Our suppliers


We rely substantially on our relationships with our wine merchants.  So we choose them carefully. They bring us wines which make us go ooh! and they introduce us to winemakers with stories.

Click below to visit some of our favourite suppliers' websites.

Astrum Winecellars
Vinetrail
Fingal Rock Wines
Raymond Reynolds
More Wine
Bat and Bottle
Lea & Sandeman
Eclectic Wines
Carte Blanche Wines
The Wine Barn

Across EATDRINKSLEEP, we pour English sparkling by the glass from Wiston Estate, W. Sussex.  Made by the legendary Dermot Sugrue.

 
Open Whites
(all by glass and carafe)

Côtes de Gascogne NV, Plaimont 
Gascony, France

24.00


Trebbiano 2020, Frentana
Abruzzo, Italy

28.00


Viognier 2020, IGP du Gard Chartreux
S. Rhône, France

26.00


Mâcon Solutré-Pouilly 2020, Romanin 
Maconnais, France

38.00


Vermentino 2020, Mas Costeplane 
Languedoc, France

34.00


Dão Branco 2019, Quinta das Maias
Dão, Portugal

36.00


 



Whimsy on wine

The myth: 
a restaurant which says it spends much time choosing its wine list.

The truth:
one merchant will supply all of their wine and will sometimes write their list for them.

To justify a mark up (or, rather, because we love it) we try to make wine an area where we are radically better.  We want our guests to discover new wines and wine areas.

 

 

  • We taste with a handful of merchants, each regionally specialised, the only way to achieve variety and quality.
  • We have 4 or 5 people who take part in these regular tastings: it is not seen as the droit de proprietaire. Sadly.
  • Most of us have taken wine exams. This doesn't mean we know more than our guests, but we can help and should know the wines we list.
  • We offer up to about 20 wines by 125ml and 175ml glass sizes and, even better, by the carafe. Meaning you don’t have to compromise on which wines you choose.
  • We have always limited the profit we make on better wines so that all wines on our list are more affordable. 


The EDS Bottle Shop


The wines you see on our list are very rarely seen in shops. In fact, if we see one of our wines in a supermarket, we usually delist it.
So if you have liked what you've drunk, we are happy to sell you any of our wines at a very reasonable price, usually just our cost price plus a two pound coin. Brilliant if you’re staying nearby.



Wine Suppers


Email us here you'd like to be kept on top of our upcoming wine events, from Wine Suppers to less formal EDS Supper Clubs.  All showcase the taste and judgement of our outstanding stable of importers.  Tickets £75 a head for wine dinners, a little less for Supper Clubs.

 



Open Reds
(all by glass and carafe)

Primitivo, 2020, Sampietrana
Salento, Italy

23.00


Merlot 2020, Passarini
Veneto, Italy

26.00


Touriga Nacional 2020, Ciconia 
Alentejo, Portgual

32.00


Agiorgitiko 2020, Skouras
Nemea, Greece

29.00


Cab Sav/Merlot 2020, Cape Town Wine Co.
South Africa

30.00


Tempranillo 2020, Albizu
Rioja, Spain

24.00


 


"You know that every wine on their list has been rigorously selected for its inherent quality and value-for-money"
Nick Brooks, Vine Trail
iescape CTA Michelin Guide Sawdays
Tel: 01736 731 222
bookings@oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk
The Old Coastguard, The Parade, Mousehole
Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6PR