Perhaps it will be yet harder to get into our local wine bar, Terroirs, following last night's Drinking Out Awards, by Harper’s (the trade mag for Wines & Spirits).
Charing Cross’s increasingly legendary Gallic hotspot confirmed its ‘hero’ status in the eyes of the nation’s food & wine gurus, winning three of the top awards, as well as “Wine Personality of the Year” for its backer Eric Narioo (founder of Les Caves de Pyrene).
Harpers’ awards -- amusingly presented by Nigel Barden at the Soho Hotel -- are voted for by insiders in the trade (Masters of Wine, critics, and ‘drinks experts’ (we know a few of those...)
• Best Overall Establishment of the Year
• Newcomer of the Year
• Wine Bar of the Year
• Best Drinks List in an Asian Restaurant
• Champagne Venue of the Year
• After Dinner Drinks Restaurant of the Year
Amber Restaurant
• European Wine Restaurant of the Year
• French Wine Restaurant of the Year
• Italian Wine Restaurant of the Year
• New World Wine Restaurant of the Year
• Spanish Wine Restaurant of the Year
• Wine Pub of the Year
• Spriits Venue of the Year
Bramble, Edinburgh
• Wine Personality of the Year
Eric Narioo, Les Caves du Pyrene
• Spirits Personality of the Year
Tony Conigliaro
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