Menu Update 10-11-09

local tabouli and hummus plate – 6.95

Berger Gruner Veltliner Austria 6.75

gruner veltliner with a bottle cap. how cool is that?  who cares what it tastes like, it has a bottle cap!  no seriously, clean minerality, slightly creamy and then throw in a few herbs.  drink all night kind of wine.

house cured organic salmon – marinated artichokes | cucumber consommé | 7.95

Chateau Soucherie   Anjou   Loire Valley, France 7.75

pear and apricot with some slate on the back end.  meaning smell for pear and the apricot and then tast slate and those fruits. this is drier than it smells. almost a little tart.

pan-seared diver scallop – spinach bisque| brown butter verjus | 5.95

Ostatu Rioja Blanco   Rioja, Spain 7.00

this is made from predominately viura.  clean and crisp embody this wine.  perfect for seafood and a little spice.

truffled shells and cheese – truffled italian cheeses | local broccoli | 7.95

Tete Beaujolais Julienas   Beaujolais, France 8.50

this is what Beaujolais is supposed to be.  delicious, light, and refreshing.  hello summer red here we come.

local fried chicken –  sautéed garlicky mustard greens | 8.95

Essay Shiraz   South Africa 6.00

leather comes though immediately on this wine not atypical from most wines from this region.  What differs is the fruit finishes stronger and lingers nicely.

six plates cheese plate – 10.95

Ciacci Piccolmini   Super Tuscan Montalcino, Italy 7.00

super tuscan from a well regarded brunello producer. typical smooth cherry and fresh fruit with earth tones.

flatbread of the evening…7.95

the “tenured” lamby joes…8.95

truffle frites…6.95

olive plate…3.95

local white poached pear -  housemade  mascarpone ice cream |  housemade granola | 6.95

Quinta do Infantado   White Port   Portugal 3oz 6.00

gentle sweetness with a touch of tangerine.

flight of gelato |  choose a total of three flavors | ask your bartender for flavor choices |  3.95