Just a sample of the wines available...

HALF BOTTLES

White Wines

Loire
Muscadet Sevre&Maine Sur Lie Domaine Saupin 2001 £ 8.75
Full of character and fun to drink

Pouilly Fumé, Domaine des Fines Caillottes Jean Pabiot 2000 £13.00
Pure and attractive Sauvignon character from start to finish

Sancerre Domaine de Montigny H. Natter 2001 £13.90

Macon
Macon Villages Cave de Prissé 2000 £ 9.80
An attractive, floral clean Maconnais.

Bordeaux
Entre Deux Mers Chateau Bel Air 2000 £ 8.70
Top quality grower. Produces fresh and vibrant white Bordeaux

Chateau Nicot 2000 £10.10
A racy crisp Sauvignon Blanc

Chablis
Chablis Domaine de Clamentele 2000 £12.60

Alsace
Pinot Blanc Vieilles Vignes Meyer Fonné 2000 £11.20

Red Wines

Rhone
Chusclan Cotes Du Rhone Villages Seigneurie de Gicon £ 7.50
Gutsy and earthy but also packed with warm fruit characters. This is an excellent Southern Rhone Red.

Burgundy
Savigny Les Beaunes Nicolas Potel 1999 17.25
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Prissé 1999 £8.65
Youthful Pinot Noir with Strawberry fruit Characters and a surprising appeal

Bordeaux
Chateau Nicot Rouge 2000 £ 9.15
Chateau St Christophe Grand Cru St Emilion 1999 £12.90
This family owned Chateau consistently produces velvety, fruit driven
St Emilion wines.

White Wines

Domaine De Grachies VDP des Cotes De Gascogne
Fresh and lively with excellent fruit and a clean and crisp finish
Glass £1.95 50cl Carafe £7.60 Bottle £ 9.95

Sauvignon Blanc Montagne Noire Foncalieu VDP d’Oc
A delicious Sauvignon, full of ripe citrus fruits yet retaining a clean, fresh
finish
Glass £2.15 50cl Carafe £8.00 Bottle £11.95

Moscato d’ Asti , Sourgal, Perrone 2001
The perfect Aperitif! Low in alcohol (5.5% Volume), slightly sparkling,
semi sweet with a lovely floral/grapy bouquet and a light but intense palate
Glass £3.50 Bottle £20.40

Red Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon VDP “Les Vigneaux”
Ripe, approachable Cabernet with great appeal and fine structure
Glass £1.95 50cl Carafe £7.60 Bottle £ 9.95

Merlot Montagne Noire, Foncalieu, Vin de Pays D’Oc
Deep in colour with intense, welcoming fruit flavours and a hint of spice on the palate:
It has structure through its ripe and supple tannins.
Glass £2.15 50cl Carafe £8.00 Bottle £11.95

Rosé Wines

Anjou Rosé 2001 Loire Valley
Medium dry, fragrant pink
Glass £2.30 50cl Carafe £8.10 Bottle £12.45

Chateau de Sours Rosé Bordeaux 2001
One of the finest of all Rosé’s. Made from100% Merlot giving great colour and
delicious creamy fruit flavours Bottle £20.70

“Fish must swim thrice: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and
a third time in wine in the stomach”John Ray (1627-1705) English naturalist

CHAMPAGNES

“The effervescence of this French wine reveals the true brillance of the
French people”
Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher and writer

Philippe D’ Albecourt Brut NV
Very attractive flavours have a hint of creamy fruit
Glass £5.95 Bottle £32.90

Pommery Brut NV
Elegant and refined with quality
Glass £6.50 Bottle £36.95

Laurent Perrier Rosé
A delicate Salmon pink coloured is followed by an explosion of delicate
flavours Bottle £60.00

“Come Brothers, hurry, I am drinking stars!” DomPérignon (1658-1715)
French Monk accredited with discovering how to make Champagne

Our Pommery Section

Pommery Brut Rosé NV
Elegantly robust with the perfect balance of freshness
Bottle £39.95

SPARKLING WINE

Veuve de Bomonde Brut NV
Glass £2.40 Bottle £13.35

White Wines
FRANCE
LOIRE

Sauvignon de Touraine “La Noblette” 01 £12.50
Crisp and fresh. A delightful Sauvignon to match a wide range of fish dishes

Muscadet Sevre&Maine Sur Lie,Dom. Saupin 01 £14.85
Lively fresh Muscadet with clean flavours and well balanced palate

Chateau Chenonceau 2000 £17.95
A Chenin Blanc Cuvée with clean, fresh, generous fruit on the palate

Vouvray Chateau Gaudrelle 2000 £20.50
Lovely, ripe, elegant with lively acidity: this is a medium dry Vouvray
with loads of flavours to the end of a long palate

Menetou-Salon La Tour St Martin 2001 £20.50
Crisply dry Sauvignon Blanc with a supple core of ripe flavours to the finish

Pouilly Fumé Dom. des Fines Caillottes, Alain Pabiot 01 £21.85
This vintage delivers colour, concentration and a great glass of Sauvignon

Sancerre Domaine de Montigny Henry Natter 01 £23.95
This is a superb Sauvignon Blanc!

ALSACE

Pinot Blanc Felix Meyer 2000 £19.25
Perfumed and Floral

Gewurztraminer Tradition Dom. Albert Mann, Alsace 01 £22.50
On the palate a touch of smoke with richness combine with spicy notes

Riesling Albert Mann 2000 £21.70
A classic steely Alsace Riesling. Ripe with crisp acidity

BORDEAUX

“Where there is no wines, love perishes, and everything
else that is pleasant to man”
Euripides (484-407 B.C) Greek playwright

Chateau Nicot Blanc 2000 £16.00
Consistently delicious. The Dubourg family’s racy, crisp Sauvignon Blanc is an established favourite with many customers

BURGUNDY

Macon Villages Blanc Prissé 1999 £16.95
An attractive, floral, clean Maconnais. Delicious freshness
balances fruit

Chablis Domaine de La Clamentele 2000 £22.00
A pleasing textural yet understated fruit and a note of mineral race

Montagny1er Cru Olivier Leflaive 2000 £26.60
A Chardonnay with vibrance and appealing flowery, honeyed fruit

Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon 2001 £28.95
Appealing, pure expressive Chablis with balance and breadth

RHONE

Crozes-Hermitage Domaine des Entrefaux 2001 £19.05
Rich flavours and Southern warmth are enhanced by a fine balance
and a clean, fresh finish

LANGUEDOC & SOUTH WEST

Roussanne Domaine de Virginie 2001 £14.80
Its flowery character can be quite compelling whilst offering a fresh, dry finish

Chateau des Eyssards Blanc, AC Bergerac 2001 £15.05
Deliciously crisp and fresh with green, nettley fruit and a lovely
Underlying richness

Picpoul de Pinet Hughes de Beauvignac 00 £17.25
The richness of the vintage has given this wine great appeal, an ideal
partner to seafood dishes, including oysters

“Wine to me is passion. It’s family and friends. It’s warmth of heart and
generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It’s culture. It’s the essence of civilization
and the art of living”
from “Harvests of Joy” by Robert Mondavi, American winery owner

EUROPE

ITALY

Trebbiano IGT, Terre Cortesi Moncaro, Marches £10.50
A fruit laden and a little off dry wine. Has wide appeal
and goes with everything

Frascati Superiore Villa Morena 2001 £12.95

Pinot Grigio Avio Trentino 2001 £16.30
This Pinot Grigio has a discrete bouquet with good depth and character
on the palate; slightly spicy and quite full bodied

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico, Staffilo 2001 £17.10
Dry, fresh and crisp with a rounded nutty characteristic.
It is an all-round white

GERMANY

Klusserather Bruderschaft Riesling-Kabinett 2000 £12.80
Delicate but evocative scent, possesses a lovely filigree body.

SPAIN

Rioja Blanco, Marqués de Càceres 2000 £14.50
Dry, light and fresh. A delightful wine vinified in the French style

NEW WORLD

AUSTRALIA

Semillon Chardonnay Randall Bridge 01 £13.35
A delightful combination of citrussy Semillon and buttery Chardonnay.
Tremendously appealing multi purpose, off dry white

Madfish, unwooded Chardonnay, Great Southern 2001 £20.35
Has fresh, ripe pineapple and citrus notes and a clean, lively zesty freshness
Delicious!

CHILE

Sauvignon Blanc Las Mercedes J. Bouchon 2000 £12.00
This is a supple and refreshing, pure and slightly spicy wine.Unoaked
With hints of grapefruit this is a light wine with good freshness and excellent balance

Rio Claro Sauvignon Blanc, Maipo Valley 2001 £15.50
Deliciously crisp Sauvignon. Vibrant bouquet.

CALIFORNIA

Sauvignon Blanc Pedroncelli, Sonoma 2001 £18.70
Ripe Melon fruit aromas with a hint of spice from 60%of the blend maturing in oak for the first two months

SOUTH AFRICA

Chenin Blanc Academy2001 £13.60
Fruit driven with aromas of tropical fruit and Bananas

NEW ZEALAND

Sauvignon Blanc Allan Scott 2002 Marlborough £19.45
Delicate and racy. A really lip-smacking, zesty Sauvignon

Chardonnay C.J. Pask 1999 Hawke’s Bay £20.40
A delicate style of “Kiwi”Chardonnay. Displays clean, lightly tropical flavours

“Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness
forget his toil and fear her danger, opens a new world when this,
the present, palls”
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
English Poet

“Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine has ever been granted
by the gods to man”
Plato ( 427-347 B.C)
Greek Philosopher

Red wines

FRANCE

LOIRE

Chinon La Thouette 2000 £17.25
A good earthy Loire Valley red with good fruit and fine balance

Sancerre “Domaine des Buissonnes” R. Naudet 2001 £21.45

Gamay de Touraine Bom. Bellevue 2001 £13.75
For a light easy drinking red wine this is a perfect choice.

Saumur La Coix Verte Cave des Vignerons de Saumur 99 £15.25

BORDEAUX

Chateau de La Fleur Chauvin St Emilion 1998 £24.25
Bright, vivacious red fruit aroma and palate. The pure and pristine
qualities this wine displays together with its succulent flavours
make it one of the “must buys”

Chateau Nicot 2000 £16.00
Well-made, smooth in texture

Chateau St Christophe Grand Cru St Emilion 1998 £28.00
This family owned Chateau consistently produces velvety, fruit driven
St Emilion wines. This time 98 is no exception

SOUTH WEST

Chateau des Eyssards Bergerac 1999 £15.45
Has delicious ripe cherry flavours

BEAUJOLAIS

Beaujolais Villages Domaine du Clos Du Fief 2001 £18.65
Typically vibrant with vivid summer fruit flavours

Julienas Domaine Du Clos Du Fief, Michel Tète 2000 £29.30
Rich, abundant summer fruit aromas, with a fleshy succulence on the palate.
This has real charm with a weight and structure that is so classic of quality cru
Beaujolais. Densely concentrated and lovely on the finish

BURGUNDY

Bourgogne Pinot Noir Prissé 1999 £15.95
Youthful Pinot Noir with Strawberry fruit characters and a surprising appeal

Hautes Cotes de Beaune JL Joillot 2000 £20.50
Full flavoured Burgundy with body and opulence

RHONE

Crozes Hermitages Domaine des Entrefaux 2000 £19.50
An excellent Rhone vintage has produced this full gutsy Crozes Hermitage

Gigondas Domaine Fourmone L’Ousteau Fauquet 2000 £25.30
Robust and full flavoured, it also possesses remarkable finesse and
Complexity. Delicious

Chateauneuf du Pape Domaine de la Roquette 1997 £34.50
Softer Tannins than usual render this fine-scented Rhone wine delicious
to drink now

“I drink almost only red Wine,and I’m absolutely convinced that it
makes me much healthier”
Rudolph Giuliani American politician

“Wine… one sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight beyond the
bliss of dreams.
Be wise and taste”
John Milton (1608-1674)
English Poet

EUROPE

ITALY

Sangiovese IGT, Terre Cortesi Moncaro Marches £10.50
A garnet coloured red wine with delicious full fruity flavours

Chianti Rufina, Villa di Vetrice, Fratelli Grati 99 £15.50
Concentrated blackcurrant fruit combine with soft ripe tannins.
Generous and full flavoured.

Merlot Bollini Trentino 2000 £15.80
Soft plumy fruit with no oak makes this an appealing charming wine
with modern Italian style


SPAIN

Rioja Carta de Oro Berberana 1999 £18.10
High quality, classically styled Rioja with soft mature fruit enhanced by
classy oak ageing

NEW WORLD

AUSTRALIA

Shiraz Rolleston Vale 2000 £14.40
Rich and full flavoured, this Australian charmer slips down a treat

Madfish, Shiraz, Great Southern Margaret River 00 £21.80
Deep in colour with rich, voluptuous aromas and flavours. A generous mouthful
of opulent spicy fruit with hints of vanilla and oak.

CHILE

Merlot Norte Chico 2001 £13.90
Ripe smooth and appealing, quite weighty with rounded fruits

“…Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.”
M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992) American writer

CALIFORNIA

Zinfandel, Pedroncelli, Sonoma 2000 £18.70
Open berry aromas and summer pudding flavours. Has a lipsmacking
Character

SOUTH AFRICA

Pinotage Cinsaut 2001 Pearl Spring £15.35

Vlottenburg Cabernet Sauvignon Stellenbosh 1999 £17.50
Soft with dark, rich Cassis fruit and hints of Vanilla

ARGENTINA

Malbec Reserva, Bodegas Lurton, Mendoza 2000 £21.45
Oak aged. Rich and intense, ripe and generously spiced.

“At first there’s nothing but a sour bunch of beads hanging down.
Time passes, the sun ripens them, they become as sweet as honey and then
they’re called grapes.
We trample on them; we extract the juice and put it into casks;
it ferments on its own;
It’s become wine! It’s a miracle!

Nikos Kazantzakis (1885-1957)
Greek poet and writer

DESSERT WINES

Moscato d’ Asti , Sourgal, Perrone 2001
The perfect Aperitif! Low in alcohol (5.5% Volume), slightly sparkling,
semi sweet with a lovely floral/grapy bouquet and a light but intense palate
Glass £3.50 Bottle £20.40

Muscat de Beaumes de Venise Dom. Des Coyeaux 2000
A superb vin doux naturel, elegant, enticing, nay seductive, with precise tangerine
Like fruit and a creamy, clean palate.
Glass £3.60 ½ Bottle £16.70 Bottle £31.10

Cuvée Baron Frédéric, Bordeaux Supérieur Moelleux 1994
Sweetness giving way to a medium richness in this fine dessert wine
50cl Bottle £11.10

There are few pleasures more fulfilling than a fine glass of wine. From its
fragrant bouquet and beautiful colour to its elegant taste, wine is a delight
to the senses in so many ways…

“In Europe we thought of wine as something healthy and normal as food and
also a great giver of happiness and well-being delight.
Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult;
it was natural as eating and to me as necessary”

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
American writer