London’s Soho for wine lovers

A lot of city centres have ended up looking rather too similar these days, so when you travel it’s nice to end up in places that are a bit different. In London, there are few places as distinctive as Soho. Bounded by Oxford Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Regent Street, it’s the epicentre of London’s theatreland, restaurant industry and nightlife, and yet it still remains a lively residential neighbourhood, which adds to its particular character.

Wine has always been part of the scene here – ‘Old Soho used to mean drunks, basically,’ says restaurateur Andrew Edmunds – but what does the area have to offer the wine lover today? Quite a lot as it happens. This is where to go for wines that are hard to find and still (just about) affordable – and not just in private members’ clubs either (Soho is home to the famous Groucho Club and Soho House).

Edmunds’ eponymous restaurant