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
  • Corney & Barrow house red NV 

    A smooth and supple blend based around the Carignan variety, produced in the Aude region by the Lurton brothers

  • CHAMPAGNE and SPARKLING

  • Laurent-Perrier Brut NV 
  • One of the best-known grande marque champagnes, and deservedly so

    Corney and Barrow sparkling Blanc de Blancs NV  

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

  • Muscat de Beaumes de Venise, Domanie de Coyeux (½ bottles) 2002  

    Seductive yet fresh, with notes of apricot, honey, spice and flowers

  • Niersteiner Gutes Domthal, NV      
  • Medium sweet with excellent balancing acidity – easy drinking and reassuringly low in alcohol at 8.5%

Semillon Chardonnay, Cranswick Smith ‘Bin 40’ 2005

Vibrant fruit with notes of melon and passion fruit from the Riverina region of New South Wales

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

Blouvlei, Paarl (South Africa) 2003

Another Sauvignon Blanc but literally a thousand miles apart: rounded gooseberry and citrus fruits with the merest suspicion of oak

  • Pinot Grigio ‘Luna’, Cecilia Beretta, Veneto 2007                                      

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

Crossroads Gewürztraminer, Hawkes Bay (New Zealand) 2005                       

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

Lofthouse Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand 2006/2007

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

Chablis, Domaine Servin 2006  

 Rounded Chardonnay fruit contrasts well with steely minerality: no oak is used by this renowned producer

  • Courberoc Merlot, Languedoc 2006

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

Blouvlei, Paarl (South Africa) 2003

An easy-drinking ‘Bordeaux blend’ of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and merlot, but with that inimitable dash of South African spice

Chanson Pinot Noir, Bourgogne 2005 

‘Proper’ red Burgundy, with balanced acidity and pleasant fruit – after 250 years the Chanson family have their methods fairly well-polished

Rioja Crianza, Solar de Samaniego 2003 

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

Chianti Classico ‘Terre di Prenzano’, Vignamaggio 2004     

Top-class Sangiovese from Italy’s most famous denominazione, with flavours of ripe black cherries

  • ROSE

  • South African Nelson’s Creek Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2005
  • Made in the Paarl region, it has a rich vibrant colour, with aromas of strawberries and candyfloss