PRIMROSE CAFE CLIFTON ARCADE VILLAGE BRISTOL
The Primrose Café has been under the same ownership for nearly 25 years and has become one of Bristol’s busiest and best-loved cafes. They make almost everything on the premises and take the trouble to source locally, sustainably and ethically. In a perfectly-positioned suntrap, the Primrose is the ideal place to watch the world go by while tucking into breakfast, sampling a lunchtime speciality or savouring a slice of our famous home-made cake. If you want more privacy, you can tuck yourself away in their secon floor or the private and secluded roof garden. They are open 7 days a week, serving breakfast till late, morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea, with a special brunch menu on Sundays.
The Clifton Village is a beautiful suburb of Bristol, tucked away from the hubbub of city life and located just a five-minute drive away from the centre. It is renowned for having some of the most iconic spots in Bristol, including Brunel’s famous Suspension Bridge, the Observatory and Bristol Zoo. If you’re looking for somewhere brimming with things to do and see, come and explore the many fascinating things the village has to offer, from events, dining experiences and retail outlets to must-see gardens, beautiful walks and secret hideaways.
"RS Wines"and "Primrose Cafe" were proud to host "Bodegas Urbina", which is one of the most popular fine wines from Rioja. This family business have four generations of exprience as vineyard owners in Rioja. They own around 75 hectares, all in the heart of the renowned sub-region of Rioja Alta which is known to produce grapes with fine structure and elegance. The vineyards, mostly planted to tempranillo, are located around the village of Cuzcurrita which is at the north-west point of Rioja and therefore at the limit of vine production. Here the climate is influenced by the cooler Atlantic weather systems which results in a longer, more gradual ripening period and grapes that tend to show freshness, structure and intensity. The magic of this area is that it makes wines that are amongst some of the longest lived in Rioja.
Everything about this bodega centres around ageing. After picking, the grapes are fermented slowly in stainless steel, then aged extensively in a mixture of American (75%) and French (25%) barrels. After ageing in oak, the wines are held in tank which retains a lift and freshness in the wines (rarely seen for this traditional style of Rioja). Pedro Benito Urbina makes a range of wines, mostly red, right across the quality spectrum from crianza to gran reserva. He releases his wines when they are ready to drink and fully mature. They represent the essence of classic Rioja: stylistically they rest their quality on finesse, complexity and savoury flavours, rather than power.
Generally speaking, Spanish wine is defined by age, so the main labels terms crionza, reserva, and gran reserva refer to the amount of time that the wines have been matured in oak barrel and then in bottles, before being sold. At one end of the quality scale are wines labelled joven (meaning young), which have little or no oak-ageing. Jovenes are all about vibrant fruit. The crionzas, which have spent a year in the barrel and another in the bottle, offer great complexity but are still dominate by fruit characters.
The reservas offer more vanilla, spice, and leathery notes due to an extra year in oak. Finally, the gran reservas are the finest and greatest wines. These are produced only in the best years and spend at least two years in the barrel and three more in the bottle before sale. As a result they have an intense bouquet. Of course, their character is completely Spanish, but their complexity can remind of a good red Burgundy from France, and their depth brings to mind the great wines-of Piedmont Italy. You might also see one of the different districts of Rioja on the label. There are three, and each has a slightly different terrain and climate: Rioja Alta. Rioja Alavesa, and Rioja Baja.
R.S Wines is one of Bristol's oldest Independent Wine Merchants, established in 1985. We believe that small is beautiful. Our wines are from individual, artisan and family producers who believe in the efficacy of sustainable wine growing. Real wines with a genuine sense of identity & place. They supply wines to many of the best restaurants in Bristol, Bath, South Wales and South West England, as well as private customers, and have a reputation for excellent quality wines.
- Name: Primrose Cafe
- Adress: 1, Clifton Arcade, Boyces Avenue, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 4AA
- Tel: 0117 946 6577
- E-Mail: info@primrosecafe.co.uk
- Web: www.primrosecafe.co.uk