Wine
Mixing traditional and modern wines focusing on indigenous grape varieties.
White Wine
Cavallina Grillo IGT Sicily 2007 13.95 Aromatic, balanced wine, with fresh fruit/florality with a little richness and weight on the palate. Grecanico Bianco Sicilia IGT 2008 Vignali Roccamora 14.25 Delightful, clean fresh Sicilian wine, fractionally off-dry, white/green/yellow fruit nose and palate.
Orvieto DOC Podere Le Vaglie 2009 Umbria 14.50 Lovely, easy fresh green fruit nose reflected with a palate of apples and citrus fruits with a clean finish.
Ponte Pietra Trebbiano-Gargenega 2009 17.5cl 4.85 25cl 6.35 70cl 15.95
Beautifully balanced wine with almond blossom nose, fresh and clean ripe white fruit flavours, lively in the mouth with a gentle apple finish.
Prosecco Primo, NV Cavit 15.95 Fabulous, lightly sparkling prosecco. Lively, fruity honeysuckle bouquet, with a crisp, clean citrus pulp palate. Excellent with or without food.
Verdeca Masseria Torre Rossa IGT Puglia 2008 17.00 Lovely distinctive nose of greengages and yellow plums leading onto a full balanced palate.
Soave DOC Ca De Rocchi 2009 Tinazzi 17.5cl 5.25 25cl 6.50 70cl 17.50 Classic Soave nose, white flowers palate is elegant, clean and floral with a little richness and weight.
Falanghina Beneventano 2008 IGT – Falco 17.50 Beautiful fresh fruit salad aromas encompass the nose. A balanced palate with greengages, aniseed and tarragon to the fore. It has both an element of richness and a gentle lemon sherbet acidity.
Macrina Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2008 - Garofoli 19.00 Superbly elegant and focused wine. Complex white floral aromas mixed with hazelnut, peach and the freshness of green apple are followed by a long elegant palate with an almondy finish.
Pinot Grigio Terrazze della Luna Trentino Cavit 2008 19.65 Clean, pure varietal flavours with light floral/citrus aromas accompanied with soft aniseed and apple notes with a clean finish and a hint of richness in the mouth.
Gavi Di Tessarolo “ La Fornace” 2008 Cinzia Bergaglio 22.00 Fresh, clean floral aromas from the Cortese grape lead onto a palate that gives floral citrus notes with
hints of toasted almonds, apple and sage.
Rosato Wine
Montepulciano Rosato IGT Colli Teatine Masciarelli 2008 17.5cl 5.85 25cl 7.80 70cl bottle 19.50
Pink wine from an acknowledged [late] master of the Montepulciano grape. Pearly-pink with a beautifully assertive, clean palate; tangy strawberry and cranberry notes balanced by good structure.
Metodo Zero Rose NV Di Stefani 27.00 Prosecco, sparkling with a classical delicate floral perfume enhanced by the addition of some Pinot Noir grapes giving colour and red berry fruit aromas and flavours as well as extra backbone and structure.
Sweet Wine
Moscato Passito Palazzina 2005 75ml glass 3.90 35cl bottle 16.50 Classic northern (cool) moscato. Beautiful tangerine and apricot aromas on a sweet yet light and complex palate. Lovely dessert wine not to be underestimated as a calming aperitif.
Red Wine
Negroamaro/Primitivo IGT Puglia 2008 Sole Di Puglia Feudo Di Santa Croce 13.95 Clean red/black berry fruit nose reflected on palate balanced with gentle tannins and refreshing acidity.
Negroamaro IGT Puglia 2008 – Cantine San Giuseppe 17.5cl 4.85 25cl 70cl 15.95 Classic southern Italian grape, full bodied, excellent fruit nose, dry gently spiced finish
Bricco Primitivo IGT 2008 - Bricco 17.00 Primitivo grape from the south - a lovely nose of fresh cherries and plums is reflected on the palate with the addition of warm spicy flavours.
1489 Chianti Riserva 2006 Tenute Toscane 17.00 A delicious, fine-nosed, rose-hip scented red wine, lovely balance - great value.
Nero D’Avola Cent’are Rosso 2007 - Duca di Castelmonte 17.50 Nero D’Avola mixed with 10% Syrah. Full bodied, dark smokey fruit with a typical dusting of cocoa and tobacco. The Syrah lends a touch of sweet fruit to an otherwise dry finish.
Montepulciano Barricato 2007 Adria Vini 18.50 Classic Montepulciano flavours of dark plums and damsons with a rustic hint of smoky earthiness given a lifting, urbane sheen of oak and nicely matured tannins.
Barbera Ceppi Storici 2007 Araldica 18.50 Medium weight Barbera, delicious succulent ripe red fruit perfectly balanced, lovely complexity.
Salice Salentino 2005 Candido 17.5cl 5.70 25cl 7.70 70cl 21.00 Classic southern wine; nicely matured Negroamaro & Malvasia grapes give a scent of warm dried flowers & ripe plums and hints of tobacco to give a limpid, elegant wine, backed with a good structure.
Valpollicella Classico Lucchine DOC 2008 Tedeschi 18.50 Single vineyard producing vibrant black and red cherry fruit nose with a wonderful dry, herbal, cocoa punchy note. Well balanced, dry, sappy and excellent with food.
Primitivo Di Manduria DOC Selezione Masseria Pietrosa 2008 21.00 No apologies for another Primitivo. This has a wonderful typical red/black fruit nose with supple tannins and a sheen of vanilla from 4 months barrique aging. Rich, mouthfilling palate.
Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Classica Masciarelli 2007 (organic) 21.00 From the acknowledged (late) maestro of Montepulciano this has the classic fleshy, earthy, dark damson and blackcurrant fruit flavours of the grape but with more perfumed elegance, finesse and suppleness.
Morellino Di Scansano Bellamarsila 2007 Poggio Argenteira 23.50 A classic chianti blend gives very rich, dark cherry fruit aromas. A mouth filling palate with hints of dark berry fruit and balsamic is balanced with harmonious tannins - a modern Tuscan with roots in the past.
Chianti Classico 2004 Fattoria di Rodano 28.00 Traditional chianti but aged in French barrique. Luscious savoury fruit: plum, wild strawberries and cherry with a cinnamon lift. Unfiltered, unfined – natural and delicious and excellent value.