140 bins, 92% of them Cycladic, 38 open by the glass. Reprinted every Tuesday morning by Marina, who built it and still writes the tasting notes by hand.
The by-the-glass page changes fastest — a bin runs out and something else takes its place the same evening.
Because there are already good lists for those on this island and there is no reason for ours to be the eighth. The mainland bench is deliberately short: enough to put a serious red on a table that wants one, not enough to pull the list away from the islands.
It costs more than it earns, yes. We keep it because pairing a whole fish for two people should not oblige a bottle each, and because it is the only way most guests will ever try a Sifnos white.
Yes, one bottle per table, €25 corkage, and please not something we already have downstairs. Marina will want to taste a thimble of it, which is a compliment.