Michael Sager of Hackney wine bar Sager + Wilde is opening a new venue near Victoria Park this month. Bar Bruno is set in a cute Victorian stable, and will serve natural wines alongside small plates with a focus on Swiss-style filled pretzels. The venture will operate as a shop by day, with everything on […]

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The Vinoteca wine bar group was bought out of administration this week, removing the threat of closure that had hung over the five-strong operation. The new owners are Breal Capital, an investment firm which is understood to have paid more than £300,000 for the acquisition. Founded by financiers Brent Osborne and Alan McLaren in 2014, […]

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This summer is a season of mixed emotions for the natural wine lovers of east London, as bar/restaurant Cadet opens on Newington Green just as Peg on Morning Lane in Hackney closes. Cadet is a combined project from natural wine importers Francis Roberts and Tom Beattie (far left and far right in photo), paté-maker extraordinaire […]

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Vinoteca will open its latest wine bar and restaurant on Monday in the new Borough Yards development, adjacent to Borough Market. It will occupy two storeys in a red-brick Victorian railway arch, with views across to Southwark Cathedral. The venue will champion small, independent and innovative wineries, including its own Rodney & The Horse, which […]

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A new wine bar with connections to one of the world’s greatest wines is to open in Marylebone next month. Clarette – which could be translated as “little claret” – is the brainchild of Alexandra Petit, daughter of Corinne Mentzelopoulos, who owns Château Margaux, one of the four original premier cru wines of Bordeaux. Her partners […]

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