This is a special year for Davy’s of London, a fifth-generation wine merchant and owner of multiple traditional wine bars, all posh spit and sawdust, most of them in London’s financial district that we...
A Davy's dozen
Friday 15 May 2020
Continuing our reviews of a dozen offerings from an independent UK wine merchant, we examine wines chosen by an operation with, presumably, quite a bit of time and wine on its hands. Davy's own more than 20 wine bars and they have all been closed ever since the lockdown came into operation. See this guide to our survey of dozens selected by other UK wine merchants.
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