Wine bar

• Test Driving Luna - a Thameside wine bar forging its own path

  

  Popular Shad Thames restaurant Legare has expanded its empire by opening up a cosy wine bar that bucks the London trend, opting for a more classic than natural list. We grabbed a table to see how that's working for them. 

• Vagabond are opening London's biggest urban winery and bar at Canada Water

  

  If you live or work in the Docklands and have been wondering what's going to take over the space at the recently completed Dock Shed at Canada Water, then we're here to enlighten you. It's going to be an absolutely massive new wine bar and winery. The space has been taken up by Vagabond wine bars: if you haven't been to one before, they're the bars where all the wines are on an enomatic-style system and you get to

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• The best wine bars in South London

  

  South London's wine bar scene is in rude health, with a strong selection of independent bars offering everything from classic cuvees to the funkiest of orange wines. Here's our pick of the best places to go for a good glass of wine south of the river.

• Shoreditch wine bar Oranj is on the move

  

  One of East London's wine bars is on the move. Oranj, which originally opened back in 2022, was at the forefront of the new wave of wine bars that have opened across East London in the past couple of years. According to an Instagram post, they've been looking at making changes to their existing space, and to allow that to

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• Luna wine bar sees the Legare team expanding their empire in Shad Thames

  

  30/6/25 - Updated with menu details and the opening date

  Sipping a glass of rosé on a sun-soaked terrace with glorious views over Tower Bridge may feel like a pipe dream when London's temperature is currently in single figures but that's the goal when new wine bar Luna opens on Shad Thames next year. The wine bar is the latest opening from the same team behind nearby Legare, restaurateur Jay Patel and chef

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• Test driving Marjorie's - a wine bar with lots of Parisian style in Soho

  

  Marjorie's in Soho combines a wine bar with a menu of French small plates and is just what Soho needs. We went down to try it out...

• 10 new wine bars in London that you need to try

  

  Keep on top of London's dynamic wine bar scene with our guide to the new wine bars across town to check out.

• Lardo is opening Bastardo, its new next-door wine bar

  

  It's been promised for a few weeks and now Lardo's new wine bar is nearly upon us. Bastardo is opening right next door to the popular East London pizzeria, and as their window proclaims, it's focusing on low-intervention wine and "mighty fine snacks". 

  Starting with those snacks, they're clearly sharing the same DNA as the main Lardo. So, there will be pizza fritti, sharing "trough plates" of

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• Blinds is a 'groovy new wine bar' opening on Hackney Road

  

  If you feel that your part of London could do with a few more decent wine bars, then you might feel that one particular part of East London has more than its fair share. Hackney Road is already home to the likes of Sager + Wilde (the OG natural wine bar) and Provisions but it's gearing up for another new opening this summer.

  Blinds is a new bar that's opening up in a former blinds shop, hence the name, almost

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• Marjorie's is a new contemporary wine bar and French restaurant for Soho

  

  29/4/25 - updated with the opening date

  As longstanding Hot Dinners readers should know, we do love a good wine bar. So we're very interested in combo wine bar and French restaurant Marjorie's which is opening in Soho soon.

  It comes from a duo that are new to hospitality, Michael Searle & Josh Anderson but who have brought in someone very interesting on

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• Fancy owning a Hackney wine bar? Well Nobody Asked Me is for sale...

  

  If you've ever fancied the idea of ditching the drudgery of office work and running your own business, we might have the perfect thing for you. Chatsworth Road wine bar Nobody Asked Me has gone up for sale and the owners are offering it as a turnkey opportunity.

  "The bar will be sold ready to go and set up for someone to walk in and start serving," said current owner Jamie Isaac. "After 5 1/2 years of

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• The best wine bars in East London

  

  Here's our list of the best places to drink wine in East London

• The best wine bars in Central London

  

  The coolest wine bars might be predominantly found in East London, but central London has plenty to offer the discerning oenophile. Here's our pick of the best new wave and old school places to drink wine in the middle of town. 

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• Swirl is Leyton's new must-try wine bar

  

  Amid all the festive craziness pre-Christmas, a new wine bar opened its doors for the first time in E10. Swirl is a new bar that sees three local entrepreneurs joining forces. Arch Deli owner Michaela Zelenaska has teamed up with Pandemonium Wines founders Viliam and Prianka for the new wine bar in one of Tilbury Road's railway arches.

  It sounds like they're bringing something genuinely new to London's burgeoning wine bar

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