Robin and Marion Jones, Croque-en-Bouche,
The Old Post Office, Putley Green, Ledbury HR8 2QN. t: 01531 670809 f. 0870 7066282
I give the help I’m asked for. From a base design, through recommending wines and
suppliers, to the full production service, detailed here, often supplying wines from
my cellar. You choose what suits.
Shaun Hill at the now-retired Merchant House in Ludlow, used to do his own list.
Whilst he’d always chosen good and interesting wines, the list itself did the restaurant
and the diners no favours, but he had neither the time or the DTP skills to work
on it. His and Anya’s highly-rated restaurant was already fully booked months ahead,
so he asked me to look after the list. It was the AA Winelist of the year 2004. See
the winning list pdf? I designed what he wanted: a lean, economical list without
flummery. Max. 90 wines (about a third came from us), and tried to cover all the
main varieties and top artisan producers. Each weekend, he e-mailed his vintage and
wine changes, and when he opened again, I’d sent back new sheets. Always up-to-date.
Now I look after the list for Shaun’s new venture, The Walnut Tree. Shaun had very
definite ideas for his list and I have made them work for him. In preparing the list
we tasted 198 new wines. Not as much fun as it sounds. See the WT list?
The Angel Hotel like a similar lean style, and I’ve got them four major ‘Awards of
Excellence’ from ‘Wine Spectator’ magazine. Angel wine list pdf?
Menus and wine lists were our life for 25 years and it’s nice to continue to have
wine lists to play with. Design is important, but content more so. Wines have to
be organised, have range for all tastes, and be described interestingly. Wine lists
still scare some people! So many lists are unhelpfully organised and miss-spellings
and naming errors are too common. ...See some tips?
Peter Constable at the Artillery Tower was a wine customer, who needed a new website,
but looking at his menu and list, it was obvious he’d spent more time at the stove
than honing his DTP skills - quite right too! I designed his site, menu, and list
as one - cost effective that way. See the AT list pdf?
The Fox and Hounds Pub in Wiltshire had a list done for free(!) by their wine merchant,
but decided to spend a couple of hundred pounds for me to get it right. Click the
old list and new list and compare!
WINE LISTS
