Terroirs

Summary

“Tucked away off Trafalgar Square, you’d need to know about this very buzzy wine bar to find it… but sadly many people do as it’s normally packed out”. Over ten years ago, when it opened, it was a major sensation thanks to its then-novel combination of “really adaptable”, gutsy, Gallic tapas (“plates of meat, cheese, paté, etc”) washed down with “a superb (if somewhat baffling and esoteric) wine selection, featuring some very interesting natural wines” (it’s actually owned by wine importers, Les Caves de Pyrenes). Nowadays the prevailing view is that it’s “good but very expensive for what is in effect an uncomfortable and noisy café”.