Wine Bar Tangled Vine Adds Brunch Cocktail List

Tangle Vine, the new Upper West Side wine bar focusing on biodynamic, organic and sustainable wines, has inaugurated a Saturday and Sunday brunch and, with it, a brunch cocktail menu. It features the usual Bloody Mar, Mimosa and Bellini spins, but also a Pera Espumosa, made of Cava, Kabinett Riesling, Brandy, pear nectar, fresh cinnamon; and El Alba, made of Francois Mantand sparkling wine, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, and Gus cranberry lime soda. The drinks will probably not expand to evenings in order to keep the focus on wine. 

On the wine list, meanwhile, Tangled Vine has added a quintet of roses for the spring, as well as an orange wine (a Savagnin from Jura), all by the glass. I like that the wine list has a permanent category called Orange Wine—wines mainly from Jura and Friuli. Also, that the separate their Rieslings into "Dry" and "Sweet" categories, so as to alleviate some of the confusion about those great wines. The Gamay category—as opposed to a Beaujolais section—is also an astute twist.

 

Here's the cocktails list:

Organic Smoked Bloody Mary $11

Crop Harvest Organic Tomato Vodka, Organic Tomato Juice, Victoria’s secret smoked blend, burnt tomato and eggplant

Fresh Mimosa $9
Francois Mantand sparkling wine, fresh squeezed orange juice

Mint Peach Bellini $9
Prosecco, peach nectar, fresh mint

Pera Espumosa $10
Cava, Kabinett Riesling, Brandy, pear nectar, fresh cinnamon

El Alba $9
Francois Mantand sparkling wine, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, Gus cranberry lime