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Christmas Dining @ V&C

Book online at or call 01315566066 for a delightful festive evening in our award winning Caffè Bar

Choose from our Christmas menu, Al La Carte or just pop in for a prosecco and cicchetti!

Buy any bottle of wine from the shop and pay only £4 corkage when you dine with us

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19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA

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Festive Opening Hours

Our Christmas Opening Hours 2018-19

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Fresh Alba Truffle Season!

White Truffles from Alba are in stock. The aroma is intoxicating! £38.90 per 10g.
Only available in person at 19 Elm Row. Subject to remaining unsold

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Dear Alfonso by Mary Contini

An Italian Feast of Love & Laughter
Now available ~~£17.99~~ hardback.
Christmas offer £10.00

Buy your signed copy here..

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Easy Peasy!

The best received cookbook for kids.
They love it. Designed to empower
kids of all ages to cook.

Books now on sale!

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Cellar Quest Tasting Event

Come and join us on our Cellar Quest!

Last year's tasting was such a success we are repeating it again! It is time to dig deep into our cellars and uncover those delicious wines that have been missed by our busy Christmas shoppers. This is an informal tutored tasting by Francesco Cardinale with his team on hand to assist. Come and have some fun tasting and taking advantage of the discounts on the already keen prices of our Annual Wine Sale.
Thursday 7th February 2019 6.00pm-8.30pm

Tickets £12.50*
*Includes a 10% discount on all products purchased on the day

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Philip's Recommendations

We are Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe's original Specialist Foods Shops, founded in 1934. From our humble beginnings, serving the fledgling immigrant Italian Community in old Edinburgh, we now list food products and wines from around the world, and supply the entire UK.

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Abelour A'Bunadh Cask Strength

Deep, rich amber colour. The nose has aromas of mixed spices, praline and spiced orange harmonising with rich, deep notes of Oloroso sherry. The contains orange, black cherries, dried fruit and ginger spiked with dark bitter chocolate and enriched with sherry and oak. Full bodied and creamy. The finish is robust and intense with bitter-sweet notes of exotic spices, dark chocolate and oak.

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Amaro Nonino NV 35%

Amaro Nonino is Nonino’s version of classic Italian bitters (Amaro). This Amaro has a Grappa base, which is infused with a large range of locally sourced botanicals including gentian, quinine, saffron, tamarind, and rhubarb. After infusion, it is filtered

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Longrow 46%

It's Longrow, but not as we know it. Matured primarily in American oak casks and bottled at 57% ABV, this is Longrow in its natural state. Wild, unruly and enigmatic; delicate and oily; salty and sweet... what will you find? Sweet and malty, almost floral nose with tangy hints of tangerines and faint medicinal notes.

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Classic Sambuca 38% Antica Sambucca

The steam distillation of star anise fruits together with an infusion of sweet orange, coriander, iris, Turkish rose and many other herbs, form the basis of the most famous Italian liqueur: Antica Sambuca. Mixing the star anise distillate with essential oils, fine spirits and the purest white sugar gives the product a pleasant anise aroma.

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Chianti Fiasco 2015 Valvona & Crolla

This 2015 is a stunning, freshly ripe, mature and concentrated Chianti. Flavours of plum jam and cedar – velvety smooth. And all that in the iconic straw, Chianti flask – the V&C trademark.

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Grey Goose Vodka

One of the finest vodkas available, this is best served neat from the freezer. The quality of distillation has produced a smooth spirit without any of the bitter taste that is too often found with vodka.

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Cointreau 70cl

The classic orange liqueur. Cointreau has been a world-wide legend since its creation in 1849.

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Bombay Saphire Gin 40%

The best juniper in the world comes from the hills of Tuscany and these berries are at the heart of Bombay Sapphire's botanical recipe. Juniper berries are the seed cones of the juniper tree and bring a dry, fragrant, herbal aroma to our gin.

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From market stall to dot com, we now serve the nation from our original premises in Edinburgh.

We are Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe's original Specialist Food Shops, founded in 1934. From our humble beginnings, serving the fledgling immigrant Italian community in old Edinburgh, we now list food products and wines from around the world, and supply the entire UK with an efficient, speedy delivery system that boasts a next-day service to 90% of the population.

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