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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

The Palmerston

89/100
  • Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
  • Modern British bistro
  • By the glass
  • £££
  • Beta
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The Palmerston is a restaurant and bakery in Edinburgh's West End cooking confident, produce-led bistro food that changes with the month. The wine programme is one of the most serious a British bistro carries — a merchant-grade, grower-focused cellar, exceptional in Champagne and deep in the Jura and Savoie, opened up by a broad by-the-glass offer across every style — and it achieves real mutual elevation with the food. It will most reward the wine lover who wants a great list without the fine-dining ceremony, and who is happy to drink by the glass across a menu that changes often.

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Divino Enoteca

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  • By the glass
  • £££
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66/100 Beta

Cadiz

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Spanish tapas and seafood

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  • By the glass
  • mid-range
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