LaBelle Winery News

The Bistro & Americus Restaurant Announce New Summer 2025 Dining Menus

by Michelle Thornton

Jun 17, 2025

Amherst and Derry, New Hampshire — LaBelle Winery, known for its award-winning wines and farm-to-table cuisine, announces its Summer 2025 dining menu and seasonal beverage offerings at Americus Restaurant in Derry and The Bistro in Amherst. Both restaurants offer brunch, lunch and dinner service.  
“LaBelle’s 2025 summer menu reflects the vibrancy of a New England summer,” says executive chef Justin Bernatchez. “These menus showcase our team’s creativity and passion with fresh, seasonal dishes and inventive beverages.”
“Summer dining is about more than just food. It’s about connection and savoring the moment,” says Amy LaBelle, founder and co-owner of LaBelle Winery. “These menus bring that spirit to life and reflect our ongoing vision for creating unforgettable culinary experiences.”

Summer Specials

Seasonal summer specials at Americus Restaurant include Tuscan spiced lamb ribs, summer pork tenderloin, summer halibut and street corn pizza. At The Bistro, summer specials include coconut panko-crusted swordfish, summer penne pasta and a hearty steak tip salad. To view the full menus for Americus Restaurant or The Bistro, visit LaBelle Winery’s dining page.

Core Menu Offerings

Both restaurants’ regular menus reflect their unique culinary identities. The Bistro presents American fare with a French influence, while Americus Restaurant offers American cuisine inspired by global flavors. Both restaurants share core menu features such as soups and salads, artisanal cheeses and charcuterie boards, diverse appetizers, hand-cut steaks and a wide selection of entrees.
The Bistro features classic offerings such as beef Bourguignon, bouillabaisse and pan-roasted Cornish hen. Americus Restaurant’s highlights include steak frites, chicken LaBelle and seared salmon. Americus Restaurant also offers various house-made pasta dishes and wood-fired pizzas. The Bistro and Americus Restaurant both serve prime rib on Fridays and Saturdays as well as offer children’s menus and takeout options.

BEVERAGE OFFERINGS

Both restaurants are home to full-service bars that serve spirits, mocktails, LaBelle wines and a mix of draft and bottled beers. The 2025 summer cocktail specials at Americus Restaurant and The Bistro complement the restaurants’ seasonal menus.

At Americus Restaurant, these include a smoky passion fruit margarita, a dragon fruit martini and a banana split martini. At The Bistro, summer drink specials include a guava peach martini, a mango coconut margarita and an elderflower rose Hugo spritz.

Both restaurants also offer various dessert cocktails including espresso martinis and cocktail flights. Each restaurant also serves some unique dessert cocktail options. The Bistro’s dessert cocktail menu includes a toasted coconut martini, while the dessert cocktail menu at Americus Restaurant includes a lemon meringue martini.

Sunday-only brunch cocktails include mimosa trees at The Bistro and boozy coffee and mimosa flights at Americus Restaurant. Guests can enjoy all of LaBelle’s wines by the glass, bottle or flight at either location.

Low-alcohol cocktails, which contain up to 50 percent less alcohol than standard cocktails, remain popular additions to both restaurants’ beverage menus. These include a white wine and peach mint julep and a limoncello highball. LaBelle also offers low-alcohol wines that contain up to 33 percent less alcohol than traditional wines.

Non-alcoholic beverage options at both locations include mocktails, milk, juice, assorted sodas, house-made lemonade, unsweetened iced tea, hot tea, French press coffee from The Winemaker’s Kitchen and bottled still or sparkling water.

Both restaurants serve lunch, brunch, and dinner. Visit, labellewinery.com/dine to view their menus.

WEEKLY DINING SPECIALS

Americus Restaurant

Happy Hour: 25 percent off appetizers and 50 percent off glasses of wine and beer, Wed. and Thurs., 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Buck-a-Shuck Tuesdays: $1 oysters every Tuesday

The Bistro & Americus

Prime Rib Fridays and Saturdays: A weekend kickoff featuring a special prime rib dinner

SPECIAL Experiences

LaBelle Winery offers special dining experiences that can be added to any reservation via OpenTable. Both restaurants will offer Easter Brunch and Mother’s Day Brunch. Birthday add-ons and date night/romantic add-on packages are also available. The Bistro offers a single rose add-on.  Americus Restaurant offers a mini golf add-on, a mini golf family fun package and a mimosa experience.

For detailed descriptions or to make a reservation visit OpenTable.com

GENERAL INFORMATION

Americus Restaurant in Derry, a recipient of OpenTable’s Diners’ Choice Award, features New England contemporary cuisine with an international flair in a comfortable setting.

The Bistro in Amherst, recently recognized as one of OpenTable’s 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America, offers seating with views of the vineyard.

LaBelle Winery’s Vintage Rewards loyalty program is free and available to all guests, and rewards customers for their dining purchases. Anyone can sign up for the program online or in person at either LaBelle Winery location.

LaBelle Winery welcomes well behaved dogs on its outdoor terraces for dining and wine tastings in both of its locations.

Both Americus Restaurant and The Bistro offer children’s menus. For guests who prefer to dine at home, both locations also offer takeout options.

For more information or to make reservations at either of LaBelle’s restaurants, visit LabelleWinery.com.

Visit LaBelleWinery.com/hours-and-directions for current hours.

About LaBelle Winery:
LaBelle Winery has provided guests with award-winning wines since its founding in 2005. Since 2012, when its flagship facility opened in Amherst, the winery has offered outstanding cuisine, entertainment and venues for private events and weddings. LaBelle’s Amherst location is home to the winery’s production facility, The Bistro restaurant, a tasting room and wine and gift shop.

LaBelle’s Derry location opened in 2021. The Derry property is home to Americus restaurant, golf and mini-golf courses, an event center and a market offering prepared food and beverages. A tasting room and a sparkling wine production facility opened in Derry in May 2022.

Along with award-winning wines, LaBelle has created a gourmet culinary product line called The Winemaker’s Kitchen. Products are currently available at both of the winery’s locations.

LaBelle Winery Amherst is located at 345 Route 101 in Amherst, New Hampshire.

LaBelle Winery Derry is located at 14 Route 111, Derry, New Hampshire.

Visit LaBelleWinery.com for directions and hours of operation.

For questions or media inquiries email michelle@labellewinery.com