Lady of the Grapes heads to Borough for their next wine bar

For seven years, Lady of the Grapes has been one of the best wine bars in Covent Garden. Now they're heading to Borough as part of one of the area's best-looking buildings, the Menier Chocolate Factory.

The new Lady of the Grapes SE1 will have the same focus on female winemakers as the original, but in a much larger space (it's the bottom right section of the image above). Each of the two levels will have a different approach.

On the ground floor, there will be the main restaurant, seating around 60, with 20 more on the terrace. Like the original in Covent Garden, this will be cooking up dishes in a French bistro style. Taking the Covent Garden menu as an example, that's previously been a mix of small plates, cheese and charcuterie but we'll have to see what the new venue brings. 

Down in the basement will be the 45-seater wine bar, called Forbidden Fruit which, alongside the wine list will be serving up a charcuterie menu. They'll have around 400 bottles on the list, so you won't be short on choice. 

There aren't too many wine bars in this area of town, so it should be very handy if you're in the area.