White Wine

  • 2009 Madregale Bianco, Terre di Chieti

    Abruzzo, Italy

    Enjoyable Chardonnay, fresh in style, minerals with a pleasant tropical fruit on the nose and citrus-edged on palate. Fantastic with white fish.

    • £15.50 bottle

  • 2009 Grecanico Fiorile, Duca di Castelmonte

    Sicily, Italy

    Made from 100% Grecanico grapes, the wine is deceptively dry, masked by fresh, fruity and delicate tones of citrus fruits.

    • £17.95 bottle

  • 2009 Pinot Grigio "Trefili", San Marziano

    Veneto, Italy

    Fresh and lively, mineraly and stone fruit flavours as apple and pear, it is ideal with light seafood and pasta dishes.

    • £19.70 bottle

  • 2009 Gavi di Gavi Tacchino

    Piedmont, Italy

    (100% Cortese)

    If aromatic, apéritif-style Gauls or food-suitable white burgundies are not your style, try al fresco dining with an Italian. An aromatic, lively, lemony, floral, steely, summer-scented white is your reward. Enjoy Italy’s answer to Chablis with spicy salami and other antipasti.

    • £29.50 bottle

  • 2007 Pinot Grigio Marjan Simcic, Goriska Grda

    Slovenia

    Who would have thought that a Pinot Grigio could be of such a good quality? Much of the vineyard is in Italian territory and produced by this renowned winemaker. This wine is rich though easy drinking and made with love. It is intense, finely balanced with a little fruit and spice. A soft, mature and fruity initial bouquet, on the palate takes on a hint of apricot and melon. Very enchanting with a soft texture and is very characteristic of the true variety.

    • £33.25 bottle

  • 2008 Mueller-Thurgau, Cantina Valle Isarco

    Alto Adige, Italy

    (100% Muller-Thurgau)

    A wonderful fragrant mountain wine from some of Europe’s highest slopes (vineyards at 950m above sea level) really reminiscent of alpine white flowers with crisp green apple flavour.

    • £33.00 bottle

  • 2006 Vermentino, Guado al Tasso, DOC Bolgheri

    Maremma, Italy

    Situated in Maremma on the Tuscan coast, 96km south-west of Florence, the Guado al Tasso Estate extends from the green hills surrounding the old village of Bolgheri down to the sea. Intense, fruity perfume with typical hints of the Vermentino grape variety. On the palate is full with lovely mineral leading to a long lingering finish.

    • £31.50 bottle

  • 2006 Cascina Pellerino, Roero Arneis “Desire’ “ DOCG

    Piedmont, Italy

    Arneis is the white grape of Italy's Piedmont region. It produces a lightly styled white wine with gentle citrus edged orchard fruits that recalls pear and apricot and a slightly bitter floral note that can resemble almonds on the palate. Traditionally Arneis was produced as a slightly sweet wine and several producers continue this tradition.

    • £24.95 bottle

  • 2007 Gewurztraminer, Cantina Valle Isarco

    Alto Adige, Italy

    (100% Gewurztraminer)

    Gewurztraminer variety originates supposedly from the village of Tramin in this Alpine region. In fact the grape prefers hilly terrain in cooler sites which have to be sunny and well-ventilated. The wine has a lovely bouquet of dried fruits, nutmeg and sweet spice and is rich and viscous

    • £37.95 bottle

  • 2008 Verdicchio di Matelica, Colle Stefano  Organic

    Marche, Italy

    This organic winery practices sustainable viticulture at high altitude. An electrifying wine with good acidity, well balanced and plenty of herby and rich fruit aromas.

    • £24.95 bottle

  • 2008 Malvasia, IGT Salento Conti Zecca Donna Marzia

    Puglia, Italy

    Soft pressed and fermented in stainless steel to maintain the grapes fresh fruit characteristics. Straw yellow in colour with a surprisingly rich and ripe peach and pear-fruit nose. The palate is light rounded and fruity with a deliciously fresh crisp finish.

    • £19.75 bottle

  • 2007 Greco di Tufo, Benito Ferrara

    Campania, Italy

    If you like complex, concentrated fruit driven white wines, then this is the wine for you. The wine has medium straw yellow with complex mineral tones, acacia flower, kerosene and baked apples on the nose. Complex and concentrated palate displaying an array of tropical fruit flavours, smoky notes, pronounced acidity and a long finish.

    • £38.25 bottle

  • 2002 Marche Bianco, San Lorenzo

    Marche, Italy

    (100% Verdicchio)

    The Marche Bianco vineyard is situated on the Adriatic coast around the city of Ancona. Natalino Crognaletti started making wines in 1995. His ambition was to make Verdicchio that reflected the territory. This wine has a golden-yellow colour, warm nose of yeast, dried fruits (apricots, pears). Lively attack on the palate with pronounced spicy notes, creamy fruit and brisk finish.

    • £BioVino half-bottle
    • £45.16 bottle

  • 2008 Cometa, Planeta

    Sicily, Italy

    (100% Fiano)

    Made using 100% Fiano, this indigenous Sicilian variety has gloriously open fruit on the nose, with a rich, crystalline, pear-like character. The palate is also hugely distinctive, with flavours of pears, apricots, and lychee backed up nicely with good acidity and minerals. A volcanic beauty!

    • £45.40 bottle

  • 2007 Planeta Chardonnay

    Sicily

    "Pale straw-yellow with golden highlights. Butter and vanilla notes complement the aromas of banana, candied orange and pineapple, with a sexy jasmine accent providing lift. Very ripe chardonnay, hinting at some residual sweetness but with noteworthy intensity and underlying structure to the ripe banana and pineapple flavours.

    • £46.50 bottle

  • 2002 Trebbiano D'Abruzzo "Marina Cvetic", Gianni Masciarelli

    Abruzzo, Italy

    (100% Trebbiano)

    Masciarelli made the poor Trebbiano variety eligible among the greatest Italian whites. The white Cvetic, one of the country’s most awarded white wines, manages to combine great extract, a nose of finesse, fruit warmth and mineral freshness, power and depth of flavour.

    • £57.50 bottle

  • 2009 Sauvignon de Touraine, Guy Allion

    Loire Valley, France

    A fruity Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley with all the trademark fruity/grassy notes expected from this grape. A delicious choice as an aperitif or just to have with a seafood dish.

    • £21.50 bottle

  • 2008 Bordeaux Blanc Sec, Le G de Chateau Guiraud

    Bordeaux, france

    Bright pale straw colour. The nose displays aromas of gooseberry, spice & melon with some grassy background notes. The palate has filled out since our initial tasting – excellent mouthfeel & texture with flavours of gooseberry, melon, tropical fruit and citrus with some underlying lees and grassy herbaceous characters. Dry, crisp, flinty finish with perfect acidity.

    • £36.00 bottle

  • 2008 Chablis, Jean Marc Brocard  Organic

    Burgundy, France

    (Light Oak)

    Jean-Marc Brocard is widely recognised as one of Chablis' leading producers. The approach is one of minimal intervention in both vineyard and winery: Fresh nose with light fruity aromas and elegant minerality on the palate; compared to Brocard's regular Chablis, this organic version has an extra degree of vividness and savoury complexity.

    • £41.25 bottle

  • 2008 Pouilly Fuisse

    Burgundy, France

    Impeccably made, with well-judged use of oak, excellent texture, complexity and balance these are just a few of the phrases used to describe Christophe Cordier's wines. He takes a very "Côte de Beaune" approach in the vineyard and winery and is known as one of Burgundy's finest winemakers.

    • £59.50 bottle

  • 2006 Meursault "Clos du Cromin", Chateau Genot-Boulanger

    Burgundy, France

    (Oaked)

    Chateau Genot Boulanger is situated in 27.5 hectares in 92 Cotes de Beaune vineyards scattered from Chambolle to Mercurey. The Meursault Clos du Cromin exhibits floral aromas, notes of toasted almonds and cashew and a rich buttery palate with flavours of vanilla, citrus and mineral.

    • £62.95 bottle

  • 2007 Sylvain Bzikot, Puligny Montrachet

    Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France

    (Unoaked)

    Evoking grace and refinement Bzikot's village Puligny-Montrachet also has richness and density, seductive aromas of fresh butter, hazelnut and fresh fruits and also a lovely citrus freshness to round off. The oak is all but unnoticeable and the freshness of the fruit comes through with minerality.

    • £36.00 half-bottle
    • £68.00 bottle

  • 2008 Terras Gauda, Albarino Abadia de San Campio

    Rias Baixas, Galicia, Spain

    The wines of Terras Gauda are located in the subzone of O Rosal on the terraces that rise steeply above the river Mino which divides Spain from Portugal. The Abadia (100% Albarino) is very attractive with citrus, grapefruit, pineapple and mandarin flavours.

    • £14.95 half-bottle

  • 2009 Chenin Blanc, Ruitersvlei

    Paarl, South Africa

    Paarl has a warm Mediterranean climate, highly conducive to vine-growing. Typical Chenin Blanc flavours - hints of guava, fruit salad notes and honeycomb.

    • £16.95 bottle

  • 2007 Pinot Gris, René Muré

    Alsace, France

    The Muré family have been making wine in the southerly Rouffach region since the end of the Thirty Years War in 1648; René is the eleventh generation in charge, and farms both the original holdings and the Clos St Landelin, a thirteen-hectare plot within the Grand Cru Vorbourg bought by his grandfather in 1935. This Wine is Richly dry, with enticing flavours of spiced pear, clean citrussy balance and a good positive finish.

    • £28.45 bottle

  • 2009 Afros,Vinho Verde, Loureiro

    Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal

    Afros: One of three bio-dynamic vineyards in the Vinho Verde region, Afros is the ultimate ‘green’ wine. Both harmonious and pure, the citrus color, fruity aroma, and crisp minerality of the Afros Loureirois is a true Vinho Verde standout.

    • £28.60 bottle

  • 2008 Viu Manent Chardonnay, Reserva

    Casablanca, Chile

    This pale yellow wine opens with a slightly smoky pineapple bouquet with hints of oak. On the palate, this luscious medium bodied wine is balanced, crisp, with tropical fruit flavours with lime standing out. The finish is dry and refreshing.

    • £27.80 bottle

  • 2008 Gruner Veltiner Strasse Hasel

    Kamptal, Austria

    This wine starts off in quite exotic fashion, but then reveals its high cheekbones, with fresh grapefruit flesh, a white pepper edge and a little yet spicy, minerally finish. Delicious with food or as an aperitif.

    • £29.50 bottle

  • 2006 Pinot Gris "Dundee Hills", Sokol Blosser  Organic

    Oregon, USA

    (Unoaked)

    Considered by many as one of the very best American organic wines. This versatile food wine is complex, combined with a focused steely backbone and a creamy lushness. Autumn in a glass!

    • £39.00 bottle

  • 2007 Ten Minutes by Tractor 10X Sauvignon Blanc

    Mornington Peninsula, Australia

    Palest lemon in colour with a bright lifted nose of lemon barley water some passionfruit tart and smokey hints of oak. Sweet fruited and crisp on the palate with lemon and passionfruit. More complex and less obviously varietal than your run of the mill Sauvignon Blanc; it is exceptional.

    • £46.25 bottle

  • 2003 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese

    Nahe, Germany

    This is a wine that over delivers. Lovely and fresh with dry pear and apple fruit. Nice weight and fullness on the palate, with beautifully crisp, zesty lemon acidity and again that dry apply acid adding a quality of tautness. Retaining lots of charm and fruitiness into a long, pure finish. A blockbuster.

    • £67.00 bottle