#WeekInPictures: Greek wine and cold swims
From Greek growers in Shoreditch, new openings, non-alcoholic serves and a bracing winter swim for charity, this week’s pictures captured a trade in motion.
Maltby & Greek hosts annual portfolio tasting
Maltby & Greek welcomed more than 200 trade and media guests to Shoreditch Arts Club on Monday for its annual portfolio tasting, presenting 30 producers from across Greece and debuting its new in-house range, Three Bowls. Strong attendance and a larger venue reflected the growing pull of Greek wine in the UK.
A new taberna lands in Shoreditch
Legado’s Taberna hosted a press night on 20 January, bringing the spirit of Cádiz and Bilbao to East London. With Sherry in abundance, the event provided guests with a lively take on the classic neighbourhood drinking house, rooted in simple food and informal hospitality.
Aulis pours a different kind of red
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Douglas Blyde went to Aulis to discover one of Charles Carron Brown’s signature non-alcoholic serves – ‘Red Wine Not Red Wine’, a fixture on the menu since September 2023. Built from Black Sun tea (Postcard Teas), unfermented red grape juice, beetroot, blackberries, blackcurrants, cocoa nibs, spent vines from Everflyht, black peppercorns, red wine vinegar and a blackcurrant wood infusion, it is cooked hard, strained and fined. Finished at counter with a few drops of the wood infusion, it’s served at room temperature alongside fallow deer deepened with fermented black garlic. One hopes Brown will one day release his drinks beyond the dining room.
Laura Willoughby takes the plunge for The Drinks Trust
Laura Willoughby continued her 140 swim challenge in support of The Drinks Trust’s 140th anniversary, clocking up a 1km winter swim at Hurlingham Club with the drinks business MD Patrick Schmitt MW. In the bracing winter temperatures, it was one of the toughest stages of her fundraising journey yet.
DAOU returns to the Dallas Open
DAOU Vineyards returned as the official wine partner of the 2026 Nexo Dallas Open, bringing its wines and hospitality lounge back to the ATP 500 tournament. Guests will find DAOU wines across the venue, alongside a dedicated lounge.
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