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Sparkling

Tasting notes include: delicate floral, citrus, green apple, and fresh yeast to richer vanilla, toast, nuts. Pairs best with everything including our oysters, Snacks, Brunch, salty food, smoked salmon, and caviar

Rosés

Tasting notes include: light to medium body with crisp finish, strawberry, cherry, cranberry, raspberry, rhubarb and mineral notes. Pairs best with charcuterie, bbq and grilled meats, smoked salmon

Dessert Wines

Tasting notes: dried apricot, peach, citrus, tangerine, orange, passionfruit, pineapple, mango to caramel, raisin, nut. When made with a red grape, these wines may also offer notes of stewed red fruit and wild berries. Pairs best with our Sweets and Cheeses, of particular note, the Cheese Puff with La Frenz Muscat Liqueur. Prices are for 2 oz glass

Red

Pinot & Gamay Noir

Tasting Notes include: light to medium body with silky tannins, cherry, strawberry, plum, violet, beetroot, mint, smoke, cinnamon, Asian Five Spice; black tea, mushroom, fresh tilled soil. Pairs best with Sea, Soil and duck, salmon, halibut, game birds and pork

Medium Reds

Tasting notes include a medium body, raspberries, plums, black cherries, licorice, orange, coffee, toffee, chocolate, fruit cake. Pairs best with Land, duck, charcuterie, grilled meats and lighter merlots with heavier seafood dishes

Cabernet Sauvignons & Cabernet Francs

Tasting notes include a medium to full body, currant, berry, plum, black cherry, eucalyptus, green pepper, green olive, sometimes coffee, mocha, chocolate; also dusty, earthy, mineral, cedar, herb, mint; dill. Pairs best with our Land , lamb, grilled steaks, roast meats, duck, venison; younger, tannic cabernets with rare red meats

Bold Reds

Tasting notes include a full body, spice, white pepper, blackcurrant, blue and blackberry, cherry, with earthy, leathery notes. violet. Pairs best with Land, grilled meats, game birds, lamb

White

Clean & Crisp

Tasting notes include: a range from full and crisp to medium and well rounded. Notes of pear, dried apricot, vanilla, almond, spice, clover honey, mineral or chamomile. Pairs best with Sea and Soil, cheese—goat, pork, salad, shellfish, green vegetables, garlic, herbs

Fun & Fruity

Tasting notes include: Light to medium body, floral, lychee, peach, grapefruit, fruit salad; also mineral, earth, pepper, citrus, lemon, apricot, peach, pear, apple; herbal, floral, citrus, and even sometimes petrol in certain vintages. Pairs best with Sea and Soil, cheese—soft, strong & aged, brie, blue; asian spiced dishes, curry, ginger, pork, sausage, smoked food, spicy food, apples, duck, fruit, salad

Chardonnay

Tasting notes include: crisp (unoaked) to full bodied and round, apple, pear, lemon-lime, pineapple, tropical fruit. If barrel fermented and/or oak-aged, also butter, butterscotch, toast, fig, vanilla, hazelnut, nutmeg, clove. Pairs best with Sea, and oysters, rich dishes with butter or cream sauce, fettuccine, and mushrooms

Bold Whites

Tasting notes include: medium to full bodied, stone fruits, mango and honeysuckle to creamier aromas of vanilla with spices, lanolin. Pairs best with our Sea, butter and cream sauces, cheese, nuts, and pork