the Lanquedoc Region in the South of France. The grapes have perfect growing conditions and so produce good rich fruity wines. |
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The above wines are available by the glass. |
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Muscadet de Sevre et Maine, Cuvée Echanson, France. |
£11.95 |
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Muscadet wines have now gone full circle, out of fashion ten years ago, now firmly back in fashion. Ideal with anything which has a shell or claws! |
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Carta Vieja Sauvignon Blanc, Chile |
£12.95 |
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Using arguably the best conditions in the world for growing grapes, Chile is now a major player in the wine trade. Using canals and streams built by the Incas, the wines are irrigated and have a perfect ripening season. This wine is a great example of what Chile is good at. Big, juicy, fruity flavours with no harshness in the wine at all. |
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Boschendal Semillon/Chardonnay, South Africa |
£13.50 |
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Smooth blend from one of the oldest and well-known wineries in South Africa. Semillon gives it the fruit, Chardonnay gives it the weight. |
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Paul Cluver Riesling, South Africa |
£14.95 |
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The Cluver family are widely known in their native South Africa, mainly for their passion for quality. This is a prime example of what they are good at. New world Riesling is much drier than the German equivalent, ideal with any lighter food or seafood. |
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Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand |
£15.95 |
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From the Marlborough Region on the Northern tip of the Southern Island comes this fabulous wine. What New Zealand is famous for , upfront, very fruity Sauvignon Blancs. Tropical fruit flavours abound ,but with a good balancing acidity. |
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Petit Chablis, Justin Nocevin, France |
£16.95 |
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The usual mineral qualities you expect from Chablis, but with a fullness and richness which belies its lesser Appellation |
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Sancerre, Domaine Cherrier, France |
£17.95 |
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The wines of Sancerre on the Upper Loire are perhaps the easiest in France to recognise. On the chalky hills cut by the river, the Sauvignon grape gives a smell to the wine that is called gunflint. It is slightly smoky, slightly green, slightly spicy. Especially good with seafood, as this wine is bone dry. |
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Champagne available at the bar - please ask. |
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Red Wines |
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Wild Pig Merlot, France |
£10.85 |
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Everyday country red. Soft and fruity with spicy overtones, light in style and hugely reliable. Named after the wild boar who come and plunder the vineyards at the end of summer. |
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Solora Shiraz, Palandri Estate, Australia |
£11.95 |
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Big, bold Western Australian wine. Very spicy nose mellowing out into a soft quaffable red. |
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House Claret, Bordeaux, France |
£11.95 |
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Soft approachable and affordable Claret. Good with the traditional meat dishes but easy enough to drink on its own at the bar. |
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The above wines are available by the glass. |
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Carta Vieja Cabernet Sauvignon |
£12.95 |
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Big, juicy, fruity flavours with no harshness in the wine at all. |
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Navajas Rioja, Spain |
£13.95 |
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This Rioja has a huge following and goes from strength to strength. Be warned , very more-ish and very easy to drink. |
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Cedar Wood Zinfandel, California |
£14.95 |
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Zinfandel is now synonymous with this state. The grape started life in the heel of Italy and is called Primitivo in its native country. Making a similar sort of wine to the Italians, the people at Cedar Wood concentrate on the maximum fruit extraction from their grapes. Very jammy, black fruit flavour mainly and light in tannins, so should not give you a hangover. |
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Forge Mill Pinotage, South Africa |
£15.95 |
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The Pinotage is an indigenous grape to South Africa. This wine is a vibrant, red berry fruited wine which is soft and approachable with a classic rustic overtone of the Pinotage grape. |
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Palandri Cab/Sauv, Margaret River, Australia |
£16.25 |
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Aussie wine at it’s best. Fruity, up-front flavours backed with a powerful, alcoholic mouthful on the finish. Made by Palandri, one of the most forward-thinking of the new wine companies. |
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Fleurie, Domaine Robert, France |
£16.95 |
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World-famous Beaujolais. 100% Gamay grape, light, smooth and very moreish. The French would serve it cool because of the lack of tannin, so depending on the quality, it should not give you a headache. |
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Port, Brandies and Dessert Wines are available at the bar - please ask. |
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