"Stable Wines, located in Islington, is a seriously cool wine shop occupying a slightly random little space on Essex Road , which, in its last life, was a donut shop we don't think we ever saw open. But all is not what it looks like from street level. Head downstairs and you'll find a huge basement that was once an old bank - some of the doors are still there."
"Frankly, wine is the only thing you should be drinking here. From crisp pét-nats to skin-contact oranges and chilled reds, this place has them all. Why Go These guys really do know their shit. It's a sexy, candlelit drinking den, with excellent wines and snacks to keep you sated - the kind of place you go for one glass and end up rolling out at closing time."
Stable Wines is on Essex Road in Islington and occupies a former donut shop with a huge basement that used to be a bank. The basement retains bank doors and a converted gold bullion room that forms a cosy space with a big shared table and a circular wine wall. The venue shares DNA with Goodbye Horses and The Dreamery and offers excellent wines alongside a short, changing menu that includes Guinness rarebit oysters, steak tartare on toast, tomato tartine, and whole fried Mont D'Or. The wine list emphasizes low-intervention bottles, pét-nats, skin-contact orange wines, and chilled reds, with bottles at retail plus a £20 corkage. Booking is available for parties of six or more; otherwise the venue operates as walk-in.
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