Best Wine Bars in the UK

Every wine connoisseur will enjoy an authentic wine tasting. Although trips to foreign vineyards aren’t a last minute option for a Saturday night treat, finding a wine tasting bar with highly knowledgeable owners, staff and exceptional crus could be the ideal solution.
Whether you’re with a group of close friends and family or need some time alone, a wine tasting is a perfect opportunity to enjoy some sumptuous wines and extend your repertoire.

In this blog, we look at some of the best wine bars and shops in the UK, all offering sumptuous wine-lists and unrivalled expertise.

Loki Wine Merchants

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Loki Wine merchants in Birmingham is a truly singular, authentic and wine-focused establishment, humble yet incredibly refined in its wine expertise. As the most awarded wine merchants in Birmingham, Loki offers their patrons a diverse range of fantastic fine wines and expert advice, whether you decide to stay for a drink using their self-service wine dispensers or choosing a bottle from the shop, or alternatively decide to drink that bottle elsewhere.

The Sampler Wine Shop

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With a vast wine collection of over 80 different wines, the Sampler is an unpretentious, chilled wine shop in London, offering refined wine tasting experiences to experts and novices since it opened in 2006. The wine dispensers fit in intriguingly with wine racks openly displayed and standalone wine cases, surprisingly demystifying wine shops to ensure it is all about the wines and there taste.

Hotel du Vin Wine Bar

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Exposed brick walls, high stools and a bustling atmosphere, Vinoteca is an ideal hideaway for wine connoisseur enjoying a bohemian touch to European cuisine and carefully crafted selection of wines. The latest branch opening in Soho, Vinoteca offers table services, bar services and an on-site wine store.

2850 Wine Workshop & Kitchen

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Spread across 2 floors and with an al-fresco dining option, 28-50 in London is a laid-back, wine bar and restaurant offering a varied and seasonal wine list for a drink or a meal. 28-50 also offers wine tastings and workshops throughout the year for the most passionate wine lovers. Its contrasting decors bring a unique industrial touch to the place, with exposed wine case racks populated the walls, and island bar encouraging a convivial atmosphere.

Gordon’s Wine Bar

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Gordon’s Bar is spectacular for two reasons, the atmosphere and the wine. Straightaway, as you stepped in, it feels like you’ve walked back in time. Established in 1890, Gordon’s is probably one of London’s oldest wine bar that never fails to astonish. With a legacy of famous names among their wine loving clientele, be assured to find Gordon’s Bar a completely exemplary and unique experience that you will not forget. If you get the opportunity to go to a wine tasting at Gordon’s Bar, don’t miss it. If you are interested in bespoke wine racks for a bar, shop, restaurant or other commercial premises, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us

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A&W Moore’s Top 5 English Sparkling Wines

English sparkling wines have come a long way in recent years; once champagne was considered the only fizz worth its weight, but gradually we’ve started to discover the treasure trove of excellent vineyards that are here on our doorstep. With summer fast approaching, there’s no better time to put a bottle of bubbly on ice, so we’ve put our heads together to come up with our favourite selection of English sparkling wines, just in time for your garden party:

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How to Choose the Perfect Wine Rack

Wine racks are a fantastic way to store wine, and great options are available on any budget. As well as looking good, they, along with good temperature control, will help to keep your wine in optimum condition, and they can be used to enhance or organise a cellar, or simply for easy access in living areas.

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How to Choose the Perfect Wineglass

Posted on January 23rd, 2015

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Set of two 45cl Essence red wine glasses, £27 fromBear & Bear

If you take wine seriously, you probably already know that there’s a lot more to enjoying it than simply pouring it into the first drinking vessel you can find.

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2014 – Our Year In The Press

As the year begins to draw to a close, it is natural to want to reflect on achievements over the last twelve months, and we here at Wine Racks are no exception. 2014 has been a truly great year for us, particularly as our products were featured in two prime-time television programmes in June and September. It’s not every day you’re on the telly, so we’d like to share these special moments with you.

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces – Channel 4

Series 3, Episode 4

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George Clarke

In this series Architect George Clarke meets with property owners who have turned their small spaces into incredible places to live, work and play. Our bespoke oak wine racks were featured in an amazing episode in series 3, aired on 26 June, which followed a Manchester couple, Mark and Clare, who decided to turn their basement into an underground casino, complete with cellar! Mark described the moment the wine racks went in as a highlight of his overall project and states on his own website that WineRacks stood out as offering exceptional service – we think they look fantastic! You can watch a clip from the show here.

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Bespoke Oak Wine Rack featured in ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’

New Tricks – BBC One

Series 11, Episode 7

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The Cast of New Tricks

One of our bespoke wine cabinets, made from galvanised steel and stained pine, was also featured in an episode of the crime solving drama ‘New Tricks’ on BBC One. The episode was entitled ‘In Vino Vertias’, a latin phrase which literally translates as ‘In wine there is truth’ – we couldn’t agree more! It was aired on 29 September, and formed part of the 11th series of the long running show. The episode followed the mysterious death of a landlord from an old London pub, where our famous wine rack could be spotted in the cellar. The murder was investigated by series regulars Tamzin Outhwaite, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dennis Waterman and Denis Lawson, and took the characters to a vineyard in Kent. You can watch a clip from the episode here.

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Bespoke Pine Wine Cabinet featured in ‘New Tricks’

We’re really proud of these achievements, even if we already secretly knew that our products deserved the limelight! If you’d like to start 2015 with your very own wine rack, take a look at our full range or get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.


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Record high price at Wine Auction

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong have sold 114 bottles of wine for a record breaking £1.6m !! However, the sale price did not reach the expected price that was estimated to have been up to $20m.

The private Asian purchaser acquired 6 bottles of 19 vintages ranging from 1992 to 2010.

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