Vinea, Albert Dock, Liverpool

Mar 11 2008 Liverpool Daily Post

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IF IT’S to eat in or to take out, Vinea is a must for Liverpool wine and food enthusiasts.

Vinea, meaning vineyard in Latin, on the Albert Dock, offers a taste of Continental Europe with its award-winning deli and exclusive wine-list. You can even enjoy the best of what it has to offer in the comfort of your own home by taking a wine picked by the expert sommeliers or some of the various cheeses, breads, meats or olives from the delicatessen.

The bar, shop and deli is a spacious yet intimate venue which combines contemporary fittings with its rustic setting and there are more than a hundred wines, Champagnes and ports to choose from, with prices that range from £4.99 to £199.

Interesting point – rather than charge inflated restaurant prices, if you would like to enjoy one of Vinea’s bottles with your meal, they simply charge a £5 corkage for any bottle from the bar. Perfect for an affordable lunchtime drink or a lavish evening out. The bar also offers a selection of coffees, lagers, ciders and soft drinks if wine is not your thing.

A walk-in wine tasting experience is also available from £12 per person and, if that gets your taste buds going, then you can book in for a wine-tasting session where a group of six of you can sample up to six wines from around the world.

* TO BOOK a wine tasting session, call 0844 8806688 or visit the website www.vineyard wines.co.uk