Kung Fu Girl Riesling by Charles Smith

If you’ve been in to enjoy our new English’s Tasting Menu and opted to indulge in our wine pairings, you will have tried a very special glass of white wine with your lobster tortellini; Kung Fu Girl. Produced by self-taught winemaker Charles Smith, this Riesling wine has tones of apricot, kumquat, nectarine and lime leaves, with a great mid-palate intensity and a long minerally finish.

A fairly new addition to our wine list (we added Kung Fu Girl around six months ago), it’s been an award-winning choice across the globe for a number of years. Three years in a row it was awarded Wine Spectator’s “Best Value” wine (2009, 2010, 2011) and in 2010 they awarded it 90 Points (out of 100).

Originally a band and tour manager, Smith has an innovative and inspired approach to wine making that’s earned him a number of awards over the years, including, ‘Best New Wineries of the Last Ten Years’ and ‘Winery of the Year’, as well as ‘Winemaker of the Year’ by both Food & Wine magazine and Seattle Magazine respectively. Charles’ winemaking career began in 1999 when he met a young French winemaker. Two years later he released 330 cases of his first wine, made Walla Walla Valley his home, and hasn’t looked back.

You can find out more about Kung Fu Girl in our Wine List, and to try it for yourself visit our Book a Table page, where you will find our contact details and online booking form.