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- Published: 09 September 2009 09 September 2009
A note to all fine diners in the London area:
Bob Bob Ricard, a posh English diner in Soho, are launching their new reserve wine list in a few weeks and they are the first high end restaurant of their calibre to guarantee that they will add no more then a £50 surcharge on top of the cost of any of their reserve wines. This is a pretty remarkable decision when you consider the high end wines they are stocking and the price difference to those at other venues (stocking the same bottles).
Highlights from the wine list include:
Bob Bob Ricard will be selling the 1995 L’Eglise Clinet for £170 - it is currently on sale at The Greenhouse, Mayfair for £345
Bob Bob Ricard will be selling the 1999 Bollinger Vielles Vignes Francaises for £294 – it is on sale at Maze for £710
Bob Bob Ricard will be selling the 1985 Haut Brion for £318 whilst at Claridges it is £1000
Good Job Bob Bob, keep up the good work and may hordes of Vinophiles sing thee to thy cellar!
Bob Bob Ricard
1 Upper James Street, Soho, London , W1F 9DF
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 3145 1000
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