Choosing wine can be confusing. Ensuring you get what you want for the budget you’ve set yourself is more difficult still. Behind the scenes at London’s bars and restaurants, there’s a huge amount of logistical work that goes into making that task easier. Particularly, that is, when seeking to ensure the customer feels like they’re paying the right amount for their glass or bottle.
As a rule of thumb, wine bars and hybrid bottleshop-bars offer you the best bang for your buck, with retail prices and corkage fees often at the good end of £15. And many restaurants do their best to run counter to this logic, but the mark-up is often still three to four times retail.
