Sapling, a wine-focused restaurant, has just opened in Dalston, London E8. Founder Bob Ritchie has joined with sommelier Dan Whine for the venture.
Sapling's kitchen is headed up by Jon Beeharry, who has formerly at Bistroteque and Rita’s. He has created a menu with small plates of oysters, pickles, smoked cod’s roe, langoustines and beef tartare, and main dishes of hake with a cockle & potato sauce.
There’s also a selection of cheese from La Fromagerie and charcuterie, which is sourced by British cured meat specialists, Cobble Lane Cured.
There is a ‘focus list’ of around 36 regularly changing wines and this will also feature Champagnes and sparklers.
There is a wider list of around 100 bottles, which guests can also sample by the glass thanks to Coravin, a method which means wines can be poured by the glass without removing the cork from the bottle.