Beverage Menu

Italy's white wines are perfectly suited to drinking with food, ranging from the light and unobtrusive to the full bodied and oaked in style. Chardonnay has been popular, either on its own in a Burgundian fashion or successfully blended with other varieties. But it is the indigenous Italian varietals that are now responsible for many of the best and most interesting wines. However, it is the fruit that is most evident, the oak, where used, only adding a further dimension.

Spanish white wines are refreshing, crisp and light bodied. To the palate, it is rich and mouth filling with a lovely balance and a nice finish.

The American white wine market is dominated by chardonnay grapes. The best quality bottles tend to come in this style, however, there's an increasing focus from wine drinkers on other white wine types such as pinot gris and sauvignon blanc

With most Australian producers now acknowledging the benefits of using less oak, the subtleness of flavour is becoming more apparent. The Yarra valley, Margaret river &Coonawarra all produce wonderful chardonnay that show fruit richness and complexity.

New Zealand is home to the world's most upfront and fruit led Sauvignon. The Chardonnays are rich with delicate oak flavours.

Although South Africa's wine industry goes back more than three hundred years, it is only since the early 1900's that wines were vinified and marketed to the rest of the world. Today South Africa ranks ninth in production with 200 million gallons

Chile is endowed with a delightfully sunny climate, ideal soil conditions, and above all practically disease-free vineyards. The Chilean wines have never had serious challenges such as mildew or phylloxera because of the country's fortunate terrain, climate, and locations.

This country boasts 3,46,000 hectares of vines and is the 5th largest wine country in theworld. The wine region covers the warm western-most area of the country and is known for its soft and fragrant whites, which are carefully matured to preserve the full spectrum of their natural flavours and aromas.

Efficiency is the key to Germany's wine making success and sweetness is its concept of quality. When a German wine maker bottles a wine, his aim is to capture the quintessential freshness of the grapes that went into it. From the most modest to the very finest, the secret of successful German wine is the harmony between its sweetness and acidity.

French red wine is considered as a benchmark of quality with its delicate aromas, flavours, and the promise of a beautiful textural experience! Also, when it comes to record-setting auction prices, French red wines are frequently on the forefront as well.

Italy has often been called the vineyard of the world, where nature is so beautiful, man is prone to leave things in the lap of God. Vines were permitted to luxuriate over fertile plain; to climb at will over fence, trees and on festoons.

Deep dense cherry colour, with a touch of mahogany. Wonderfully intense bouquet typical from this region with an incense like quality developed during ageing in wood. The bouquet of torres wines display distinct notes of blackberries, cherries and truffles. Torres wines are always full bodied with layers of flavours and possess a long satisfying after taste.

California is home to some of the world's most beautiful, if not expensive wineries. Plantations of grapes varieties from around the world have produced favourable results. The soil and climate of California were so hospitable to the European vitis vinifera family of wines, that no serious attempt has been made to cultivate native American varieties in California, whether for wine, table or raisin.

Australia's best quality lies undoubtedly among the reds. Deliciously ripe at all levels, with some really great wines.

Red wines from New Zealand have made a huge leap in quality. Such has been the change in wine making attitudes that we are now proud to list one of the world's best Pinot Noir, from Marlborough.

The soils of the South African wine regions are highly diverse, mainly due to the pronounced differences in topography and geology. With its ancient soils, South Africa is considered to be the cradle of mankind. The impressive cape mountain ranges form a dramatic backdrop to be one of the most beautiful wine producing areas of the world.

Chilean wines have developed an international reputation and are produced mainly in the central zone. Chilean vineyards are challenging the more established players in the wine industry, providing fresh flavours to the rest of the world.

The reds of Bodega are a signature version of the originally French and zealously red Malbec, which is the celebrity red of Argentina.