London Wine Bars
Many of these specialist wine bars also offer tasting events, live music and delicious food to complement your vintage.
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Vivat Bacchus
Restaurant
47 Farringdon Street, The City, EC4A 4LL [map]
Vivat Bacchus in Farringdon boasts an 80-seat restaurant and a well-stocked wine bar. Its five cellars house more than 18,000 bottles of largely South African wines, plus vintages from Spain, Italy and beyond. Cheese is a speciality here and there are two cheese rooms. There's a second branch of Vivat Bacchus in London Bridge.
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Antidote Wine Bar and Dining Room
Bar
12A Newburgh Street, Soho, W1F 7RR [map]
Lovers of French wine – the plucky organic/biodynamic kind, not the big hitters – will find much to get excited about in this new venture just of Carnaby Street.
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Artisan and Vine
Bar
SW11 1SL [map]
Artisan & Vine, a quirky wine bar and shop near Clapham Junction, has more than 100 wines to choose from – all naturally or locally produced. You can try a "flight" of three different wines carefully chosen by the Artisan & Vine experts, enjoy a seasonal British meal, or pick up some tips at one of the weekly wine tasting sessions.
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Green & Blue Wine Shop
Grocer
38 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, SE22 8HJ [map]
The people at Green & Blue are on a mission to get Londoners drinking wine for the pleasure of it. To help you on your way, they host regular wine tastings and wine dinners, and even run a dedicated school of wine. The East Dulwich wine shop, deli and bar is the perfect place to discover new wines.
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DesVins Cafe and Wine Bar
Bar
Pancras Road, Regent's Park, NW1 2QL [map]
The revamped St Pancras International station may contain Europe's longest champagne bar, but DesVins is the place to go for wine. Serving more than 20 varieties by the glass, DesVins conserves its wines' taste, aroma and colour with a special "enomatic" wine-serving system, which uses a nitrogen gas preservation process.
