Treehouse Tapas With a Serious Wine Brain
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Reviewed April 22, 2026
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You're in a small river town in Bucks County expecting a casual night out, and then the wine list lands on the table — Château Rayas, Clos Mogador, Biondi-Santi. This is not what New Hope prepared us for. Nektar earns its Wine Spectator Award of Excellence credential the hard way: by actually buying serious wine.
The list runs 80-120 bottles with a clear three-pillar spine: Spain, France, Italy — exactly what Wine Spectator flagged as the house strengths, and they're not wrong. Spain is the standout, with Muga and La Rioja Alta anchoring Rioja and Álvaro Palacios showing up in Priorat alongside Clos Mogador, which is a bold swing for a tapas bar in Pennsylvania. France brings Burgundy via Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin and climbs to Châteauneuf territory with Château Beaucastel and the mythic Château Rayas. Italy rounds it out with Barolo heavyweights Giacomo Conterno and Bruno Giacosa, plus Biondi-Santi in Brunello — a name that alone tells you someone here cares. The Cava and Sherry selections are a smart nod to the tapas format and not an afterthought.
Twenty to thirty glass pours is ambitious for a room this size, and it works in your favor. The Pazo de Señorans Albariño from Rías Baixas is almost certainly on that list and should be your first move — it's the natural opener for the food format. Glass prices top out around $18, which is reasonable given the quality of bottles hiding behind the by-the-glass program.
Pazo de Señorans Albariño, Rías Baixas — $12
Rías Baixas Albariño at tapas prices is a gimme — bright, saline, cuts through anything olive oil-forward on the plate. Pazo de Señorans is one of the benchmark producers in the appellation and finding it by the glass in New Hope at this price is the kind of thing we're here to flag.
La Rioja Alta Rioja Reserva
Everyone reaches for the Muga, and Muga is great, but La Rioja Alta is the producer that serious Rioja drinkers geek out about. Traditional methods, longer aging, more restrained — it gets overlooked in favor of flashier labels and that's exactly why you should order it.
Louis Jadot Burgundy
Jadot is perfectly fine wine, but it's also available at every grocery store with a wine aisle in America. When Beaucastel and Château Rayas are on the same list, defaulting to Jadot is leaving the real wine on the table. Don't do it.
Château Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape + Beef Wellington
Beaucastel is a big, layered Southern Rhône with enough grip and earthy depth to stand up to the pastry-wrapped beef without bullying it. It's a dramatic pairing for what is already a dramatic dish, and on a menu built around small plates, the Wellington is clearly the headliner — treat it like one.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Nektar is the sleeper hit of the Delaware River Valley wine scene — a tapas spot in a tourist town that quietly stocks Clos Mogador and Biondi-Santi while everyone else is busy with the scenery. If you're driving through New Hope anyway, this is the stop that's actually worth making.
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