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Our Wine List

Our wines are all carefully selected to shown the huge range produced in California.

We also have a great pricing policy - we only charge £5 above the retail price of the wine, so a £12 wine is sold at £17 compared to the usual £30 to £40. Torres Chardonnay, £27 here, is sold at £55 at a top restaurant in Chamber Street.

We also do 10 wines by the glass and 5 dessert wines by the glass including "Framboise" from Bonny Doon, all at the same great low prices.

Most of our wines are also available at Sideways Wine Store next door,, or at www.Bottleshock.co.uk  or Henderson Wines, 109 Comiston Road, Edinburgh. Tel - 0131 447 8580 - one of the top independent's in the city.

The Whites

Chardonnay

05 De Loach Californian Series£14 Forward fruit aromas, now French-owned

07 Napa Cellars, Napa Valley

£17Napa fruit for the price of a regular wine!
06 Frei Brothers, Russian River Valley £19Intense aromas of wild fruits and vanilla

00 Clos Du Bois, Calcaire Vineyard

£23An elegant marriage of fruit and vanilla

05 Baileyana, Firepeak Vineyard, Edna Valley

£25

From California's 1st female winemaker

03 Marimar Torres, Green Valley £27 Great clones and great site
06 Newton Unfiltered, Napa Valley£33½Natural fermentation and bottled without filtration 
05 Chateau Montelena, Napa Valley£38 

The wine that won the 1976 Paris Tasting


Sauvignons Blanc

07 Seaglass, Santa Barbara County£14As clean and fresh, zingy and citrus
06 Tangent, Edna Valley£18Symphony of freshness and gooseberries 
02 Mondavi, Stag's Leap Winery, Napa Valley£22 Unfiltered, hints of mineral & spice add complexity
06 Six Sigma, Lake County£28Fresh and zesty from an expert winemaker
04 Phelps, Napa Valley£29Solid wines from an out-of-towner 
 

 

Rhone Ranger Whites     

07 Viognier, Smoking Loon
£14½ Vibrant mango, lychees, hazelnut & honeysuckle
06 Marsanne, Qupe, Santa Ynez Valley £20 Bit of honey & orange rind, with hints of anise
05 Viognier, Zaca Mesa, Santa Ynez Valley£22 Jim Clendenen and Bob Lindquist  worked here
06 Viognier, Eberle, Paso Robles £25 Full bodied but elegant from a single vineyard



                                           

Cal-Itals

06 Pinot Grigio, Smoking Loon £14½ Crisp and refreshing - not run of the mill pg
07 Pinot Grigio, Loredona, Monterey £16

Fresh and racy with great minerality

04 Pinot Gris, MacMurray, Russian River Valley £18

Don’t let those fig aromas put you off! 

06 Fiano, Seghesio, Russian River Valley £22 Orange, honey & tropical fruits 
06 Arneis, Seghesio, Russian River Valley  £25 This little rascal is light and bright 

Other Whites

05 Gewurztraminer, Sutter Home£12½ Off-dry white with aromas of peaches and lychees
07 Menage-a-Trois Rose,  Folie a Deux£14   An amazing blend that is both dry and fruity

07 Ménage-à-Trois White, Folie à Deux

£14 

Experience honeysuckle and lime blossom

05 Chenin Blanc, Pacific Rim, Bonny Doon

£16

Worth it to see the bottle from the mad Mr Grahm

07 Albarino, Dancing Coyote, Clarksburg

£17 

Spanish varietal, intensely fruity

06 Verdelho, Dancing Coyote, Clarksburg

£17

Zingy citrus flavours without high acidity

06 Pinot Blanc, Tangent, Arroyo Grande Valley

£20

Apples and pears off at a tangent

03 Chenin Blanc, Heller Estare, Carmel Valley 

£22 Dry chenin and organic to boot  
05 Conundrum, Caymus£27A totally new wine in which the grape varieties meld together seamlessly. Stunning
    

 

The Fizz

nv Dom St. Michelle, Blanc de Noirs

£16

Full and dry, as a good Noirs should be

nv Sparkling Shiraz, Windsor, Mendocino 

£17

Most extraordinary chocolate fruit nose

03 Carneros Brut

£23

Great liveliness makes it a perfect match to food

00 Carneros Le Rêve Blanc de Blanc, Carneros£331996 vintage was a great classic in Carneros 


Halves

06 Sauvignon Blanc, Frogs Leap, Napa Valley

£11 Crisp and clean from stainless steel 
04 Conundrum, Caymus £14 Created to match Californian cuisine
03 Syrah "Le Pousseur", Bonny Doon £10 Sexy and well-proportioned

01 Seghesio “Old Vines” Zinfandel, Sonoma

£14Classic Zin from master producers 
02 Pinot Noir Les Bauge, Au Bon Climat £13½  From a Pinot genius in the Santa Maria Valley
04 Dare Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley£17½ Only place for tobacco  aromas in “Calistoga”


    
                                                                                    

The Reds

Cabernet and Cabernet-blends                

06 Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon

£14½ 

From the other half of the Sebastiani family

03 Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Francis, Sonoma

£17 

Flavors of cherry, chocolate, coffee, and plum

04 Tango, Dancing Coyote, El Dorado

£19

Fruity blend with 25% Tempranillo

01 Lyeth Reserve, Alexander Valley

£25 

Hearty wine with subtle flavours  

03 Mountain Cuvee, Chappellet, Napa Valley

£28 

Rich supple fruit with a long dry finish 

02 Petit Verdot, Clendenen Family, Santa Maria

£30

Unusual grape from the unusual wine maker

06 Frog's Leap Cabernet, Napa Valley  

£32

Apparently for princes as well as frogs!

02 Oakville Ranch Cabernet, Napa Valley

£40 

Classic rich and smooth Californian Cabernet

02 Puzzle, Newton, Spring Mountain Estate

£50 

Assembled like the different pieces of a puzzle

03 Estate Cabernet, Chateau Montelena, Napa Valley

£70
 

The top eine from this famous estate

03 Rubicon, Rubicon Estate, Napa Valley

£75  

Rich & complex with smooth & silky texture

98 Ridge Montebello, Santa Cruz Mountains  

£95  

Sensuous wine, with great depth and length

 
 

 
Merlot

04 L de Lyeth, Sonoma County£14½ Lush soft fruit but with strong backbone 
06 Napa Cellars, Napa Valley£17Good quality cherry & earth tones 
05 Frei Brothers, Dry Creek Valley£19 

Intense aromas of wild blueberries & raspberries

05 Monticello Estate, Oak Knoll District£24

Silky, but full texture and finishes long

03 Heller Estate, Carmel Valley£27 

Flavours of cherry and plums

03 Chappellet, Napa Valley

£30

Founded in 1967 & still producing top wines

02 Grgich Hills, Napa Valley £35 

Subtle w/ cherries & strawberries, big structure


  

Pinot Noir

07 Smoking Loon

£14½   

From the other half of the Sebastiani family

06 Loredona, Monterey £17½ 13½ 
£17½ The lightest of our pinots w/ great racy acidity
06 MacMurray Ranch, Sonoma County£18 Full bodied & earthy from “absentminded prof.”
05 Monticello Estate, Oak Knoll District£29 Silky but full texture
03 Marimar, Torres, Russian River Valley£33 From the daughter of the famous Catalan
06 Patz and Hall, Sonoma Coast£39 Deservably given great accolades
01 Famous Gate, Domaine Carneros, Carneros £44 Probably the top Pinot from the Carneros region
02 Au Bon Climat, "Isabelle Morgan"  £47The best of his best 


   
Zinfandel

06 Pepperwood Grove, Old Vines£14 Robust w/ good fruit & eminently glugable
05 Blackstone Winery £15½Rich and sexy - what more can you ask for!
05 Ravenswood Old Vine, Sonoma County£19Big red from the non-wimpy winery
06 Eberle, Steinbeck Bush Vyards, Paso Robles£25  Don’t be a wine bore, order the small boar
06 La Capilla Old Vines, Lodi £29½  This wine has plenty of Big Fruit to go around
04 Edizione Pennino, Rubicon, Rutherford£31A rich and dry zin from the famous estate
05 Home Ranch, Seghesio, Alexander Valley £35 Great depth and length on the palate


 

Rhone Ranger Reds

04 Avila Syrah, Santa Barbara County  £14½ Robust w/ good fruit
06 Grenache, Clos de Gilroy£16Smooth and silky w/ beautiful perfumed nose
04 St Francis Syrah, Sonoma County£17 Hearty wine w/ subtle flavours
04 Petite Syrah Reserve, EOS, Paso Robles£19 Robust and fruity, anything but petite
04 Z Cuvee, Zaca Mesa, Santa Ynez Valley £23 

A smooth blend that packs a punch

02 Esprit de Beaucastel, Tablas Creek Vineyard£35

By the great family from Chateuneuf du Pape

 

Cal-Itals

03 Sangiovese, Pepi£19 Soft wet cherry flavours 
01 Barbera, Easton, Shenandoah Valley£22Rich, smooth and excellent 
05 Sangiovese, Seghesio, Alexander Valley£27Black cherries and cocoa
06 Barbera, Seghesio, Alexander Valley£27  Rich and smooth