A wine bar named ‘Le Bar a Vin’ – the French wine bar, home of good wine, good company and the civilised art of the glass
Le Bar a Vin in Greenwich holds three hundred and eleven reviews and a 4.4 – a solid score on a good sample – and it carries a name that goes straight to the heart of the civilised pleasure of wine: “le bar a vin,” the French wine bar, home of good wine, good company and the wonderful, civilised art of the glass.
The French wine bar
“Le bar a vin” is simply the French for “the wine bar” – and to name a wine bar in French is to claim, warmly and directly, the great heritage of French wine culture. France is, of course, the spiritual home of wine – the land of the great wine regions (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhone, the Loire and the rest), whose wines set the standard for the whole world, and whose wine culture is woven into the very fabric of French life and civilisation. The French “bar a vin” is a beloved and civilised institution – the neighbourhood wine bar where good wine is enjoyed simply and sociably, with perhaps some cheese or charcuterie, in warm and convivial surroundings. To name a wine bar “Le Bar a Vin” is to evoke all of this – the great French wine heritage, the civilised pleasure of good wine, the warm and sociable spirit of the French wine bar.
The civilised art of wine
The wine bar celebrates one of the most civilised and enjoyable of all pleasures – the art of good wine, enjoyed well. There is genuine civilisation and pleasure in it – the good glass of well-chosen wine, savoured slowly, in good company, perhaps with some fine cheese or charcuterie to accompany it. The French, above all, understand this art – the unhurried enjoyment of good wine and good food, in warm and convivial surroundings, as one of the genuine pleasures and civilising graces of life. “Le Bar a Vin” promises exactly this civilised pleasure – the good wine, well chosen and well served; the fine accompaniments; the warm, convivial, unhurried enjoyment; the whole civilised French art of the wine bar. It is a genuinely appealing promise – the civilised, sociable, unhurried pleasure of good wine, in the great French tradition.
The warmth and conviviality
Beyond the wine itself, the French wine bar is above all a place of warmth, conviviality and good company – and this is at the heart of its appeal. The “bar a vin” is a sociable place – a warm, convivial neighbourhood spot where friends gather to share good wine and good conversation, where the atmosphere is relaxed, warm and welcoming, where the pleasures of wine and company come together. It embodies a genuinely civilised and appealing vision of the good life – good wine, good food, good company, warm conviviality, unhurried enjoyment. “Le Bar a Vin” promises this warm, sociable, civilised pleasure – the French wine bar as a place of warmth, wine and good company. Its solid score across a good sample suggests it delivers this well – a warm, well-liked, civilised French wine bar.
There is genuine civilisation and warmth in the whole thing – the great French wine heritage, the civilised art of good wine, the warm conviviality of the French wine bar, the unhurried pleasure of the glass. It is exactly the kind of warm, civilised, wine-loving venue that this survey admires – good wine, well enjoyed, in the great French tradition. Its solid score marks it as a genuinely good and well-liked venue. The Prat’s desk orders a good glass of Burgundy and a little cheese, settles in warmly, and salutes the civilised French art of the bar a vin.
The bar
A solid, well-regarded French wine bar doing a good 4.4 across a good sample, aptly named “Le Bar a Vin” – the French wine bar, home of good wine, good company and the civilised art of the glass.
Verdict
Solid, well-regarded, and civilised – Le Bar a Vin, a warm French wine bar celebrating good wine, good company and the civilised art of the glass.
Go to Le Bar a Vin in Greenwich for a good glass in the French style, and enjoy the civilised name – “le bar a vin,” the French wine bar, home of good wine, warm conviviality and the civilised art of the glass.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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