The Cellar
Wine list
Chinese food is hard on wine. Chilli amplifies alcohol, soy flattens fruit and ginger makes oak taste like sawdust. Every bottle here was chosen against one test: does it still taste good next to the food?
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White
Chinese food and wine can be difficult together. We have chosen bottles with enough freshness and a touch of sweetness to sit alongside chilli, ginger and soy.
Riesling, Mosel
Glass£7.20
Bottle£31.00
Germany
Off-dry, low in alcohol. The single best thing on this list with our Sichuan dishes.
Picpoul de Pinet
Glass£6.80
Bottle£28.00
Languedoc, France
Bright and saline. Made for salt and pepper squid.
Gewürztraminer
Bottle£36.00
Alsace, France
Lychee and rose. Handles five spice better than almost anything else.
Sauvignon Blanc
Glass£7.00
Bottle£30.00
Marlborough, New Zealand
Sharp and herbaceous, for the table that wants something familiar.
Chablis
Bottle£44.00
Burgundy, France
Steely and precise. Order it with the steamed sea bass.
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Red
Lighter reds, served a little cooler than room temperature, work best here.
Beaujolais-Villages
Glass£7.40
Bottle£32.00
Burgundy, France
Soft tannin, bright fruit. Our first recommendation with aromatic duck.
Pinot Noir
Bottle£42.00
Central Otago, New Zealand
Silky, a little smoky. Very good with char siu.
Rioja Crianza
Glass£6.90
Bottle£29.00
Spain
Vanilla and red fruit, gentle oak.
Malbec
Glass£7.20
Bottle£31.00
Mendoza, Argentina
Fuller bodied, for the beef and lamb end of the menu.
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Rosé & Sparkling
Provence Rosé
Glass£7.00
Bottle£30.00
France
Pale, dry, easy across the whole table.
Prosecco Extra Dry
Glass£6.50
Bottle£28.00
Veneto, Italy
How most of our celebration tables begin.
Champagne Brut
Bottle£62.00
France
For the birthdays and the anniversaries.
Let us choose
Tell us what the table has ordered and roughly what you would like to spend. We will bring something over and open it in front of you. If it is wrong, we will take it away.
Glasses are 175ml · 125ml measures available on request · Vintages change, so the bottle you receive may differ from the one listed