“Since 1808, Champagne Henriot, one of the last independent and family-owned houses in Champagne, has pursued a tradition of excellence – a fragile balance between delicacy, intensity, and purity. For seven generations, the family has selected only the very best vineyards, concentrated on the purity of chardonnay and has upheld the utmost respect for time in order to ensure the cuvee has an opportunity to reach its full expression.” www.champagne-henriot.com

Standard tasting tickets cost £20 or you can stay for supper to meet and dine with the wine maker for £50.

Updates and news on this event will be shared via our social media profiles; to book or for more information please contact Kirstie Urquhart, Glassboat Events Manager on 0117 929 0704 or e-mail events@glassboat.co.uk

Terms and conditions: Receive £25 off your final bill for each £100 spent at Glassboat, voucher cannot be redeemed if bill is less than £100.

Valid for use in bar, lower deck, main restaurant from 09.01.12 until 30.04.12 only, excludes Valentines 14th February 2012 and Mothering Sunday 18th March 2012.

Made from Melon de Bourgogne, near Nantes in the far west of the Loire, the majority of Muscadet is quaffed young and fresh, a perfect accompaniment to a plate of seafood.  As the Melon de Bourgogne is a relatively neutral grape many producers seek to add complexity by producing Muscadet sur lie.

Here the wine remains in contact with the residues of fermentation for a number of months prior to bottling, a process which gives the wine a fuller flavour; a creamier, softer texture and can trap a little residual carbon dioxide resulting in a slight sparkle.

For too long the vast majority of Muscadet has been sold on quantity via négociants concerned mainly with price and a view to consumption as young as possible, which inevitably results in the image of the wine suffering.  Independent vignerons are however working hard to improve the reputation of the area and it is undoubtedly the case that Muscadet when carefully vinified from older vines in established vineyards is very capable of aging gracefully due to its high acidity and minerality.

The current emphasis in the area is on a further delimitation of the better vineyards and to further extend the period of lees-aging which paradoxically can result in the wine not being allowed to list ‘sur-lie´on its bottle due to the complexities of French wine laws.

Perhaps Muscadet never really went out of fashion, but as wines from more revered regions continue to rise in price, reputable producers from this area of the Loire offer a more realistic opportunity for tasting the development of a wine in bottle over a number of years or even decades.

Muscadets from 3 different decades are currently available on the list at the Glassboat.

In honour of our original house wine,  we are offering a complimentary glass of Muscadet per person for all lower deck bookings in 2012 until the end of February.

In honour of the original listing we will be showcasing Muscadet from three
different decades, featuring wines from Choblet and Luneau-Papin.

1986 a fine year indeed, not least as Glassboat was launched.

To celebrate, a compact list of fine wines from this vintage is now available;
Hermitage, E Guigal; Domaine de Chevalier and Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou all feature

Smoked salmon, pickled fennel, crème fraiche
Steak tartare

Skate meuniere
Gressingham duck breast, cauliflower, peppercorn sauce

Lemon cake, chantilly cream
Roquefort, quince, crackers

Starters

English asparagus, poached egg, hollandaise 7.00
Smoked salmon, pickled fennel, crème fraiche 7.50

Steak tartare (Large served with fries) 7.00/14.00
Langustines, lemon mayonnaise 7.50

A la Carte Menu

Mains

Artichoke & leek vinaigrette, poached eggs 14.50
Skate meuniere 17.50
Fish pie 15.50
9oz Rib eye steak, fries, bearnaise sauce 22.00
Gressingham duck, duck breast, cauliflower, peppercorn sauce 15.50

Sides

Spinach, roast potatoes or garden leaf salad 2.75 per serve

Puddings and Cheese

Lemon cake, chantilly cream 6.50
Chocolate tart, crème fraiche 6.50
Rhubarb Vacherin 6.50
Roquefort, quince, crackers 6.50

Please inform us if you have any dietary requirements or allergies.  Please note a 12.5% discretionary service charge will be added to groups of eight or more.

Two Courses – £15 per person
Three Courses – £20 per person

Starters

Purple sprouting broccoli, poached egg, hollandaise
Fish soup, rouille, gruyere
Chicken liver parfait, cured meat, cornichons, toast

Mains

Artichoke and leek vinaigrette, poached eggs
Plaice meuniere
Gressingham duck breast, cauliflower & peppercorn sauce

Desserts

Crème caramel
Chocolate tart, crème fraiche
Stichelton, quince, biscuits

Henriot, NV Champagne, France 8.00 – 100ml / 47.50 –  750ml

Please note this is a sample menu as it changes daily, please ask for today’s menu.

A la Carte Menu
Available Monday to Saturday
5:30pm – 10pm

Appetizers

Served throughout the day in the bar or as an appetizer to a meal

Olives 3.00
Vegetable crisps 2.00
Anchovy straws 2.00
Pork crackling 3.00
Smoked eel, horseradish 3.00
Celeriac and smoked beef 3.25

Starters

Wild garlic soup 5.50
Asparagus, poached egg, hollandaise 7.50
Smoked salmon, pickled fennel 7.50
Fish soup, rouille, croutons, gruyere 6.50
Half dozen snails, garlic butter 6.00
Pate, cured meats and terrine,toast and cornichons 8.00
Marinated octopus salad 6.50

Fish

Skate, capers, black butter 17.50
Turbot, sea beet 19.50
Fish pie 15.50

Crustacea

Rock oysters 2.00 each
Mussels, lovage, cider, cream - main served with fries 6.50 / 12.50
Seared scallops, almonds, cauliflower, lemon, parsley, capers 9.50
Langoustines, lemon mayonnaise 15.00

Meat

Rump of lamb, lentils, salsa verde 15.50
Stuffed rabbit loin, rabbit hotpot 16.50
Rib eye, sauce béarnaise, grilled shallots 22.00
Rose veal escalope, sweetbreads, sage 18.00
Whole or half roast tarragon chicken, dauphinoise potatoes 29.50 /15.50

Vegatables

Fennel, blood orange, parsley and black olive salad 6.50
Hispi, parsley, lemon and Parmesan salad 7.00
Artichoke and Pecorino Tart 13.00

Puddings and Cheese

Ginger sponge pudding 6.50
Lemon cake, Chantilly cream 6.50
Rhubarb vacherin 6.50
Chocolate tart, creme fraiche 6.50
Creme caramel 5.50

Selection of French and British cheeses 8.50

Please inform us if you have any dietary requirements or allergies.  A 12.5% discretionary service charge will be added to groups of 8 or more.

Please let us know if we can make your lunch or dinner a fuller celebration by adding in some canapés or a cheese course.  We require 24 hours notice of the booking 

Canapés
From £2 per item

Beetroot, Perroche
Oyster
Anchovy straw
Smoked salmon
Tarama, toast
Cured Beef
House pate

Starters

Asparagus, poached egg, hollandaise
Fish soup, rouille, gruyere, croutons
Pate, cured meats, terrine, cornichons, toast

Mains

Artichokes and pecorino tart
Skate, capers, black butter
Rump of lamb, lentils, salsa verde

Potatoes and vegetables

Dessert

Rhubarb vacherin
Chocolate tart, crème fraiche
Crème caramel

Filter coffee and tea

Extra Course

A selection of British and French Cheeses  £5.00

Please note this is a sample menu only for groups of 12 or more in the main restaurant and  private dining.

Please note that a 12.5% discretionary service charge will be added to groups of 8 or more.

Served from 12-4pm
20.00 per person

Our setting next to Bristol Bridge, with the light playing on the harbour water and the resident swans pootling serenely about, makes Glassboat one of the mellowest spots in town for a post-work or weekend cocktail.

Our team have come up with some fine twists on classic cocktails for this Spring – including a Rum Manhattan, which replaces the classic Manhattan’s whiskey with a fabulous Venezuelan dark golden rum, distilled from molasses in a copper potstill and then aged for 12 years!

See our full cocktail menu below.

Drinks Menu

Spirits (25ml standard)

Vermouth, Pastis
Martini Bianco, Italy 50ml: 3.00
Noilly Prat Extra Dry, France 50ml: 3.00
Martini Rosso, Italy 50ml :3.00
Campari, France: 3.00
Pastis Ricard, France: 3.00

Gin
Larios, Spain: 3.50
Bombay Sapphire, England: 4.00
Tanqueray, London: 4.00
Brockmans, England: 4.00
Hendricks, Scotland: 4.50
Bramley & Gage 6 O’Clock, Bristol: 4.50
Beefeater24, London: 5.00
Miller’s, London: 5.00

Vodka
Finlandia, Finland: 3.50
Grey Goose, France: 4.50
Grey Goose Pear, France :5.00
Ketel One Citroen, Netherlands: 3.50
Stolichnaya Vanilla, Russia: 3.50
Zubrowka Bison Gras, Poland: 3.50
Chase, England: 4.00

Rum
Brugal, Dominican Republic: 3.50
Gosling, Bermuda: 3.50
Bacardi Superior, Cuba: 3.50
Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Caribbean: 3.50
Kraken Black Spiced Rum, USA: 4.00
Bacardi Reserva 8yo, Cuba: 5.00
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva, Venezuela: 8.00

Tequila, Sotol
Jose Cuervo Tequila, Mexico: 3.50
Hacienda de Chihuahua, Mexico: 4.00

Cognac
Maxime Trijol V.S.O.P: 4.00
Courvoisier Exclusif: 5.00

Armagnac
Clos Martin 1986, Armagnac: 9.50
Casterede 1965, Bas-Armagnac: 11.45
Casterede 1957, Bas-Armagnac: 13.00
Baron de Sigognac 50yo, Bas-Armagnac: 26.45

Calvados
Berneroy VSOP, Livarot: 4.00
Adrien Camut 6yo, Pays d’Auge: 4.50
Vieux Calvados Lemorton, Le Treilleul: 7.75

Cocktails

Little Blond: 7.00
Lillet Blanc, Fizz

Bloody Campari: 8.00
Campari vermouth, blood orange juice, fizz

Twinkle: 8.00
Elderflower liqueur, fizz

Mojito: 7.50
Bacardi Superior, sugar, mint, lime, soda

Negroni: 8.00
Miller’s Gin, Martini Rosso, Campari

Fifty Fifty: 8.00
Miller’s Gin, Noilly Prat Dry, dash orange bitters

Frisky Bison: 7.00
Zubrowka vodka, cloudy apple juice, cucumber ribbon

Perfect Storm: 7.50
Kraken Black Spiced Rum, Angustura Bitters ginger beer, lime

Daiquiri: 7.00
Bacardi Superior, caster sugar, lime juice

Rum Manhattan: 8.50
Diplomatico Exclusivo, Martini Rosso, Angostura bitters

Old Fashioned: 8.50
Woodford Reserve Bourbon, sugar syrup, Angostura bitters

Spiced Treacle: 7.50
Kraken Black Spiced Rum, Angustura bitters, cloudy apple juice

Ash Blonde: 7.50
Lillet Blanc wine, Cointreau orange liqueur, splash of Martini Rosso

After Dinner (25ml)

Grappa, Most
Grappa Stagionata in barrique frassino, Italy 6.00
Most, Frangelino 4.50

Liqueurs
Amaretto Saliza, Italy: 3.50
Benedictine, France: 3.75
Cointreau, France: 3.45
Drambuie, Scotland: 3.75
Grand Marnier, France: 3.75
Kahlua, Mexico: 3.00
Koko Kanu, Jamaica: 3.25
Southern Comfort, USA: 3.50
Sambuca Luxardo, Italy: 3.00
Tuaca, Italy: 3.75
Baileys, Irish Cream: 3.00

Hot Beverages

Coffee
Espresso: 1.70
Double Espresso: 2.20
Cappuccino: 2.20
Latte: 2.20
Americano: 2.20
Macchiato: 2.20
Mocha: 3.00
Liqueur Coffee: 5.50

Hot Chocolate: 2.50

Tea, Herbal Infusions
English Breakfast: 2.20
Earl Grey: 2.20
Peppermint: 2.00
Camomile: 2.00
Green Tea: 2.00
Fruit Tea: 2.00

Aperitifs (50ml)

Pineau des Charentes: 3.50
Pimms no1, Lemonade: 5.00

Beer, Ales & Cider

Premium Draught Lager Half / Pint
Freedom Pilsner, England: 2.25 4.25

Bottled Beers, Local Ales & Cider
Peroni, Italy 330ml: 3.50
Bristol Beer Factory No 7, Bristol 500ml: 4.50
Bath Ales Gem, Bath 500ml: 4.50
Bath Ales Dark Side, Bath 500ml: 4.75
Westons Organic Pear Cider 500ml: 4.00
Westons Organic Cider 500ml: 4.00

Non Alcoholic Drinks

Soft Drinks
Elderflower pressé: 2.75
Elderflower and apple pressé: 2.75
Fresh citron pressé: 2.75
Pink grapefruit pressé: 2.75
Cola, Diet Cola, Lemonade 275ml: 2.50
Ginger beer, Fentimans: 2.90
Apple and apricot juice, Luscombe: 2.90
Apple and pear juice, Luscombe: 2.90
Orange Juice: 2.50
Cranberry, tomato: 2.50
Pineapple, grapefruit: 2.00

Mineral Water

Tufa Pure Whitehole Spring, 275ml: 1.50
Leigh on Mendip 750ml: 3.45

Spirits (25ml)

Whisky
Black Grouse, Scotland: 3.50
Jamesons Irish, Ireland: 3.50
Clynelish 1997, Highland: 4.40
Jack Daniel’s, Tennessee: 4.00
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, Tennessee: 6.00
Talisker 10yo, Isle of Skye: 5.00
Highland Park, Orkney Isles: 5.00
Laphroaig, Scotland: 5.00
Macallan, Scotland: 5.00

Bourbon
Woodford Reserve, Kentucky: 4.50
Evan Williams Single Barrel 1995, Kentucky: 4.75
Gentleman Jack, Tennessee: 5.00
Elijah Craig Single Barrel 18yo, Kentucky: 6.00

Sherry (50ml)

Fino, Guiterrez Colosia: 3.00
Amontillado, Guiterrez Colosia: 3.00
Sherry Pedro Ximenez, Spain: 4.65

401   Henriot NV Champagne, France; 8.00 / 47.50

402    Prosecco Rustico, Nino Franco, Valdobbiadene, Italy; 6.50 / 35.00

403   Bollinger NV Special Cuvee, Champagne, France; 57.50

404    Joseph Perrier Vintage 2001, Champagne, France; 75.00 (750ml)

405    Henriot Demi Sec, NV Champagne, France; 60.00

White:125ml / 250ml / 750ml

101    Viura 2010, Soliluna, Carinena, Spain; 3.25 / 6.00 / 18.00

102    Colombard 2010, La Lande, Cotes de Gascogne; 19.00 (750ml)

103    Muscadet 2010, Cotes de Grandlieu, Loire; 22.00 (750ml)

104    Fiano 2010, Mandrarossa, Sicily; 22.00 (750ml)

106    Sauvignon Blanc 2009, Nicolas Choblet, Loire;  4.25 / 8.00 / 24.00

107    Viognier 2011, LesAcanthes, Pays d’Oc, France; 25.00 (750ml)

109   Muscadet 2001, Cotes de Grandlieu, Loire; 28.50 (750ml)

110    Macon-villages 2009, Besson, Burgundy; 5.00 / 9.75 / 28.50

111    Gavi di gavi 2010, Bergaglio, Piedmont, Italy; 33.00 (750ml)

112    Soave 2009, Antonio Fattori, Veneto, Italy; 37.00 (750ml)

113    Riesling 2009, Trimbach, Alsace; 35.00 (750ml)

114   Muscadet sur lie, 1989, Pierre Luneau-Papin, Loire; 35.00 (750ml)

115    Chablis 2010, Louis Michel, Burgundy; 37.50 (750ml)

116     Pouilly Fume 2010, Dme Barillot, Loire, France; 42.00 (750ml)

117    Sancerre 2010, Vincent Pinard, Loire; 45.00 (750ml)

118    Chateauneuf du pape 2007, Charbonniere, Rhone; 47.50 (750ml)

119   Domaine de chevalier 1986, Grand Cru Classe de Graves, Bordeaux; 75.00 (750ml)

Rose: 125ml / 250ml / 750ml

301    Garnacha rosado 2010, Soliluna, Carinena, Spain; 3.75 / 6.50 /  19.50 

Red: 125ml / 250ml / 750ml

201    Primitivo salento 2010, Boheme, Puglia, Italy; 3.25 / 6.00 / 18.00

202    Montepulciano d’abruzzo 2010, Umani Ronchi, Marche, Italy; 22.00 (750ml)

203    Espiga tinto 2010, Lisbon, Portugal; 23.00 (750ml)

204    Merlot 2010, VDP des Coteaux de Peyriac, France; 4.25 / 8.00 / 24.00

205    Bila-Haut 2009,Cotes du Roussillion Villages, France; 24.50 (750ml)

206    Cotes du Rhone 2010, Sol’Acantalys, Rhone; 27.00 (750ml)

207    Domaine de la Janesse 2007, VDP d’Orange, France; 27.50 (750ml)

208    Rioja 2009, Ramon Bilbao, Rioja, Spain; 4.75 / 9.50 / 28.50

209    Petit Toumilon 2009, Graves, Bordeaux; 32.50 (750ml)

210     Pinot Noir 2010, Bourgogne, France; 37.00 (750ml)

211     Crozes-Hermitage 2009, Les Meysonniers, France; 38.00 (750ml)

212    Chianti Classico 2008, I Bastoni, Tuscany, Italy; 39.50 (750ml)

213    Volney 2008, Dme Regis, Burgundy, France; 47.00 (750ml)

214    Valpolicella Ripasso 2007, Corteforte, Veneto, Italy; 49.50 (750ml)

215    Amarone 2004, Corteforte, Veneto, Italy; 55.00 (750ml)

216   Hermitage1986, E. Guigal, Rhone, France; 75.00 (750ml)

217  Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 1986, St Julien, Bordeaux; 150.00 (750ml)

Port, Dessert & Fortified: 100ml / 375ml / Bottle

501    Vin de Constance 2005, Klein Constantia, SA; 9.50 (100ml) /45.00 (500ml)

502    Moscato d’asti 2009, Fontanafredda, Piedmont, Italy; 25.00 (500ml)

503    Pedro Ximinez NV, Cardenel Cisneros, Jerez, Spain; 4.00 (100ml)/30.00 (bottle)

504    Recioto Valpolicella 2008, Bertani, Verona, Italy; 8.75 (375ml) /42.50 (500ml)

505    Brachetto d’acqui 2009, Braida, Piedmont, Italy; 27.50 (375ml)

506    Late Harvest Tokaji 2003, Patricius, Hungary; 8.75 (100ml) / 32.50 (375ml)

507    Niepoort Ruby Dum Porto; 19.50 (375ml)

508    Niepoort Tawny Dee Porto; 19.50 (375ml)

509    Niepoort Lbv 2005 Porto; 6.00 (100ml) / 39.50 (bottle)

510    Taylors 10 year old Tawny Port; 42.00 (bottle)

Please note that a 12.5% discretionary service charge will be added to all tables of 8 or more.