Wine List

zest wine

Zest the Restaurant offers a three course lunch from around £9.50 with an extensive wine list, which is reasonably priced and excellent value. There is also an evening service on Thursdays. This is slightly more expensive at around £18.50 per person. (Please note our vintages may alter due to supply difficulties)

house white red
  • Corney & Barrow house white NV
  • A lively combination of floral aromas and zesty fruit from the Cotes de Gascogne
  • 125ML GLASS £2.30
  • 175ML GLASS £3.00
  • BOTTLE £10.25

Corney & Barrow house red NV 

  • A smooth and supple blend based around the Carignan variety, produced in the Aude region by the Lurton brothers
  • 125ML GLASS £2.30
  • 175ML GLASS £3.00
  • BOTTLE £10.25
  • Corney & Barrow house rose NV
  • Baby pink in colour with delicate notes of red berries and cream. It has a well balanced palate of frsh ripe fruit, a creamy texture and good structrure
  • 125ML GLASS £2.30
  • 175ML GLASS £3.00
  • BOTTLE £10.75
  • CHAMPAGNE and SPARKLING

  • Laurent-Perrier Brut NV champagne
  • One of the best-known 'grande marque' champagnes, and deservedly so
  • BOTTLE £14.00
  • Corney and Barrow sparkling Blancs de Blancs, NV  

    Clean and fresh with a lovely mousse – ideal for those little celebrations

BOTTLE £11.25

  • DESSERT WINE

  • Muscat de Beaumes de Venise, Domanie de Coyeux (½ bottles) 2002  
  • Seductive yet fresh, with notes of apricot, honey, spice and flower
  • 1/2 BOTTLE £11.25
  • Niersteiner Gutes Domthal, NV      
  • Medium sweet with excellent balancing acidity – easy drinking and reassuringly low in alcohol at 8.5%
  • BOTTLE £10.25

Semillon Chardonnay, Cranswick Smith ‘Bin 40’, 2005/2006

  • Vibrant fruit with notes of melon and passion fruit from the Riverina region of New South Wales
  • BOTTLE £10.75

Marquis de Lissac, 2006/2007

A concentrated wine from the Minervois region with a tropical fruit flavour which lends a citrusy freshness to the wine

  • BOTTLE £11.25

Lowry's Pass Chenin Blanc (Western Cape, South Africa) 2008

  • A light and zesty wine with a brilliant freshness and bright flavour from the Hottentots-Holland mountain range of the Western Cape
  • BOTTLE £11.25
  • Pinot Grigio ‘Luna’, Cecilia Beretta, Veneto 2007                                      

Everything Italian Pinot Grigio should be, yet so rarely achieves: clean and refreshing, yet deliciously rich

  • BOTTLE £12.25

Crossroads Gewürztraminer, Hawkes Bay (New Zealand) 2005/2006                       

  • With the typical lychee and rosewater aromas of this grape variety, but surprisingly dry; an excellent partner for Thai and spicy Chinese dishes
  • BOTTLE £15.50

Lofthouse Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand 2006/2007

The wine has a fresh floral bouquet followed by a fine flavour of fresh balanced fruit

  • BOTTLE £13.50

Chablis, Domaine Servin 2007  

  •  Rounded Chardonnay fruit contrasts well with steely minerality: no oak is used by this renowned producer
  • BOTTLE £15.50
  • Domaine St Estave 2008

Rich and plumy Merlot fruit, showing exactly how some French producers are catching up with New World innovation

  • BOTTLE £10.25

Cuvee Margot, Bourgogne, 2006  

  • A Flirtatious, charming and early-drinking red. The nose presents spice and roses, echoed on the palate which is aromatic and fresh
  • BOTTLE £13.00

Rioja Crianza, Solar de Samaniego 2003/2004 

  • Soft, ripe strawberry fruit and restrained oak – a worthy ambassador for Spain’s most celebrated wine-producing region
  • BOTTLE £13.00

Chianti Classico ‘Terre di Prenzano’, Vignamaggio 2004     

  • Top-class Sangiovese from Italy’s most famous denominazione, with flavours of ripe black cherries
  • BOTTLE £13.50
  • The Gatekeeper, Shiraz, 2004
  • The wine has a perfumed bouquet reminiscent of spicy black fruit, tobacco and cream which follows through to a rich well structured palette with a hint of pepper
  • BOTTLE £15.50
  • Chateau Beachene Grand Reserve Chateauneuf-du-pape 2006
  • An excellent example of a celebrated Rhone valley appellation - rich and complex withough being too heavy
  • BOTTLE £21.00
  • ROSE

  • South African Nelson’s Creek Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2005

An excellent example of a celebrated Rhone Valley appellation - rich and complex without being too heavy

  • BOTTLE £10.75