{"id":673,"date":"2017-07-29T20:06:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2017-07-29T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T20:09:03","slug":"reynier-wine-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Reynier Wine Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one in a continuing series, irregular though it may be, about favorite wine bars where you can do wine tasting.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t meant to be a series, but since we\u2019ve already introduced our readers to the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto<\/a> and L\u2019Ecluse<\/a> in Paris, then three such articles seals the deal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So let us introduce you to Reynier in the City of London, that is the sector of London known as The City, where all the financiers are.\u00a0 Actually, many of them have moved on to Canary Wharf\u2026Oh, forget about it.\u00a0 This is the old, historic part of London, where London Bridge is, where the streets are tiny and curvy and have names like Threadneedle and Poultry and Pudding to memorialize the trades that were once practiced there.\u00a0 And there are still many bankers and brokers and insurance chaps and they like to drink with their lunch.\u00a0 Which brings us to Reynier.<\/p>\n

Now what\u2019s funny is that the name of the place is actually the Wine Library (www.winelibrary.co.uk<\/a>), which isn\u2019t such a bad name, but I\u2019ve only ever known it as Reynier (pronounced RAIN-yay) and no one I know who goes there calls it anything else.\u00a0 But other than the mystery of the name and the little streets, why should you go there?\u00a0 Well, \u201cWine Library\u201d should give you a clue.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fine wine shop with a\u00a0 great selection, running heavily to Bordeaux and Burgundy.\u00a0 \u201cWait\u201d you must be thinking, \u201cthis was supposed to be about a wine bar<\/em>, not a wine shop<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 And so it is, but with a difference.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Reynier wine Library.\u00a0 Photo courtesy of Yap.<\/em><\/p>\n

As you can see from the photo, there are a lot of wine bottles and we can assure you that they are all for sale.\u00a0 And you can see that there are tables.\u00a0 That\u2019s because you can buy a bottle, pay a small corkage fee and drink the contents on the premises.\u00a0 Of course we can hear you objecting that you\u2019d never sit down and drink a bottle by yourself.\u00a0 Indeed not! So go to Reynier with a friend or two.\u00a0 Which is exactly what all those bankers and brokers and insurance chaps do at lunch time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not French cooking, or English or Italian because there\u2019s no cooking at all.\u00a0 What there is is a magnificent spread of pates and hams and terrines and cheeses. \u00a0And grainy mustard and crispy baguettes.\u00a0 And of course the wine you just bought.\u00a0 No king ever had a finer repast.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Reynier Wine Library.<\/em><\/p>\n

I distantly remember seeing the room in the picture with the chairs and tables, but if you want to move with the in crowd you go to the cellar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (which is where the buffet is) and sit with the fellows in the skinny suits with wide chalk stripes and loud ties (i.e., the finance set) where you will rest your backside on a low stool and eat off the top of an upturned barrel.\u00a0 If you\u2019re with a few other people, you\u2019ll have to shoulder your way to a seat.\u00a0 It\u2019s worth it because when you\u2019re with a group you\u2019ll run out of the first bottle rather quickly and someone will have to get up and buy another, and maybe another after that.\u00a0 And they say that they return to work after lunch?!?<\/p>\n

Great wine, great food, history and the three new friends you\u2019re bound to make at lunch.\u00a0 What could be better?\u00a0 Come and get it while the dollar is hot and the pound is not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is one in a continuing series, irregular though it may be, about favorite wine bars where you can do wine tasting.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t meant to be a series, but since we\u2019ve already introduced our readers to the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto and L\u2019Ecluse in Paris, then three such articles seals the … Continue reading Reynier Wine Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}