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SPARKLING WINES
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Asti Spumante Zonin 7.5%vol. (7)
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Slightly sweet sparkling wine from the village of Asti in North
West Italy.
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Fresh and luscious, soft and elegant.
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Carrington
Fine Cuvee Brut Orlando Winery 11.5% vol. (1)
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This Australian sparlking wine is stylish and crisp with a lovely
richness from the inclusion of Pinot Noir in the blend.
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Marques de
Monistrol Rose Cava 12% vol (2)
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Lovely off-dry pink sparkling wine made by the Champagne method
in the Spanish town of Saint Sadurni D'Anoia.
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Kriter Brut
de Brut 1992 Extra Leger 11.5% vol. (1)
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"The light and more delicate the wine, the more pleasing and
refreshing its flavour". Produced in Beaune by the House of
Kriter.
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Blanquette
de Limoux Brut 1988 12% vol (2)
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A vintage method champenoise from Languedoc in Southern France,
soft and not too dry. A blend of Mauzac, Chardonnay and Chinen Blanc
grapes.
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Cuvee Napa
Brut NV Methode Champenoise 12% vol. (2)
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Produced in Carlifornia by the famous Champagne house of Mumm -
and it shows.
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Awarded a Bronze medal in the 1995"International Wine Challenge".
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CHAMPAGNES
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Roualet Desbordes
NV Premier Cru Brut 12% vol. (2)
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Our excellent value House Champagne, ripe and rounded from the
village of Champillon.
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Made from grapes grown only in the "Premier
Cru" rated vineyards.
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Moet et Chandon NV 12% vol. (1)
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Still the most popular Champagne in Britain.
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Autreau "Les Perles de la
Dhuy" Premier Cru Vintage 1989 12% vol. (1)
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A Blanc de Blanc Champagne - from a blend of Chardonnay from the
"Cote des Blancs" for its delicacy and Chardonnay from
the "Valee de la Marne" for its body.
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Veuve Cliquot NV Brut Yellow Label
12% vol. (1)
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Veuve Cliquot Champagne is still inspired
by the motto of its founder, Madame Cliquot..."One quality,
the finest"
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Bollinger Vintage 12% vol. 1988
(2)
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From one of the top Champagne houses. That still vinifies its vintage
Champagne in Oak vats.
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Krug "Grand Cuvee" (2)
N.V.
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Quite simply the King of Champagne. The blends
are personally put together by the fifth generation ofKrugs - Henri
and Remy - who are perfectionists. As many as 50 different wines
from 25 villages and 10 seperate vintages go into thier "Grande
Cuvee".
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FIRST CHOICE / WHITE WINES
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Piesporter Michelsberg 1997 ObA
Lange & Scharf 9.5% vol. (4)
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From Germany
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Excellent medium-dry Mosel with a typical
mouth-watering aftertaste.
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Niersteiner Gutes Domtal 1997 Einig
Zenzen 9.5% vol. (5)
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From Germany
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Nice Grapey flavoured medium white with attractive floral bouquet.
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Exceptional quality from Einig Zenzen, presented
in a black bottle.
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Frascati Superiore "San Matteo"
1996 11.5% vol. (2)
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From Italy
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On the dry side of medium-dry. A classic
white wine from just outside Rome.
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Vouvray "Les Fouchets"
1997 Henri Vallon 12% vol. (3)
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From France.
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A juicy medium white from the Loire Valley,
full of fruit and flavour with a racy finish.
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Santa Carolina Chardonnay 1997
13% vol. (2)
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From Chile
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This is a very well made Chardonnay, produced
from vineyards in the Lontue Valley in Central Chile. Highly recommended.
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Brown Brothers Chenin Blanc 1995
12% vol. (3)
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From Australia
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Launched onto the UK market in 1993. This wine clearly demonstrates
the expertise of the Brown Brothers Team.
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Clean, refreshing.
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Muscadet "Sur Lie" 1996
Chateau Du Cotelet 12% vol. (1)
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From France
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Light and refreshing with a tickle on the toungue, this crisp dry
wine is the result of bottling "off the lees".
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Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 1997
Corbans Estate 11.5% vol. (1)
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From New Zealand
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Classical Sauvignon Blanc. Clean, crisp and dry. Made by the Corban
family who have been making wine in New Zealand since 1887.
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Cariad Medium-Dry Kernling 1996
11% vol. from Wales (3)
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One super Welsh wine produced in the vale of Glamorgan at Llanerch
vineyards by Peter and Diane Andrews. It's fresh and clean with
a hint of spice, good weight and tasty finish.
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Anglesey Chardonnay 1996 Australia
12% vol. (1)
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The name is only coincidental A stylish full bodied dry white
full of fruit flavours -well balanced and not over oaked.
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FIRST CHOICE/ RED WINES
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Valpociella "Classico"
1995 12% vol.
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From Italy
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Light and dry top of the range red fromthe
Veneto reigon of north-east Italy.
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Les peupliers 1996 Cotes du Rhone
13% vol.
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From France
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Peppery nose with a good flavour with a long
firm spicy finish.
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Santa Digna Cabernet Sauvignon
1995 Miguel Torres 12% vol.
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From Chile
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Produced by the "Gurk" of Spanish
wines who had the foresight to but vineyards in Chile back in 1979.
A superb Chilean Red wine which has a subtle blackurrant bouquet
and a silky smooth flavour.
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Anglesey Shiraz 1997 Australia
12% vol.
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sturdy full bodied red with a lovely liquorice
nose and ripe around voluptuous flavour.
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Chateau Timberlay 1995 Bordeaux
Superior from France 12.5% vol.
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Lovely spicy bouquet, full fat and ripe flavour-
lovely Long, long finish from this award winning Petit Chateau
Claret.
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Marques de Caceres Tinti 1994 Rioja
Crianza 12.5% vol.
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From Spain
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With a hint of vanilla oak, a mouthful of
subtle flavour and a long lingering aftertaste.
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Bairrada Tinto Reserva 1982 Frei
Joao from Portugal 12% vol.
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You need to start with a stout, robust wine after the harvest,
if you're going to put in oak barrels for four years
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and then wait another six years before it's
even ready for drinking. Well worth the wait
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Dieu donne Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
from South Africa 12% vol.
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From a single estate in Franschoeck Valley. The sine making skills
of the French Huguenots shows through here. A good warm flavour
of spice and "blackurrant" fruit. Awarded Bronze medal
at the International Wine Challenge.
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ROSE
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Torres Carbenet Sauvignon Rose
1996 12% vol. (3)
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Gorgeous strawberry bouquet with a lovely ripe flavour with bags
of fruit - a lovely wine.
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MORE CHOICE/ WHITE WINES
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Macon Blanc Villages 1996 "Domaine
Seigneuret" 12.5% vol. (1)
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An excellent single Domaine produced by Loren
Et Fils. Made from 100%. Cahrdonnay not far from the village which
gave it's name to this grape variety. Very clean and refreshing.
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DR. Zenzen Spatlese 1996 QmP Rheinhessen
9.5% vol. (7)
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Mouth watering high quality medium-sweet produced from "late
harvested" grapes by one of Germany's top estate wine-makers
- Louis Guntrum Presented in an unique blue bottle.
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Brown Brothers Semillion 1996 from
Australia 13% vol. (1)
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Elegant and quite stunning with a long crisp flavour some dry finish.
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Produced in Victoria, Australia
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Dieu Donne Chardonnay ( 8 months
oak) 1995 14% vol. (2)
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This is a wine totally in balance, the use of Oak age is just right
to enable the wine to shine through - A class South Africa act
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Chateau Piron 1989 AC Graves 12%
vol. (1)
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A particularly attractive Graves, chateau bottled by Monsieur P
Boyreau.
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A very clean dry wine, tasty and nicely rounded..
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Villa Mt. Eden Chardonnay 1989
California 12.5% vol. (2)
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The Napa Valley's anwser to COte d'Or Bourgogne Blanc. Lots of
varietal flavour and a finish which nearly,
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but not quite emulates the finesse and subtlety
of the French masters.
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Pouilly Fume AC "Domaine des
Berthiers" 1997 13% vol. (1)
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JC Dagueneau
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From one of the top vineyards of Pouilly Fume. Afruity but sharp
pale wine, superb with fish.
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Goldwater "Dog Point"
Sauvignon Blanc 1996 12.5% vol. (2)
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A amazing masterpiece from KIm Goldwater, made at his estate on
Waiheke Island, New Zealand, but from grapes shown a Malborough.
A lovely intensely flavoured wine ripe and spicy.
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Chablis AC 1997 Moreau "Domaine
de Fleur Pain" 12% vol. (1)
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Fresh and white, crisp and stony classical
Chardonnay from the single estate wine.
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Castell de Fransola 1990 12% vol.
(1)
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Top of the range from Miguel Torres. This single "Pago"
white wine is a fascinating blend of white Sauvignon grapes and
the local Penedes grape Parellada. Nice juicy fruit with with a
hint of "smoky" oak - A very attractive wine.
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Tokay Pinot Gris AC Alsace 13% vol. (3)
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Made by the Jean-Baptise Adam. Big fruity, spict, medium dry white
wine that aromatic bouquet so typical of the region
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MORE CHOICE/ RED WINES
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Cabernet Franc Aquiela 1994 12%
vol. Ca" Bolani
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A really serious single Estate wine from north-east Italy. Rich,
sturdy red wine
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beautifully made from Cabernet Franc grape.
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Gran Sangredetoro Reserva 1993 Miguel Torres 13.5% vol.
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Produced by the "guru" of Pendes,
Miguel Torres, made from a blend of Garnacha and Carinena grapes,
oak aged for a couple
of years and matured in bottle for a further three years before
released on the market
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