Wine List

At The Providores our wine list is constantly changing. We update it every month on this website. The following is indicative of the current wine list being served.

For all bar and wine inquiries please contact Melanie Ellis at: winebar@theprovidores.co.uk

Deutz, Marlborough, New Zealand

Pelorus by Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand

Kevin Judd is the winemaker responsible for 25 years
of award winning vintages at world renowned Cloudy Bay
vineyard. Greywacke is his own label, launched in
October 2009. Delicate tropical fruit concentration,
an elegant and superbly balanced wine

(10% Barrel Fermented)
An elegant wine showing flavours of elderflower,
passionfruit, citrus and pear complemented by
a richly textured palate

Delicate flavours of lime and Central Otago stone-fruit,
with great minerality and fresh acidity

(50% Barrel Fermented)
This is a stunning limited release from Seresin’s
certified organic Home Vineyard. An elegant nose
of guava with flinty minerality, the palate is rich,
textured and complex

Tightly structured cinnamon toast and very ripe,
nectarine this delicious single vineyard wine is
produced at Dorien and Rudd’s home in a beautiful
spot close to the Wairau River

Aromatic scents of herbs and nuts, with a luscious,
rich texture. Slightly savoury on the palate with
delightful citrus spice

Rich and concentrated with delicious flavours of
candied orange peel, clove and cinnamon while
maintaining crisp acidity and minerality

Heady aromas of honeyed quince and ripe apple
follow through to the palate with fresh acidity
and good length. From New Zealand’s pioneering
Biodynamic wine maker, James Millton

Savoury herbs and preserved lemon complement
butterscotch aromas with a long toasty finish

This traditional medium sweet style Pinot Gris is made
by German winemaker Edel Everling. Passionfruit,
pineapple and sweet spice complement the oily texture,
making it perfectly balanced

Wairarapa

If you drive east from the capital city of Wellington, up and across the Rimutaka Ranges, you descend into the fertile Wairarapa Plains. Once dedicated farming country, the plains are now partly made up of clusters of tiny vineyards, with 41 wineries producing an average of just 2,500 cases a year. The rolling hills to the east form the gateway to ocean beaches abundant in Paua (black abalone), kina (sea urchins) and crayfish. Martinborough, with its civic gardens planted in the shape of the Union Jack, is the town central to the area’s wine industry.
The Wairarapa district is important in New Zealand's vinous history for it was probably here that the first pinot noir and syrah of some repute were made. The vintner was William Beetham who found his passion for the vine in France, where he also found his wife. Beetham planted his vineyard on his farm near Masterton in 1883. The NZ government viticulturist, Romeo Bragato, made note of Beetham's vineyard and wine when he toured the country in 1895, prior to taking up his position. Bragato decided that the Wairarapa, and nearby Hawkes Bay, had great potential as wine country. Dr Neil McCallum of Dry River fame, a modern Martinborough pioneer, announced at the Pinot Noir 2001 Conference that he had tasted a 1906 Pinot Noir from Beetham's vineyard 80 years after it was bottled. "It was alive and well", he said. With the prohibitionists running rife in the Masterton area, Beetham himself did not continue for long after that historic 1906 bottle was made.

So, although young even by New Zealand standards, with the first vines planted as recently as 1978, and these first released only in 1984, Martinborough has quickly earned a reputation for producing some of the finest wines in NZ. This rests largely on the success of the region’s Pinot Noir. The twenty metre deep gravel soils have also allowed a second star to emerge – rich, robust Chardonnay rivalling many of the vinific world’s more historic sites. With an annual production responsible for only 4% of New Zealand’s wine, Martinborough is in more ways than one the antipodean Burgundy.

Waipara West, Riesling, Waipara, North Canterbury

The Providores, Sauvignon Blanc, Wairau Valley, Marlborough

Waitaki Braids, Pinot Noir Rosé, North Otago