"Wine is the most civilized thing in the world."

                                              Ernest Hemingway

(p.m.)

wine list

Red Wine

1999 Lopez De Heredia Vina Tondonia Rioja Riserva                                    $68

Very dry, medium bodied, elegant, concentrated red, exhibiting strong minerality. Made from Tempranillo grapes aged five years n barrel. Fine balance. Age-worthy.

2005 Marquis de Concordia Rioja,Crianza                                 $9 / $35

Aged over eighteen months in oak casks, smooth elegant, medium bodied, dry, offers true-to -type regional character.

2005 Casa Ferrinha Esteva             $8 / $31

A dry, medium red from Portugal. Made from a blend of grapes used in Port. Traditional, smooth, elegant and aged-worthy.

2005 Vina Herminia Tempranillo    $7 / $26

Fruit rich, made to enjoy young. Dark fruit and berry flavors.

2004 Calera Pinot Noir Jensen Vineyard                                               $75

Medium bodied California from this acclaimed vinter‘s highest altitude vineyards. Pure, smooth Pinot Noir fruit and understated oak.

2005 Antica Cabernet Sauvignon   $7 / $27

Easy drinking, medium to full bodied and smooth.

2005 Alain Voges Cotes du Rhone         $38

Dry, medium to full bodied, French Grenache blend with an earthy aroma and fine balance.

2005 Altos de la Hoya Monastrell   $8 / $31

A bodied, smokey and smooth red made from Monastrell grapes, called Mouvedre in France. Organic, from the Jumilla region.

2004 Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero                                                    $48

Full bodied, dry temporarily, cedar, tabacco aromas, supple mouthfeel, soft tannins balanced, delicious.

2005 Palacios Les Terrasses Priorat      $64

A blend of Grenache, Carinena and Cabernet Sauvignon. Full bodied and smooth with dark fruits. A delicious modern-style Priorat.

2004 Hacienda Monasterio Ribera del Duero                                                    $85

Full bodied, layered and delicious, this modern red is a blend of Tempranillo, Cabernet and Merlot. Made using sixty percent New Barriques

2005 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon                                              $75
Classic, full bodied, round, deep, rich, smooth California Cabernet Sauvignon.

White Wine

2007 Broadbent Vinho Verde          $7 / $26

A charming, dry Portugese light summer white, with a breath of bubbles and a bright lemony flavor. Refreshing.

2007 Txakolina Ulacia                            $35

A light and racy summer white from the heart of the Basque country. Great aperitif, with its breath of bubbles and green apple and pine aromatics.

2007 Riff Pinot Grigio                     $8 / $30

Light, fresh apple aroma and dry, this Northern Italian Pinot Grigio is made by top vinter Lois Legader.

2007 Gini Soave Classico La Frosca        $36

Fresh, gold colored and smooth with a velvety mouthfeel, this Soave is made from one hundred percent Garganega grapes, then matured in small barriques.

1998 Lopez De Heredia Vina Gravonia Blanco                                                   $48

Distinctive, very dry, crisp, with a long finish, a traditionally styled white wine from Rioja. Dried apple, hazelnut, orange peel and tabacco flavors have emerged with age.

2007 Martinsancho Verdejo                  $30

From one hundred percent Verdejo grapes. Medium bodied, dry, delicious and Sauvignon Blanc-like. Clean finish.

2006 Can Feixes Blanco                 $9 / $32

A blended white wine from Penedes. Dry, clean, minerally and bodied. Its character is outstanding for the price.

2007 Burgans Albarino                           $35

A light gold-colored, dry white wine made from Albarino grapes in Rias Baixes. Bright aroma and balanced, concentrated, with great flavor..

2006 Pazo de Senorans Albarino           $44

Stand-out dry Albarino, with subtle tangerine and honeysuckle aromatics. Medium bodied, highly concentrated, great focus to its citrus and green apple flavors.

2006 Macon Le Boucier                 $10 / $38

A French one hundred percent Chardonnay from Southern Burgundy. White stone fruit, a hint of citrus, and crisp finish.

2006 Calera Chardonnay Jensen            $30

Subtle and elegant, finely balanced, medium-bodied California Chardonnay. Not overtly oaky or buttery.

2006 Palacios AsSortes Godello             $75

Made from a less-known grape, Godella, in Valdeorras. This white is pale yellow with a bright, pure aroma. Clean and elegant, with minerality on the finish. Smells like a Puligny-Montrachet.

2006 Girard Sancerre La Garenne         $42

Excellent Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley. Medium bodied, crisp, bright aromatics.

2007 Sitios Bodego Verdejo           $9 / $34

Fleshy and round, smoky floral noted, citrus and lush fruit. From Rueda. Eighty percent Verdejo grapes. Organic. No oak.

2006 Vie di Romans Tocai Fruilino         $62

Full bodied, deep white with soft satisfying mouthfeel. Light floral and honey blossom araomas. Made from Tocai grapes, in Fruili, Italy.

Sparkling Wines

Mas Daumas De La Gassac Rose’ Frizant                                          $11 / $42

A Southern French, sparkling rose with a bright fruit aroma that drinks bone dry. Made by Ami Guibert, one of Languedoc’s premiere vinters and personalities.

Huguet Cava Gran Reserva                    $68

A blend of Parellada, Macabeo and Chardonnay. Very successful technically and most agreeable. Excellent and stable mousse, fine. Pale colour with a nose which evokes both nutshells and vine flowers.

Nino Franco Prosecco                   $10 / $38

A dry Italian sparkler with gentle, small bubbles and a subtle apple aroma.

Raventos I Cava Organic                 $9 / $35

Dry, organic, clean, bright and refreshing, with light citrus - a small production Spanish Sarkler, made from a blend including Macabeo and Xerel-Lo, grown on chalky soil.

Veuve Clicquot

Brut Yellow Label (750 ml)                $80

Veuve Clicquot

Brut Yellow Label (375 ml)                $45

Clicquot's signature non-vintage Brut is loved all over the world for its crisp, full flavors, consistent quality and celebratory yellow label. This classical dry Champagne is a blend of two-thirds black grapes (Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier) for body, balanced with one-third Chardonnay for elegance. It has a fine persistent sparkle and golden Champagne color.

Sherry

by the glass

Emilio Lustau, Don Nuno                       $13

This is a dark but transparently clear, bronze-color wine with a coppery hue. Appetizing aromas are nutlike and true, cracked walnuts and pecans, with more subtle back notes of dried figs and dates.

Emilio Lustau, Jarana                             $9

Dry, but full wine coming from the Lustau bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera; elegant, but rich to taste.

Emilio Lustau, Los Arcos                       $10

Naturally dry and soft, its palate gives a hint of wood and smoky raisins, while the bouquet is powerful, distinctive and nutty.

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Here is a link to a great article by Marilyn Bethany from Rural Intelligence.

http://ruralintelligence.com/index.php/food_section/results/pm_a_new_tapas_wine_bar_in_hudson/

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