About us

Inspired by the wine bars of Spain and Italy, we serve simple yet imaginative food with characterful wine to drink in or take away.

Our story

Created and run by Brett Woonton and Charlie Young, Vinoteca combines high quality, characterful wine with a selection of paired dishes created from fresh and seasonal produce.

We have an ever-changing selection of 25 wines by the glass and comprehensively update our list of over 200 wines twice a year to ensure we offer the very best in quality and variety. Every Vinoteca has its own wine shop, where our wine can be found at competitive retail prices, and we also offer UK delivery.

We focus on producing carefully-sourced, great tasting food. Every Vinoteca has its own unique and daily changing menu created by a different head chef, though all our kitchens bake their own bread and serve our outstanding Vinoteca bavette steak.

We first opened in 2005 in Farringdon, which has, over the years, been followed by new wine bars in Marylebone, Soho, Chiswick and King’s Cross. Our entire wine list is now available to order from our online shop.

BRETT WOONTON

Brett’s early experience includes stints in wine retail in his native New Zealand and fine dining service in Australia, The Cayman Islands and London. A total of over ten years with highly respected Enotria Wine Cellars and Liberty Wines has provided him with enviable experience of the British wine trade with particular emphasis on the wines of Italy.

Brett is very well known in the London wine & restaurant scene, and is both known as and fond of calling everyone Rodney.

CHARLIE YOUNG

A similar diploma in Hotel Management to Brett’s gave him the grounding to embark upon experience in the Channel Islands, West Indies, Germany and England, before moving to the drinks trade where his first position was selling Tetley’s Bitter to working men’s clubs in Yorkshire.

Experience in the wine trade in France and Australia followed, before landing at Liberty Wines’ doorstep where he met Brett. The rest is history.