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LaBelle Winery Announces New 2026 Spring Dining Menus at The Bistro & Americus Restaurant

by Michelle Thornton

Mar 24, 2026

Amherst and Derry, New Hampshire — LaBelle Winery, known for its award-winning wines and farm-to-table cuisine, announces its spring 2026 dining menus and seasonal beverage offerings at Americus Restaurant in Derry and The Bistro in Amherst. Both restaurants offer brunch, lunch and dinner service.

“LaBelle’s 2026 spring menus reflect the renewal and energy of a New England spring,” says executive chef, Justin Bernatchez. “These menus showcase our team’s creativity and passion with fresh, seasonal dishes and inventive beverages.”

“Spring is one of the most exciting times to dine with us,” says Amy LaBelle, founder and co-owner of LaBelle Winery. “As the weather warms up, there’s nothing quite like enjoying a beautiful meal al fresco. Our chefs have crafted menus that capture the season beautifully, and we can’t wait to welcome guests back to our terraces.”

new Spring dining menu Specials

Seasonal spring specials at Americus are crafted by executive chef Justin Bernatchez and head restaurant chef David Zusman. They include spinach tortellini; oysters Rockefeller; a marinated tuna steak; stuffed Cornish hen roulade; a spring beet salad and strawberry panna cotta.

At The Bistro, spring specials are also crafted by Bernatchez along with head restaurant chef Noah Gagne. These include a roasted beet salad; cheddar beignets; mushroom toast; lamb and black truffle ragout; spring pea and carrot risotto and crêpes and berries.

To view the full menus for Americus and The Bistro, click here. 

Core Menu Offerings

Both restaurants’ regular menus reflect their unique culinary identities. The Bistro features seasonally inspired, scratch-made American fare with French influences, prepared with the freshest farm-to-table ingredients, often incorporating LaBelle’s wines and The Winemaker’s Kitchen line of specialty culinary products.

The menus at Americus focus on winemaker-driven, contemporary farm-to-table cuisine with New England roots and a global influence. 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. Americus also offers house-made pasta dishes and wood-fired pizzas.

The Bistro features classic offerings such as the winemaker’s burger; pistachio-crusted haddock; roasted chicken LaBelle and duck and risotto. Americus’ highlights include rigatoni; chicken LaBelle and seared salmon.

Both restaurants feature a “24oz Porterhouse Steak for Two” special available Friday and Saturday evenings while supplies last, as well as children’s menus and takeout options.

new Spring cocktail menus & core Beverage menu Offerings

Both locations are home to full-service bars that serve spirits; specialty cocktails; mocktails; LaBelle’s wines; low-alcohol wines and a mix of draft and bottled beers. The 2026 spring cocktail specials at Americus and The Bistro complement the restaurants’ seasonal menus.

At Americus, spring cocktail specials include a sunlit rosemary spritz; a blushing bloom; a pink ember martini; a chamomile honey sour; a cherry-chocolate old fashioned; a spring honey bee and a strawberry mint margarita, among others. The restaurant also offers raspberry rosé sangria available by the glass or pitcher.

At The Bistro, spring cocktail specials include a lemon poppy seed martini; a peach blossom; a blood orange Moscow mule; a blueberry basil cosmo; a peach tea old fashioned; a strawberry bourbon sidecar; an elderflower margarita; a spring 75 and a hibiscus orange mai tai, among others. The Bistro also offers a seasonal sangria made with LaBelle Winery’s dry pear wine, available by the glass or pitcher.

Both restaurants also offer dessert cocktails including espresso martinis and dessert martini flights. The Bistro’s dessert martini menu includes a pistachio martini; a salted caramel martini and a biscotti espresso martini. Americus’ dessert cocktail menu includes a monkey business martini; a salted caramel white Russian and a white chocolate pistachio martini.Sunday-only brunch cocktails at The Bistro include a mimosa tower. At Americus, Sunday brunch features a boozy iced coffee flight and a mimosa flight.

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 the beverage menus at both restaurants. At Americus, these include a first bloom fizz and a floral static. At The Bistro, low-alcohol options include a honey peach pop and a grapefruit Aperol spritz.

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 and non-alcoholic craft cocktails; milk; juices; assorted sodas; house-made lemonade; unsweetened iced tea; hot tea; French press coffee from The Winemaker’s Kitchen and bottled still or sparkling water.

Special dining experiences

The Bistro and Americus both offer add-on experiences bookable through OpenTable, including date night packages, birthday celebration add-ons, and a single rose add-on. 

dining reservations

To make learn more and reservation at either of LaBelle’s restaurants, click here.

General information about labelle winery’s restaurants in new hampshire

Both restaurants are recipients of OpenTable’s Diners Choice Award. Americus is a recipient of the DiRōNA Award for dining excellence.LaBelle Winery’s free Vintage Rewards loyalty program, available to all guests, rewards customers for their dining purchases. Both Americus and The Bistro offer double Vintage Rewards loyalty points on all dining purchases every Thursday.LaBelle Winery welcomes well-behaved, leashed dogs at both locations on its outdoor terraces for dining and wine tastings.

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.

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