Aster& Vine
A small room, forty covers, and a list that changes every week. Low-intervention wine, a short menu of things to share, and no rush to turn the table.
We pour the things we'd drink ourselves — growers we know, bottles we can explain, and nothing on the list because a rep told us to put it there.
By the glass
Eight open tonight
Everything here is also available by the bottle, and anything on the shelf can be opened for £12 corkage if you would rather drink something else.
I fancy something
Spending
Eating?
Pick one and we’ll tell you what to drink. It is the same answer you would get if you asked at the bar, minus the part where we lean on the taps and take too long about it.
Open tonight
8 by the glass
- Txakoli, Ameztoi
- Getariako · Basque Country · Light & crisp
- £8.50
- Gamay, Domaine Dupeuble
- Beaujolais · France · Rich & dark
- £9.00
- Assyrtiko, Argyros
- Santorini · Greece · Light & crisp
- £10.50
- Nerello Mascalese, Graci
- Etna · Sicily · Rich & dark
- £11.00
- Chenin Blanc, Testalonga
- Swartland · South Africa · The odd one
- £12.50
- Blaufränkisch, Moric
- Burgenland · Austria · Rich & dark
- £13.00
- Pét-nat, Costador
- Catalonia · Spain · Fizz
- £9.50
- Trousseau, Overnoy-Crinquand
- Jura · France · The odd one
- £14.00
All of it is available by the bottle too, and anything on the shelf can be opened at the table for £12 corkage if you would rather drink something else entirely.
- Txakoli, Ameztoi
- Getariako · Basque Country
- £8.50
- Gamay, Domaine Dupeuble
- Beaujolais · France
- £9.00
- Assyrtiko, Argyros
- Santorini · Greece
- £10.50
- Nerello Mascalese, Graci
- Etna · Sicily
- £11.00
- Chenin Blanc, Testalonga
- Swartland · South Africa
- £12.50
- Blaufränkisch, Moric
- Burgenland · Austria
- £13.00
- Pét-nat, Costador
- Catalonia · Spain
- £9.50
- Trousseau, Overnoy-Crinquand
- Jura · France
- £14.00
Tonight
- On the counter
- A whole Comté we are working through, cut to order until it is gone.
- Open now
- Two bottles from last night still in good shape — ask, they are half price by the glass.
- This week only
- Six magnums of the Gamay. When they are finished, that is the end of it.
From the kitchen
Six things to share
- Gildas — white anchovy, olive, guindilla£4.50
- Whipped cod roe, charred sourdough£8.00
- Jersey Royals, wild garlic, cured yolk£9.50
- Six-hour lamb shoulder, salsa verde£17.00
- Comté, twenty-four month, quince£9.00
- Basque cheesecake£7.00
Served 5pm until 10pm.
How the list is chosen
“I buy from about fourteen people and I have met eleven of them. If I cannot tell you who made it and roughly what the weather did that year, it does not go on.”
Marta Oyelaran · owner, Aster & Vine
Come and sit down
We hold a third of the room back for walk-ins every night. For six or more, give us a ring rather than booking online — we will usually put you at the long table.
Demonstration page — the buttons are not wired to a booking system and the number is not a working line.
The back room
Sixteen seated, twenty-five standing, no hire fee — we ask for a £400 minimum spend on a Friday or Saturday and nothing at all midweek. Bring your own cake.
- Tuesday — Thursday
- 5pm — 11pm
- Friday — Saturday
- 12pm — late
- Sunday
- 12pm — 8pm
- Monday
- Closed
114 Burton Road
West Didsbury
Manchester M20 1JQ