Wine and Drinks

With an extensive range of wine from England and around the world, we can help you choose the right wine for a party or just something for a Tuesday night supper at home. We can also advise you choosing wine for special occasions and host tasting evenings regularly.

We stock wine from:

• England
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• France
• Italy
• Chile
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Wales

  Glyndwr Wines
  Established in 1982, Glyndwr Vineyard is the oldest established family run vineyard in Wales. Based in the heart of the Vale of Glamorgan, its 6,000 mature vines consistently produce award winning wines and this one is no exception.

  
  

  Welsh Aromatic White Wine 2005: With overtones of Elderflower and Muscat grapes, this beautifully blended and unusual wine is produced from vines grown in the heart of the rolling Vale of Glamorgan countryside. The wine is carefully fermented from the fragrant Siegrebbe and Madeleine Angevine grapes, which results in subtle hints of honeysuckle on warm summer evenings.

  
  

  Medium Dry Welsh White 2004: This full-bodied golden wine is bursting with character from fully ripe Seyval Blanc and Reichensteiner grapes. A long, smooth finish with appley and gooseberry flavours, makes this an ideal wine to be sipped on its owned or accompanied by fresh pasta or fish.

  
  

  Welsh Vintage Sparkling Wine (Methode Champenoise): Fermented in the traditional method from ripe golden Seyval grapes, Glyndwr vintage 2003 is probably the finest sparkling wine to be produced by Glyndwr Vineyard. The summer of 2003 was exceptional, and this is reflected in the rich complexity of the wine. This classic brut has overtones of peaches and apricots and is reminiscent of those long summer evenings.



• South Africa

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  Chardonnay 2004: Lemon, ripe orange and butter flavours with very subtle wooding event.

  
  

  Sauvignon Blanc 2006: Un-wooded wine, with green figs, tropical fruit and clean crisp acid.

  
  

  Shiraz 2003: Concentrated wine with white pepper, raspberry, cranberry fruit. Velvety mouth feel, can be consumed young if waiting is not an option.

  
  

  Paulina’s Reserve 2003: Flagship wine with intense soft black cherry and cranberry fruit, green pepper, lingering aftertaste and big soft tannins.

  
  
  Duncan’s Creek
  
  
  Chenin Blanc 2006: A classic, versatile, entertaining wine, with classic guava and ripe fruit flavours followed by an aftertaste of citrus.

Sherry

• Dios Baco Manzanilla 500mls
  Manzanillas are made in the same way as a fino, but because it is made near the sea, the humid, salty air affects the taste and gives it a fuller flavour, with notes of apple and straw and a nutty finish. Drink well-chilled as an aperitif or with tapas such as prawns in garlic.
• Dios Baco Fino
  Light golden in colour with a floral aroma and olive and apple flavours. Though dry, this is rich and round for a Fino with a soft finish. Serve well chilled as an aperitif or with a starter.
• Dios Baco Amontillado
  This is a semi-dry sherry with an aroma of butterscotch and hazelnuts, a caramel colour and spicy flavour. Serve well-chilled, with smoky flavours such as mushrooms or glazed chicken, or cheeses like Manchego, Mahon or Cabra al Romero.
• Dios Baco Oloroso
  A velvety medium-dry sherry with a strong, complex flavour: chocolate, caramel and roasted almond notes and a clean taste on the palate. Drink chilled or at room temperature with mature cheese such as an aged Manchego or Mahon, tapas dishes or desserts
• Dios Baco Cream
  This is complex and on the dry side for a cream sherry, with caramel, dried fig and iodine flavours and a terrific finish with a lingering aftertaste of molasses and roast nuts.
• Dios Baco 'Oxford' Pedro Ximenez 750mls
  A powerful dessert sherry, made with naturally sweet Pedro Ximenez grapes, combining raisins, liquorice, chocolate and burnt caramel with walnut and iodine flavours. Serve chilled or at room temperature with nut-based desserts, fruit cake or poured over vanilla ice-cream or cinnamon or nutmeg ice-cream.

The Atomic Coffee Machine - a classic.
See their web-site www.atomiccoffeemachine.com for more info. We're proud to be one of the first retail stockists of this wonderful machine.

A true retro product. Price - £279.00.

See below for what to put in it!

Café Origin
Not new to the shop but new to this website we have always sold the wonderful coffees from Cafe Origin - see www.cafeorigin.com

Their range includes pre-ground coffees, suitable for filter and cafetieres; three from Brazil, one from India and one from Indonesia. All are 100% arabica, all are single estate as the Café Origin coffee range has been built on a belief that premium coffees should be left unblended so each cooffee can show its own flavour characteristics unique to its own topography and climate. These coffees are available in 227g bags, priced at £3.60 per bag.

We also stock Kenya AA, Mocha and Colombian beans - to be sold as beans or we can grind them for you to suit your particular needs. £1.80 / 100g. In our coffee machine we use Café Origin's Expresso bean - a good rich coffee that isn't bitter. This bean is also available for sale, same price as the others. The decaffeinated coffee we serve and sell is from Equal Exchange and is a medium roast arabica organic coffee from the mountains of Peru and Mexico.

Other drinks including

• Whole Earth organic lemonade, cranberry and cola
• Fentimans botanically brewed ginger beer and curiosity cola
• TZU sparkling apple and sparkling peach
• Evian and San Pelegrino
• Britannia spring water
• Drinho soya bean drink

Firefly water: see www.fireflytonics.com
Spring water with antioxidents... Like water Just better

We offer regular tastings of wine and food. See the panel on the front page of the site or the tasting page for details of the latest dates.