These wines are selected not just for quality in their own right, but also to compliment our food. There are no rigid rules in matching food and wine but as a guide pair delicate flavours together, acidity (crispness) with salty and oily food, and intensity with richness. Clearly sweet wine is best with dessert, although our slightly sweet welcome drink is just right to gently warm up your palate before the meal!. Champagne serves well as an appetiser, too, and compliments most of our starters and fish dishes. For more recommendations please ask us!
Wines by the glass & bottle
House Whites
Grand Cape Sauvignon Blanc – Western Cape, South Africa
Dry and refreshing, with a citrus and gooseberry tang
more- Bottle£18.00
- 175ml£4.35
Murphys Unoaked Chardonnay – Big Rivers, Australia
Very drinkable; un-oaked, with soft, ripe tropical fruit.
more- Bottle£17.00
- 175ml£4.00
Pinot Grigio Ancora – Pavia, Italy
Ripe and tasty northern Italian Pinot Grigio
more- Bottle£18.00
- 175ml£4.35
House Reds
Condorito Merlot – Central Valley, Chile
Mellow & medium bodied, elegant, tasty red
more- Bottle£17.00
- 175ml£4.00
Murphys Shiraz – Big Rivers, Australia
Big, soft, ozzie Shiraz…the one we all know and love!
more- Bottle£17.00
- 175ml£4.00
Rosé wine
Camina Tempranillo Rosada – La Mancha, Spain
A pale salmon–pink in colour, with bags of ripe raspberry fruit- a classic dry style from Central Spain
more- Bottle£17.00
- 175ml£4.00
Big Top White Zinfandel – California, USA
Super juicy off-dry rose, full of strawberries.
more- Bottle£18.00
- 175ml£4.35
Dry, herbaceous and aromatic whites
Handmade Chenin Blanc – Stellenbosch, South Africa
As fresh and clean as a whistling daisy; made at Kaapzicht Estate from ancient Chenin vines that give a surprising weight and intensity of fruit to the wine- it’s really, really good!
more- £20.50
Sancerre Pre Semelle – Loire, France
Classic Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre; elegant and fresh, laced with citrus fruit, gooseberries and elderflower with a racy mineral finish. Very flattering to seafood and a classic match for goat’s cheese.
more- £39.95
Delicate, dry whites
Rioja Vega Blanco – Rioja, Spain
Absolutely delicious White Rioja in the modern style, with 50% Viura giving zippy freshness and 50% Tempranillo Blanco (an ‘Albino’ version of the red grape discovered about 15 years ago!) giving a creamy lushness.
more- £19.25
Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi Monte Schiavo – Marche, Italy
Michael’s recommendation for the more delicate fish dishes. Dry, crisp and almost salty, with a green apple twist and a minerally tang.
more- £19.95
Macon-Solutre-Pouilly Romanin – Burgundy, France
Tip-top white Burgundy, round, fresh, citric and creamy; made at Denis Vervier’s tiny (think large garage) winery in the tiny hamlet of Solutre-Pouilly. Good value for the region!
more- £26.99
Pecorino Caparrone Contesa – Abruzzo, Italy
100% Pecorino grapes: classic, delicate floral, stone fruit & citrus aromas lead to a palate of fresh peach notes backed by a mineral texture, nutty hints and crisp freshness
more- £25.99
Full-flavoured, oaked whites
DeMorgonzon Maestro White – Stellenbosch, South Africa
Michael liked this so much he insisted it go on the list! It’s a fabulously intense, rich, mouth-watering oaked wine in the image of a white Rhone. Made from Roussanne, Chenin, Viognier and Chardonnay, it gets its name from the winery’s daily practice of playing classical music to the vines!!!
more- £35.95
Soft and juicy red wines
Ca Di Ponti Nero D’Avola – Sicily
As dark as bruised plums but less painful. Made from a local grape “the black of Avola” which gives a hearty, deep, soft red not unlike shiraz. Sicily can produce great value wines like this when they put their mind to it.
more- £18.75
Rioja Crianza Vina Anzarena – Rioja, Spain
The classic sort of Rioja, combining the mellow texture of oak maturation with warm plum and berry fruit flavours, to very satisfying effect.
more- £22.25
Les Oliviers Grenache – Pays D’Oc, France
A grape variety enjoying a surge in popularity at the moment due to its red-fruited, juicy, medium-bodied freshness. Dive in, the water’s lovely!
more- £19.95
Medium bodied, elegant reds
Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Conviviale – Abruzzo, Italy
Medium-bodied but ripe, soft and full-flavoured with Morello cherry fruit, touches of damson and a juicy finish.
more- £18.95
Percheron Old Vine Cinsault – South Africa
From old gnarly, wizened Cinsault vines comes a youthful, plump, juicy, pert, red-fruited, elegant wine. It’s medium-bodied but nicely perfumed and very nice to drink.
more- £19.25
Chateau Mayne Vieil – Fronsac, Bordeaux, France
100% MERLOT!!! One of the most consistent wines of Fronsac (downstream from St. Emilion), showing a sumptuous, velvety array of black cherry, plum, leather and dark chocolate in a firm structure.
more- £29.95
Santa Alba Reserva Pinot Noir – Maipo, Chile
A great choice for those looking for a lighter bodied red; floral, herbal scents of rosemary; translucent cherry-red; mouthwatering plum & strawberry fruit in the mouth.
more- £19.95
Spicy, warming red wines
Marques de Castilla Barrica Merlot/Cabernet – La Mancha, Spain
How do the Spanish do it? A sumptuously soft, complex creamy, oak-aged wine at a price/quality point that would bankrupt anyone else? Don’t worry too much and just enjoy!
more- £18.95
Cotes du Rhone-Villages Les Coteaux – Rhone Valley, France
Great example of Cotes-du-Rhone, from an award winning producer. Smooth with flavours of black cherry, damson, pepper and wild mushroom, with 24 months in barrel too.
more- £23.50
DeMorgonzon DMZ Syrah – Stellenbosch, South Africa
From the first vineyard in Stellenbosch to get the morning sun, comes this fragrant Syrah – look out for aromas of violets, lavender, clove, pepper and cinnamon, then get stuck in to the fresh, moreish fruit. If you like Crozes Hermitage, you’ll like this.
more- £27.50
Big, fruit driven red wines
Barbera D’Asti Crocera – Piemonte, Italy
A chunky, intense example of this classic Piemontese grape. It’s deep, dark and inky in the glass, then full-bodied with lashing of black cherry and dark chocolate from 12 months in barrel.
more- £21.95
Quara Malbec – Cafayate, Argentina
From vineyards 1800m above sea level, this is a lovely, lightly oaked red; silky smooth and soft in the mouth, rich with plum, pepper and spice flavours.
more- £24.95
Ernie Els “The Big Easy” Red – Stellenbosch, South Africa
Rich but with an amazingly easy silkiness, this Shiraz/Cabernet blend has a complex array of rosemary, cured meat, sweet cherry, fynbos, spice and honeycomb. Els has his own vines, winery and a brilliant winemaker which all adds up to a pretty serious outfit, making some of the best reds in the world.
more- £38.25
Amarone della Valpolicella ‘Fondatore’ – Veneto, Italy
Made by Montresor, this is one of the great classic wines of the world. Grapes are dried on racks for 3 months then fermented and aged for 3 years in oak, creating an intense, opaque and full-bodied wine tasting of raisins, black cherry, dark chocolate and spice with a mouth-coating texture.
more- £59.95
Champagne & Sparkling wine
Prosecco Ca Bolani Spumante NV 20cl
The fully sparkling version of this peachy elixir! This bottle’s big enough for a couple of flutes so why not start things off with a bit of fizz?
more- £6.95
Prosecco Ca Bolani Frizzante NV
The lifeblood of Venice! Frizzante means a persistent spritz rather than Champagne-like frothiness…crisp, refreshing and full of delightful peaches and pears.
more- £22.95
Graham Beck Brut Rosé NV – Western Cape, South Africa
Beautiful salmon-pink colour, soft creamy mousse and a decadent, strawberry and vanilla infused taste.
more- £31.99
Gobillard Brut Tradition NV – Champagne, France
Made by a small family firm with high standards, showing a fine balance of fruit, weight, and crisp acidity. It’s a wine that puts many more famous producers in the region to shame.
more- Bottle£36.25
- Half Bottle£19.75
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin ‘Yellow Label’ Brut NV – Champagne, France
One of the most famous marques of Champagne, and one that lives up to its high profile. Elegant and refined in flavour with stewed apple fruit and creamy-yeasty complexity.
more- £65.00
Juicy and ripe whites
Picpoul de Pinet L’Ormarine – Languedoc, France
A lush, intense, fresh white made from the local Picpoul grape; drinking it is a bit like being lightly slapped by a spicy pear, in a good way.
more- £21.95
Opta Branco – Dao, Portugal
A wonderful blend of Encruzado, Malvasia Fina and Cerceal Branco (didn't he play for Brazil?); lush, fresh and very easy; the molecules of fruit just cling to the mouth for an absolute age using tenacious fruit claws. You should be drinking this!
more- £22.95
Dry, herbaceous and aromatic whites
The Cut Sauvignon Blanc – Nelson, New Zealand
Passion fruit, gooseberries, kiwi fruit – nobody makes a more richly flavoured style of Sauvignon than the New Zealanders, and this is an impressive example with room-filling aromas. Made at boutique Kahurangi Estate in Nelson.
more- £22.25
Dessert Wine
Moscato Passito Palazinni – Piemonte, Italy
Combined with a Smith’s dessert, the perfect way to end your meal! Made by air-drying grapes to concentrate the sugars giving a sweet, and intensely aromatic wine, with citrus and marmalade flavours.
more- Bottle£15.50
- 75ml£3.60