Lara Boglione, whose family owns Petersham Nurseries on the edge of Richmond Park, opened a Florentine wine bar/restaurant in Notting Hill this week with her Tuscan winemaker husband, Giovanni Mazzei. Named Trogolo – Italian for ‘trough’, after the communal stone water troughs found across Tuscany – the Westbourne Grove venue promises “a slice of Florence […]
A self-service wine bar has opened in what its founders describe as a “dream” location in Newcastle. The Angels’ Share has taken over a former Boots chemist’s shop on St George’s Terrace in Jesmond, and has 36 wines available at the tap of a contactless card as well as more standard bar and waiter service. […]
The duo behind Italian-inspired restaurant Legare at Shad Thames near Tower Bridge have opened a new wine bar, bottle shop and restaurant almost next door called Luna. Former Barrafina manager Jay Patel (left in picture) and ex-Trullo chef Matt Beardmore (right) have earned a strong reputation in the six years since they opened Legare, which […]
Tasca, a year-long Iberian-inspired residency from sommelier Sinead Murdoch and chef Josh Dallaway, has opened at new wine bar Cav in Bethnal Green. The couple, who met working together at Sarap Bistro, see the venture as a “love letter” to their travels in Spain, Portugal and the South of France, where they explored the dining […]
Edinburgh sommelier James Clark (left in picture) launches his debut project today (4 October) – Sotto, a wine bar and restaurant in Stockbridge that celebrates Italian food and wine. Sotto – meaning ‘under’ or ‘beneath’, a reference to the under-street cellar where the wines are stored – comprises an upstairs ‘enoteca’ and a ground-level trattoria led by Calabrian-born Francesco […]
Wine bar and restaurant Goodbye Horses is to open in Islington this summer having already lodged its bid for the title of ‘left-field restaurant name and visuals of the year’. It is part of a threefold business from co-founders Alex Young and George De Vos, alongside pour-over specialist coffee shop Day Trip and gelato bar […]
Jonny Lake and Isa Bal (left and right in photo) have launched a Monday-only wine bar called Labombe in the bar of their highly rated Bermondsey venue Trivet. Guests can order from a 450-bottle wine list described as “fantastic and eclectic” in the 2024 Harden’s guide, with sommelier Isa choosing a selection of bottles to […]
A new restaurant and wine bar combining Japanese-influenced food with natural wines opens today (Wednesday 21 February) in a townhouse on the Deal seafront in Kent – with yoga and treatments also available upstairs. The Blue Pelican is the latest venture from Chris Hicks and Alex Bagner, husband-and-wife team behind The Rose boutique hotel and restaurant […]
Amethyst, the cutting-edge Mayfair restaurant from chef Carlo Scotto that launched to rave reviews a year ago, is opening a basement wine bar off Piccadilly with its own menu of distinctive small plates. Vinum promises rare and vintage wines by the glass chosen by head sommelier Ennio Pucciarelli from Amethyst’s cellar, including wines from Greece, […]
